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

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Irish Girls For 1954 Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 3

Two schoolgirls from Ireland, now visiting relatives in Australia, will compete in pony riding contests at next year's…

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Girls' Bands To Compete At The Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 6

National Fitness girls' marching bands will compete at Goulburn Show this year. The show will be held at the…

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Country Tennis Carnival Postponed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

Owing to the Australian tennis championships being played at While City later this month, the 1954 country carnival has…

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Tennis Exhibition Announcement To Be Made Soon

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

An announcement will be made before the end of this month regarding the possibility of staging an exhibition in Goulburn featuring Davis Cup stars…

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Stan Kehlet Wins Two Titles at League Cycling Carnival

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 8

Stan Kehlet proved himself the season's premier juvenile cyclist on Friday night, when he annexed the 500 metres and three-mile championships at the League Cycle Club's championship carnival,. In the first round, Kehlet…

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Crookwell Carnival

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

It is expected that a bus load of local swimmers will go to Crookwell on Sunday for the annual carnival to be staged at the…

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Veteran Show Dog

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 6

A champion Dalmatian dog has exhibited so regularly at Sydney Royal Show that his owner is convinced he could find…

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State Tennis Players for Local Exhibition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

Local and district residents will have the opportunity on Wednesday evening, February 3, of seeing four of Australia's leading tennis players in a series of exhibition matches on…

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Canberra Stars Here for Swimming Carnival Four Southern Championships to Be Decided

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

Two State champion swimmers will be included in the Canberra team visiting Crookwell on Sunday next for the third annual swimming carnival staged at the local pool…

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Rose Has Only To Show Form

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mervyn Rose has only to show form in the Australian championships, which start…

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U.S. Cattle Judge For Royal Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Prominent American cattle breeder, Mr. John E. Rice, of Sheridan, Wyoming, has accepted an invitation from the Royal…

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Documentary Films Club Has First Show For This Year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Yass Documentary Film Club had its first show for the year on Tuesday night when the star items in the programme featured Africa,…

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Some Changes for Coming Show

Boorowa News · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

There have been a number of additions and alterations both to the show schedule and facilities for display at the…

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£1500 Needed To Run Boorowa Show Donations Are Needed

Boorowa News · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

The President of the Boorowa P.A. & H. Association, at last week's meeting stated that it cost approximately £1500 to run the Boorowa Show and emphasised…

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Big Swimming Carnival Crookwell Praised

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 8

Last Sunday Crookwell staged one of the biggest swimming carnivals yet held in the south. The carnival had a 90 event programme. Usually in a…

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Equestrian Show At Bowral

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

A combined horse show and one-day-event, organised by the N.S.W. Branch of the Equestrian Federation of Australia,…

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Heavy Bookings for Tennis Exhibition Record Attendance Predicted

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Bookings for the tennis exhibition to be held at the Brooklands night courts on Wednesday evening next (February 3) have been exceptionally heavy and already over 200…

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Mr. A. Cowling As Show Official

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

Goulburn A., P. and H. Society last night decided to approach Mr. Arthur Cowling, of Goulburn, to act as horse meas[?]rer…

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Invitation To Gov.- General To Open Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

The Governor-General, Sir William Slim, will be asked by the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society to officially open…

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Sporting News Local Round-up Sports Carnival May Be Staged In February

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 8

The idea that Goulburn sporting bodies should stage a carnival in aid of the Sister Fife Memorial Fund is growing into something big. First mooted by Goulburn…

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