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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1864

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

Ball at Shellharbor

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1864 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Cosgrove of Shellharbor, purports, giving a ball at his establishment on the evening of Anniversary Day, and has, we are informed, made every possible arrangement to secure the comfort of…

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Pictures of Life in Brazil

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1864 · page 4

The following are extracts from an interesting letter published in the Spectator:— A very large proportion of the population of Brazil is made up of negroes and…

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Professor G. A. Belew at the Victoria Theatre

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1864 · page 4

The audience at the Victoria Theatre last night was somewhat alarmed during the lecture of Mr. Belew in his wild horse taming…

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MORUYA. Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1864 · page 2

Mrs Staunton, of the Diggers' Rest, give annual ball on the Queen's Birthday. Upwards of sixty persons were present, who harmoniously tripped the light fantastic toe until a bright stream of light in…

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Detection of a Band of One Hundred Robbers and Murderers in the Mormon Territory

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1864 · page 4

THE great Salt Lake City correspondent of New York Herald, writing on Feb. 7th says:— "The last express from Bannock City…

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