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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1890

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Promenade Concert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 2

The Wollongong Town Band gave their second promenade concert last night on the Brighton Lawn. The band have arranged, as previously stated, a series of concerts…

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Concert at Cramsville

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 2

The concert held in the Orpheus Hall, Cramsville, last Wednesday night to clear off the debt on the organ belonging to the Church of England Sunday School,…

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Wollongong Concert Company

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 2

The above company gave their first concert in the Brownsville Reading Room last Wednesday evening, to a very large audience. The programme was of a…

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Cyclists' Ball

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 2

The Wollongong Cycling Club held their first annual ball last Friday evening in the Town Hall, and scored a great success. This energetic club, necessarily…

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Correspondence. Oddfellows' Hall—saturday's Concert. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 3

SIR,—As it is generally rumoured that I prevented the entertainment from taking place on Saturday night. I wish to give this a most emphatic denial, and…

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Wollongong Concert Company

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 2

Notwithstanding the races at Jamberoo on Wednesday last, a very large audience assembled at the Temperance Hall, Shellharbor, to hear the above company. The…

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Capture of a Band of Pirates

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 4

PIRATES are still causing great trouble on the China coast. Recently a band of these marauders took possession of a junk, killing one man and driving two…

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Town Band

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1890 · page 2

At the half-yearly meeting of the Town Band, held last Wednesday night, the treasurer's half-yearly balance-sheet was read and adopted. About £71 had been…

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Concerts

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1890 · page 2

The concert in aid of St. Mary's Convent, held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, was a decided success notwithstanding the inclemency of the…

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Kiama Poultry Associations Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1890 · page 2

THIS entertainment was consummated in the Oddfellows' Hall last Wednesday evening, and I was the first public assemblage which gathered there to witness an…

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St. Joseph's Convent School Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 2

THIS concert took place in the Oddfellows' Hall last Wednesday evening, and was in every way a success, A large number of children took part in the performance, and…

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Newcastle Band Contest

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

Give ear, Mr. Charlesworth, and members of the Wollongong Bund. The following letter, from a correspondent signing himself "Il Diavolo," appeared in Wednesday's…

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Band Ball at Albion Park

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 3

The ball under the auspices of the band took place on Wednesday night. Although the weather was threating, and despite the fact that the ball had been postponed, the…

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Concert at West Dapto

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 3

A successful concert, or juvenile entertainment, was given in the School Hall, West Dapto, on Wednesday evening last The performers were pupils attending St…

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Children's Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1890 · page 2

On Friday night an entertainment of a most enjoyable nature was given by the pupils of St. Joseph's School. Hitherto the public have had to look to the Debating…

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