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

Shows & fairs, 1879

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 2

THE pains taken by English exhibitors to display their wares picturesquely are remarkable. Few have been content simply to lay out the goods so that they may be seen. They have grouped the…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 20 October 1879 · page 2

THE mineral resources of New South Wales are well represented, both by the collections of the department of mines and those of private exhibitors. Those collections have been grouped together and occupy,…

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The Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 6

THE attendance at the Garden Palace on Friday, was tolerably good. Large numbers of people take their provisions with them, and make a day of it, and may be seen…

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The Exhibition. Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 22 October 1879 · page 2

THE basement of the exhibition is about half the extent of the main floor. It gives the palace on the eastern side a two-story look. In a Melbourne telegram published shortly after the Victorian…

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The Exhibition

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1879 · page 3

THE admissions at the Garden Palace on Monday were as follows :— Season ticketholders, 489 ; general public, 3043 ; children, 478 ; exhibitors and others, 1416 ; total, 5426…

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The Horticultural Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1879 · page 3

There has been nothing so “sweetly pretty” and attractive in connection with the International Exhibition as the show that was opened on Tuesday morning of flowers, fruit,…

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The Exhibition. Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 2

THE Austrian court has long wanted some special attraction to arrest the eyes of the passer-by. Cane chairs (however excellent they might be as specimens of steam-bent wood) could not act as loadstones, and…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 27 October 1879 · page 2

THE finest article to which attention need be minutely directed in the 15-ton weighbridge, "designed by the railway department." The catalogue says—" machines similar to the one exhibited are…

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International Exhibition. (From S. M. Herald.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1879 · page 6

JUDGING from appearances country people are coming to the Exhibition in numbers considerably larger than heretofore. The Flower Show was large attended, and…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 29 October 1879 · page 2

MONDAY'S fair weather enabled a large number of visitors to enter the gates of the Garden Palace with some comfort, the miserably gravelled pathway having been greatly improved under the influence…

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Lines on the Opening of the New South Wales International Exhibition, 1879

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 October 1879 · page 3

THRICE welcome, strangers, to this newborn load, Where yet bright Genius may her wings expand,…

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Correspondence. the International Sheep Show Competition. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 31 October 1879 · page 3

DEAR SIR,--A show of merino sheep, open to all the world, was held at the Garden Palace about three weeks ago, but considering that this colony depends almost for existence upon…

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Local and General. the International Sheep Show Competition. List of Entries and Awards

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 November 1879 · page 2

FOR some unexplained reason the public have been kept in ignorance of the names of the competitors in the sheep section at the International Exhibition, and visitors were unable to ascertain…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 November 1879 · page 3

THE more one attends at the Garden Palace the more one learns. It is impossible in the short space of a day to glean more than the mere location of courts and exhibits, and even to do this requires…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 November 1879 · page 3

THE attendance at the International Exhibition on Monday was far in excess of that of any previous day during which the exhibition has been open. The following are the official return of the numbers…

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Exhibition Notes for Australian Circulation

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1879 · page 4

LABOUR-SAVING is a compound word which not inaptly describes the true functions of machinery. It carries on those operations which, according to Sir Humphrey Davy,…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 4

IN the fine arts gallery, by dint of working night and day with an energy that must have been sustained by something like enthusiasm. Messrs. Combos C.M.G., E.L. Monteflore, and E. Du Four succeeded…

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The Exhibition. Sydney, Nov. 13

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1879 · page 4

AMONG the historical paintings exhibited in the English court, special prominence must be awarded to Mr. J. Fald's " James the Fourth before the Battle of Fledden." According to the chronicle ascribed to…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 1 December 1879 · page 2

THERE are about a hundred and twenty water colour drawings exhibited, and the collection shows a higher average, I think, than the oil-paintings do. Some choice specimens have been contributed of…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 December 1879 · page 4

THE gem of the Belgian court, indeed one of the gems of the whole collection, is the large and magnificent oil-pointing entitled "Flowers and Fruit," by J. Robic; so opulent yet pure in colour; no exquisite…

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