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

Shows & fairs, 1879

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The International Exhibition. (From our Correspondent.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 September 1879 · page 4

THE state of confusion at present reigning within the great building recently christened The Garden Palace, is such as pauperises description ; now that but one day intervenes…

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A Glance at the International Exhibition in Active Preparation

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 September 1879 · page 2

WE have this week had the pleasure of glancing over the Exhibition building, now full of action, life, and activity, in preparation for the world to come. In the present state of the interior,…

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International Exhibition. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 September 1879 · page 6

SIR,—The very strange course pursued by the Government in reference to the Exhibition requires comment; and it becomes the residents of country districts to bestir…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 September 1879 · page 2

THE following, from the special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus under date of Wednesday and Thursday last, gives a good account of the state of affairs up to the days it was written, and to a great…

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The Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 3

THE following, written by a lad thirteen years old to his uncle in Goulburn, is the impression made upon the lad’s mind on visiting the Exhibition on Saturday last :…

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Inauguration of the International Exhibition At the Garden Palace, Sydney, New South Wales, September 17, 1879. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 4

FORTUNATELY the inclement weather lately prevailing in the metropolis changed, and Wednesday morning broke in a beautiful spring day. The recent downpour having…

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The Exhibition Ode

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 4

THE following is the ode sung at the opening ceremony. The words are by Mr, Henry Kendall, the music by Signor Photo Giorzn:-- PART I…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 4

Now while Orion, flaming south, doth set A shining foot on hills of wind and wet-- Far haughty hills beyond the fountains cold And dells of glimmering greenness manifold--…

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Opening of the International Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 2

THE Exhibition was formally opened last Wednesday, and the day was observed in Sydney as it strict holiday. The following address to his Excellency, from the New South Wales…

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The Sydney International Exhibition. the Opening. Sydney, September 17

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 September 1879 · page 2

The early movement of many people in the metropolis this morning, the mastering of men in bright uniform, the sound of band music, and the numberless vehicles…

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International Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 3

THE attendance at the “Garden Palace” on Thursday morning was not very large, and this was all the better for many of the exhibitors who have a lot of work yet to do in their…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 6

THE early movement of many people in the metropolis on Wednesday morning, the mustering of men in bright uniform, the sound of hand music, and the numberless vehicles that thronged the streets…

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Sydney International Exhibition. the Exhibition Buildings

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 2

I again visited the Garden Palace and its surroundings to-day to see what advances had been made towards their being in readiness for the opening on the 17th. I saw some change…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 September 1879 · page 1

WITH regret I have to refer to the Exhibition as being so far a lamentable failure. Yesterday and the day before the well-nigh deserted Garden Palace was merely the scene of a…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 22 September 1879 · page 2

WE continue the reports of the Melbourne Argus on the Sydney exhibition as the most suited to our columns of any to hand:— All attention is now concentrated on the main…

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International Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 4

The Exhibition building is officially stated to be capable of holding 35,000 persons comfortably. On the opening day. Wednesday last, it is computed that the attendance numbered 18,000 of…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 1

THINGS at the Garden Palace continue to be unsatisfactory. The attendance is very small—even smaller than usually patronises intercolonial shows. In every directions…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1879 · page 2

WE continue to quote from the letters of the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne Argus:— On the present occasion an account will be given of the result of a ramble round the several courts,…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 September 1879 · page 1

To many it is unpleasant to hear that in any wav the Great International Exhibition is a failure and I can thoroughly understand Goulburn readers deeming my articles…

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Mike's Opinion of the Exhibition

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 September 1879 · page 3

And so September's come! And high the Gardin Palace roars Its dome and nine-pin towers, the opening pajint nears!…

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