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

Shows & fairs, 1879

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Exhibition Notes for Australian Circulation

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 3

LOTTERING through the New South Wales court, the visitor will observe many exhibits which will not only afford food for reflection, but will also challenge admiration. The…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 December 1879 · page 4

THERE are between eighty and ninety oil paintings in the German court, and they comprise some of the finest landscapes in the whole gallery. Indeed eight or nine of them have no superiors in any of…

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The International Cattle Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 5

THE show of pure-bred cattle, one of the series of stock shows included in the programme of the International Exhibition, opened on Tuesday; and, as regards the…

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Exhibition Races

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 December 1879 · page 8

THERE was a fair attendance on Saturday. The Hurdle Race, a handicap sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 100 sovs. added. 2½ miles…

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Australian Jockey Club Exhibition Meeting. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 December 1879 · page 2

The Australian Jockey Club's Exhibition meeting took place to-day. The weather was cold and showery, notwithstanding which there was a large attendance, including his…

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The Exhibition

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 December 1879 · page 4

IN point of number the French exhibits in the art gallery come next to the British, While they are more varied in character than those of the mother-country. They comprise a magnificent piece of…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. (Through Greville’s Telegram Company.) Sydney, Saturday, 2.45 p.m. the Exhibition Race Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 December 1879 · page 2

Hurdles.—Solicitor, 1; Torpedo, 2 ; Ballew, 3. Thirteen started. 2.55 p.m. Flying Handicap.—Blantyro, 1 ; Master, 2;…

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St. Patrick's College. Annual Exhibition and Distribution of Prices

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

THE annual exhibition and presentation of premiums took place at St. Patrick's College on Thursday last. His Lordship the Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. Lanigan), patron of the institution, took the…

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International Fat Stock Show

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 December 1879 · page 6

THE show of fat stock in connection with the Grand International Exhibition opened on Thursday morning, and one of the finest collections of fat cattle ever seen in this city was…

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