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

Shows & fairs, 1879

169 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 9

The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 6

THE hall of the nave which was kept clear for the opening ceremony is now being rapidly filled up with prodigious show-eases, chiefly English, and a fine perspective thereby closed, There is hardly room…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1

ON Thursday and Friday there was a perceptible improvement in the attendance at the Garden Palace, and the visitors represented more effectually the fashion of the metropolis. Some of the costumes…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 29 September 1879 · page 2

IN a short time, judging from the present activity amongst the workmen, the grounds in the immediate vicinity of the palace will offer very attractive promenades for visitors. Lawns, terraces, and walks…

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Opening of the New South Wales International Exhibition, 1870

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 1

Day of hope and expectation ! Day of our countries’ joy ! Let exultant songs of gladness, Our raptured tongues employ…

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International Show of Sheep and Swine at the Sydney Exhibition

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 October 1879 · page 2

THE show of sheep and swine in connection with the International Exhibition opened to the judges this morning, and the Agricultural Hall, in which the exhibits are places, presented a…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 October 1879 · page 1

ON Saturday there was a very large attendance at the Garden Palace. I should estimate the number of persons present at 15,000. The day was fine, and the charge of one…

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The Minerals and Woods of " New South Wales at the International Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 October 1879 · page 4

THE mineral exhibits of New South Wales occupy a large space in the southern nave and in the eastern gallery adjoining the have. The Department of Mines, under' the direction of the Hon. E…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 6

THE letters of the special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus and other extracts which have appeared in these columns will have given our readers a good idea of the various courts and the display of…

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International Sheep Show

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 3

THIS show, which was eagerly looked forward to by all persons interested in the breeding of sheep, was a great disappointment, for though in some sense of an international character, it…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 1

DURING the past few clays the weather has been simply all that could be desired, and the attendance has been very good, all things considered. Still many courts are in…

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The Exhibition. Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 6 October 1879 · page 3

THE electrotypes of tile Windsor plate, sent for exhibition at Sydney and Melbourne, have been opened under the dome, where they have attracted general attention. As examples of 17th, 18th, and…

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Exhibition Notes. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 8

So far I have not mentioned that visitors to what I have termed the Great World’s Show should not neglect to pay a visit to the various towers of the building. These are reached by means of spiral…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 October 1879 · page 4

A COLLECTION of stoves is shown by Messrs. Abendroth Brothers, New York, and deserve attention. On the main floor in the American court there are several minor exhibits worth seeing. Carpenters…

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Exhibition Notes. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 1

THE Garden Palace was again thronged on Saturday, the charge for admission being one shilling having of course a deal to do with it. In all parts of the immense structure crowds…

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The Exhibition. Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 6

IT is interesting to observe the pains taken by the different colonies of Australasia to recommend their native woods to public notice. There must be several thousand pieces of polished timber in the…

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Exhibition Notes. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 2

As a consequence, doubtless, of the late exceedingly delightful weather the Garden Palace has been more extensively patronised during the past few days. When the rate of…

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The Exhibition. Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 4

To describe the contents of the exhibition systematically it would be necessary either to take it court by court or subject by subject but the fragmentary way in which the exhibits have been brought in…

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An Episode in the Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 3

THE retail trade carried on in the Garden Palace is provoking much righteous wrath from Sydney tradesmen, and innumerable articles are selling there every day. One…

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Exhibition Notes. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 1

THE attendance at the Garden Palace still continues, for some mysterious reason, to be anything but equal to the merits of the show. The want of interest displayed by the majority…

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Australia and the World. a Poem on the International Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 4

How glorious is this world which God hath made; This radiant planet, wondrously inlaid With wealth of beauty and with many a gem; A lustrous star in Heaven's bright diadem:…

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