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

Shows & fairs, 1953

489 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 18 of 25

Scouts' Baby Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 7

Proud mothers and their bonny babies will gather at St. Saviour"s Hall on Saturday,. October 19 when Fourth…

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Odeon Variety Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 3

The Bobby Limb variety show will be presented on stage at the Odeon next Tuesday night, September 29. Tne Odeon Foyer…

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Crookwell Schoolboys At Goulburn Carnival

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 3

The two Crookwell schoolboy teams who travelled to Goulburn on Saturday were very successful, both reaching the finals of…

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Beautiful Babies on Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 7

"All babies on the Southern Tablelands are beautiful" remarked Mrs. Tullch, of Canberra, who, with…

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'Gondoliers' Is A Sparkling Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 2

"Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes" - and put the song in an operetta, like "The Gondoliers," with all its colourful setting midst a background of vivacious girls - and you have an example of Gilbert and Sullivan that would be…

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Successful Antique Show Staged 146 Entries on Display

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 3

The local Methodist Church hall was packed to capacity on Thursday night last for the antique show organised by the Methodist Ladies' Aid…

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TARALGA and District News Preparations Made For Annual Spring Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 8

Chief discussion at Monday evening's meeting of the A.P. & H. Committee centred around preparations for the annual Spring Show, which will be held on…

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Crookwell Women's Hockey Team Wins Bathurst Carnival Completes Double Success for Crookwell Associations

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 4

Crookwell representative XI added to their impressive list of 1953 season carnival victories on Sunday last when they won the Dodman trophy carnival at Bathurst…

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Local Artists Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 3

A wealth of talent has been uncovered by the first all-Goulburn art exhibition, at present being staged at the City Library Auditorium. The exhibition which is being staged as a pre-Lilac Time…

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Roller Cycling Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 8

To create a rally for the Sports Queen in Auburn Street this Saturday the local amateur cycle club plans to stage a roller…

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Many Overseas Photographs Local Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 1

World-wide interest has been shown in the Goulburn Photographic Group's first international salon of photography, to be conducted, during Lilac Time. Seventy of the 250…

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G. & S. Show Appeals On First Night

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 1

If kings and aristocrats did as much to make their subjects happy as the creations of Gilbert in "The…

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L. G. U. Carnival

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 8

Miss Peggy Darke, Goulburn Golf Club associate. won the 36 holes scretch score at Bonny Doon in the Country Week…

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Industries Fair to Be 'Miniature Royal'

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

The foyer of Goulburn's Odeon Theatre will assume the appearance of a Pavilion at the Royal Show when the industries Fair opens next Friday. An extensive and interesting…

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Rye Park Show Farmers' Sections Included

Boorowa News · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 2

Inclement weather conditions gave rise to difficulty in obtaining a quorum for the meeting of the Rye Park…

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Preparations For Taralga's Big Spring Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

Taralga A. P. and H. Society met last Monday to discuss preparations for the society's spring show, to be…

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£600 NET Successful Scottish Fair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 1

The net proceeds of the annual Scottish Fair held in the Memorial Hall on Thursday afternoon and…

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Talented Young Artist at Scottish Fair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 2

FIVE years old Judith Bowden captivated the audience at the Scottish Fair concert on Thursday night with several burlesque…

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574,300 at Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 6

About 574,300 people saw this year's Royal Melbourne Show which ended yesterday. The total is 5000 fewer than last…

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Odeon Variety Show, Ball

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 7

The Bobby Limb variety show, fresh from successes in Sydney and Melbourne theatres and night club, will be presented on…

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