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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1970

53 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Two More Show Girl Entrants Miss Sigita Daujotis Miss Joan James

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1970 · page 1

Tall, attractive blonde Sigita Daujotis, is the Hawkesbury Valley Motors condidate in the quest…

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Tv Garden Expert to Open Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 February 1970 · page 7

Mr Cam Tucker, Well Known garden expert and TV personality Will open the Richmond and…

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Mayor Opens Art Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1970 · page 3

Mrs Eastman (left), president of the Town and Country Committee, introduces the…

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Art Show at “Fairfield”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1970 · page 14

Works of 14 women painters, all members of the Chiltern Art Group, were shown at an art show on Friday and Saturday at “Fairfield House,”…

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“Men Only” Club Succumbs to Fair Sex

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1970 · page 1

Women have stormed the last bastion of “men only” bowling clubs in the Nepean…

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20 Show Girls to

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1970 · page 4

Twenty attractive girls from all parts of the Hawkesbury district will face the judges on Thursday night to decide who will be Miss Hawkesbury…

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Rural Youth Hawkesbury Win at Penrith Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1970 · page 15

The Hawkesbury District Rural Youth Club is off to a flying start with a great win at Penrith…

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Miss Hawkesbury Goes to Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1970 · page 1

Miss Ruth Moncrieff, of Freeman’s Reach, is one of 20 Show Girl finalists who will go to Sydney tomorrow for the judging of the Royal Easter Show Girl Quest…

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Riverstone Bowls Easter Carnival Success

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1970 · page 11

The big Easter Carnival proved a huge success— probably the best ever of the six held so far…

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Wilberforce C.W.A. Wins Handicraft Exhibition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1970 · page 3

Wilberforce Branch of the Country women’s Association won first prize in the recent…

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Basketball Exhibition at Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 12

The Hawkesbury Women’s Basketball Association is to stage an exhibition match on Friday…

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Riverstone Bowls Riverstone Carnival Results

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 10

The women had the worst weather of the carnival on Tuesday but bravely stuck it out. Of the 19…

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Show Photography of High Standard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 21

Consistent exhibitions of high standard has earned the Hawkesbury Show National Photographic Exhibition an enviable reputation with top…

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125Th Anniversary Exhibition Hawkesbury Tops Among Country Shows

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 20

This year’s Hawkesbury Show, which commemorates the 125th anniversary of the first exhibition, will again prove that this district is only…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show Hawkesbury Show Began 125 Years Ago

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 19

With such attractions as a ploughing match, show of cattle and agricultural produce, the first Hawkesbury Show was staged in 1845. One of the oldest…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 46

Pilots of the Citizen Air Force at Richmond RAAF Base in 1925 with a line-up of Avro, SE5 and…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 28

“The Daisy,” built by John Jones at Sackville North, tied up at Windsor Wharf in 1902. This boat took…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 51

Richmond before 1920 had ample building space as can be seen from this picture. The Rural School was yet to be built on the old “Kamilaroi” site, and there was no development along Pitt Street in the East Richmond area. There is no water tower near St. Peter’s Church of England and on the southern side of March Street houses are few and far between…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 33

The occasion was the centenary of the Old School House at Pitt Town—just 50 years ago! The building…

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Captain Cook Bicentenary Feature 125th Anniversary Hawkesbury Show Fashions Over 200 YEARS

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1970 · page 52

Fashions spanning 200 years will be shown at a parade to be held on April 13 during the Hawkesbury Bicentenary Celebrations…

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