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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1879

6 stories in Illawarra's papers

Terrible Scene in a Concert Room

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 January 1879 · page 4

On Friday evening towards the close of an amateur concert at the Royal-hall, Inglewood, a most shocking accident occurred through the fall of a kerosene lamp,…

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Concert in aid of the Convent

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 2

An amateur concert in aid of the funds being raised to complete the now wing of the Convent took place in the Temperance Hall, on Monday evening last. Notwithstanding that a mizzly rain…

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The Maori War Dance

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1879 · page 4

As it is usual for Parliaments of Europeans and assemblages of various kinds to conclude with a ball (says the New Zealand Herald of the 10th instant), so the Maori…

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Concert at Kangaroo Valley

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1879 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the funds of the Kangaroo Valley Presbyterian Church came off, under most favourable circumstances, in the Cosmopolitan Hall, (which…

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Protestant Alliance Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1879 · page 2

As stated in our last the Kiama Lodge of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society gave an entertainment of a musical and literary character in the Temperance Hall,…

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District News. Kangaroo Valley. Anglican Church Sunday School Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1879 · page 2

ON Thursday evening last a concert was given in the Cosmopolitan Hall, in the presence of a very appreciative audience. The weather turned out favourable for…

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