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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1878

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 October 1878 · page 6

THE site chosen for the buildings for this great show has been fixed for the Inner Domain. The position is a convenient and delightful one. The work of canvassing the…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 October 1878 · page 6

AFTER all that has been said about the want of funds to carry out the International Exhibition of 1879 (says the S. M. Herald), it is pleasing to find that, in the opinion of…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 October 1878 · page 7

THE International Exhibition Committee sat for a long time yesterday afternoon, and though the actual business done was not great explanations were made regarding the…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 October 1878 · page 6

LAST Friday the committee for the carrying out of the great Exhibition held a meeting, at which His Excellency the Governor presided. The site for the exhibition was not…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 November 1878 · page 7

SOME very important business was done by the International Exhibition Committee, yesterday. After considering many schemes it was decided that the accommodation required…

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The International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1878 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Agricultural Society on the 8th instant, a letter was read by Sir John Hay from Sir Daniel Cooper to Mr. Brodribb. From this letter (which is interesting as…

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The Horticultural Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

IT will be seen from the report of the committee meeting elsewhere, that a great show will be held. The movement deserves every support and success, which it will assuredly…

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Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition at Goulburn

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

ON Thursday evening last a meeting of the committee connected with the Goulburn Horticultural Society was held in the Belmore Chambers, for the purpose of…

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Exhibition of Wax-Works in Goulburn

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

ON Tuesday next the above will open in the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute, where the public will have an opportunity of witnessing it during the remainder of the week. The number of figures…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 November 1878 · page 7

THE committee for the carrying out of this great undertaking met at the Agricultural Society’s rooms, George-street, Sydney, last Friday when his Excellency the Governor…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 4

IT seems, according to the Melbourne Herald, that the commissioners of the Great International Exhibition are bungling matters much. They have telegraphed to the English commissioners staling…

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The Waxworks Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 3

THIS exhibition, under the management of Messrs. C. Ghiloni and Co., continues to draw large numbers of visitor?, the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute being nightly thronged with visitors, all of whom…

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Horticultural Society’s Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 4

THE programme of prizes and amusements which has been arranged for Thursday next in connection with the Goulburn Horticultural Society will be found in our advertising columns; and a careful…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 December 1878 · page 7

LAST Saturday afternoon a well attended meeting of the exhibition committee was held at the Agricultural Society’s room. His Excellency the Governor occupying the chair…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 December 1878 · page 3

THE Executive Council, at their meeting held on Monday morning, agreed to take the management of the International Exhibition out of the Committee’s hands. Parliament…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 December 1878 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly, last evening, a message was received from his Excellency the Governor covering a further Supplementary Estimate of £50,000 towards defraying the expenses of the…

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The Horticultural Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 3

ON last Thursday the spring show under the auspices of the Goulburn Horticultural Society was held on the Victoria Recreation Ground. The day proved all that could be…

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Horticultural Society's Spring Show

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 4

THE Goulburn Horticultural society held a show of flowers, fruits, vegitables, farm produce, &c., in the recreation-ground on Thursday last. It may be Pronounced a complete Success. The weather was…

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The International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 4

THOSE who are jealous of the honor of New South Wales will be glad to hear that a commission, to be appointed by the Government, will shortly set to work about the Sydney…

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Annual Exhibition and Distribution of Prizes at the Convent

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 December 1878 · page 4

THE usual annual exhibition of fancy-work and drawings executed by the young lady boarders at the convent school in Goulburn as also the distribution of prizes took plan a on Thursday. About…

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