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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1995

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Annual swimming carnival

Nota · Friday 7 April 1995 · page 17

Perfect weather was the order of the day for the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest ASC third annual swimmng carnival which was a great success with both…

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Famous Australian artist to open Art and Craft Show

Nota · Friday 7 April 1995 · page 3

Rex Newell, famous Australian artist is to open the Tea Gardens Public School Art and Craft Show on April 12, at the Community…

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Not a nice place to show friends

Nota · Friday 21 April 1995 · page 2

Hawks Nest has always considered itself to be next to nature and has always used this fact to sell the area to others. It is, however, not showing its best side these holidays. The shopping centre and the park around the Community Hall, instead…

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Come to the Cow Dung Country Fair

Nota · Friday 19 May 1995 · page 2

An afternoon of fun and frivolity is planned for Saturday May 27 when the second annual Cow Dung Country Fair a Tea…

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Cow Dung Country Fair

Nota · Friday 2 June 1995 · page 11

Hundreds of locals and visitors and their families enjoyed a great day of fun at the…

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Five show sellout

Nota · Friday 2 June 1995 · page 17

It looks like, as in past years, that StarStruck will again be a sellout for the five performances scheduled for June 6-8 at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre…

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Hawks Nest Bridge Club show big improvement

Nota · Friday 4 August 1995 · page 6

It has been agreed by the committee that die introduction of the Handicapping System has some interesting results at…

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Agents show the way with auction

Nota · Friday 1 September 1995 · page 9

On Sunday, October 1 at 11am the Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest Surf Club will be the venue for the first ever combined Spring Auction. Raine & Home, together with Myall…

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Photo exhibition

Nota · Friday 20 October 1995 · page 6

Vietnam and Tibet, People and Places, is the name given to the exhibition of photographs being staged by the United Church on the…

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Fair go for credit unions

Nota · Friday 20 October 1995 · page 11

The NSW Government, will make it easier for credit unions to trade in country towns and fill the void left by the closure of rural bank branches…

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Craft exhibition for Mayll River

Nota · Friday 20 October 1995 · page 3

Local craftsman, Drew Martin, will be exhibiting his works at Myall River Bakehouse for two weeks. The exhibition will open on Friday November 3, and run until Sunday November 19…

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Photographic exhibition

Nota · Friday 3 November 1995 · page 28

At Hawks Nest Community Hall, Saturday November 11, 9,00am to 4.00pm and…

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Surf carnival time

Nota · Friday 3 November 1995 · page 15

The first Junior Activity Carnival will be held at Caves Beach on Sunday, November 5 with several members of the club hoping for selection to the Hunter Region Inter Branch Team…

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[?] Exhibition of driftwood framed mirrors

Nota · Friday 3 November 1995 · page 6

Local craftsman, Drew Martin, is exhibiting his works for the next two weeks…

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Mona’s works of art in exhibition

Nota · Friday 3 November 1995 · page 6

Local artist Mona Brown held a very successful exhibition of her works at her gallery, Gallery 68, in Albatross Avenue last week. A large crowd attended to see the artwork at…

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Quilt show a great success

Nota · Friday 3 November 1995 · page 8

The Myall Community Art and Craft Centre’s quilt show was a great success. It was most [?] to see so many visitors from [?] groups who had read the…

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Photo exhibition was great

Nota · Friday 17 November 1995 · page 6

The Uniting Church of Tea gardens would like thank everyone who attended the photographic exhibition, Vietnam and Tibet - People and Places, held at the Community Hall in Hawks Nest…

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Bulahdelah art and photography show

Nota · Friday 17 November 1995 · page 15

Organisers of the Art and Photography Show and wine and cheese tasting to be held in conjunction with the 1995 Bulahdelah Snow have decided on a…

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Entertainment for all tastes at Bulahdelah Show

Nota · Friday 17 November 1995 · page 13

Working Cattie Dog Trials will be featured for the first time at the 1995 Bulahdelah Show. The trials are relatively new to die area but are quickly…

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Progress Association at the Show

Nota · Friday 1 December 1995 · page 16

A display of household aids for the elderly and infirm drew favourable comments at last weekend’s Bulahdelah Show…

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