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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885

16 stories in Illawarra's papers

Roundabout Rhymes. a Dance in the Subu[?]s

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1885 · page 2

Three Wollongong publ cans feeling aggrieved at my remarks last week, one of them suggested that I should go to the devil. Well, I agreed to do so, provided they all came with me. They at…

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Sons of Temperance Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 2

THE postponed concert in connection with the Sons of Temperance body took place in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening last. The attendance was not large, owing…

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Concert by Miss Kimber's Pupils

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1885 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last, Miss kimber's pupils, under the supervision of their teacher, favoured the public of Kiama with another of their musical…

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Good Templars' Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1885 · page 2

PURSUANT to members of the "Oakleaf " Lodge, No. 282, I.O G T., held an open Baymony meeting in the Kiama Wesleyan School-room on Friday evening…

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Church of England Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 2

A MOST Successful concert, both in a musical and financial sense, was held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening last, 2nd July. With the exception of the back…

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Concert by the Philharmonic Society of Wollongong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1885 · page 2

A CONCERT in aid of the Albert Memorial Hospital was given a by the Philharmonic Society of Wollongong, in the Temperance Hall Kiama, on Wednesday evening. AS…

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Lady Carrington's Grand Ball

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 4

THE following, from the "Home News" of July 8, will probably more than anything else give an idea of the status of our next Governor and his lady in…

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Church of England Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

PURSUANT to announcement a concert was given on Thursday evening last, in the School of Arts, Gerringong, by the members of Christ Church choir. The evening…

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Concert at Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 2

0N Monday evening last the members of the Jamberoo Mutual Improvement Society assisted by other amateurs, gave a public concert in the Protestant Hall at…

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The Kendall Memorial Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 4

THE concert which was given in the large Hall of the Sydney University, on the 15th ultimo, was one of those events which occur but rarely in the history of…

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Concert and Presentation

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

The complimentary concert tendered to Mr. A. J. Walker by the Wollongong Philharmonic Society, came off at the School of Arts, on Wednesday evening, very successfully. There was a fair…

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A Crazy Brass Band

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 4

A BRASS band composed of insane inmates of the Norriston Asylum paraded about the grounds, wearing uniforms for the first time They were very…

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Concert at Shellharbour

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 2

A CONCERT, by the pupils of the public school, took place on Friday evening last. The weather was line, and the place was filled. The proceedings were opened by a…

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Kiama C. C. Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1885 · page 2

A MUSICAL and dramatical entertainment in aid of the Kiama Cricket Club was given in the Temperance H.H, Kiama, on Thursday evening, in the presence of a large and…

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Concert at Gerringong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1885 · page 2

THE concert in aid of the Fox ground public school prize book fund came off in the Gerringong school of arts on 20th ultimo, and was in all respects a decided success, in…

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Miss O'Brien's Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1885 · page 2

THE musical and dramatic entertainment in aid of the Frize book fund, by pupils of Miss M. O'Brien, mistress in the infants' department of the Kiama Public School,…

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