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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1953

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P.K. Eastern Star Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 2

The Port Kembia Eastern Star held a successful concert in St. Stephen's Church of England School…

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Bell Band Broadcast

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

The famous Graeme Bell Jazz Band returns to the air with a broadcast in the A.B.C.'s. "Thursday Night Swing Club", this…

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Balgownie Band Hall Appeal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 4

Balgownie Band reports good progress with the preliminary work on the new Band Hall…

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News for Women School Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 8

Wollongong High School Women's Auxiliary, at a May meeting, decided to hold a dance at Wollongong R.S.L…

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R.S.P.C.A. Dance

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 4

The Wollongong branch of the R.S.P.C.A. held a successful dance and social in Brandon Hall on Friday…

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Meurants Win Ball Match Of Decade

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 12

Meurants and Rothmans figured in what officials and spectators described as the best club baseball matches seen in the district for more than 10 years at…

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Surf Club Ball Was Gay Function

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

More than 350 people attended a highly successful Wollongong Surf Life Saving Club Ball at the R.S.L. Hall on Friday night…

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Jascha Spivakovsky In Chopin Concerto

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

Jaschs Spivakovsky, Melbourne pianist, who recently returned from three months world tour, will be the soloist with the South…

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Radio News & PROGRAMMES Coronation Festival Concert

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

Recordings of two concerts received from the B.B.C. are among the special Coronation broadcasts programmed by the A.B.C. The first Coronation Festival Concert, will be relayed this Thursday at 8 p.m. through 2BL. The second, God Save the…

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Scene From "It Beats The Band"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 6

Robert Wagner and Clifton Webb in a scene from 20th Century-Fox's Musical, "It Beats The Band,"…

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Play By Maritime Industries Theatre

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

A new activity for a trade union will be the presentation of a play, "The Travellers," by the Waterside…

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"No Ball" Charges Against Ray Lindwall

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 12

LONDON, Tues.—Daily Mirror cricket writer, Ross Hall, under a six-column…

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Balgownie Band Hall Progresses

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 2

The foundations are now complete of the Balgownie Band Hall as a result of an excellent response from local…

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Attractive Frocking at Surf Club Annual Ball

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 23

Gay and colorful frocking was a feature of the Wollongong Surf Life Saving Club Annual Cabaret Ball last…

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In Coronation Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 3

Margaret Moore, soprano, another soloist at the special Coronation Celebration concert at the…

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Mayoral Ball Idea Is Dropped

Kiama Independent · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 2

A proposal to hold a mayoral ball was dropped by Shellharbour Council on Wednesday. Ald. Macdonald said there was no…

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Eight Debutantes At Presbyterian Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 3

Happiness radiated from the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Wollongong, last night when about 250 young people attended the Ball arranged by the Presbyterian…

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News for Women Eight Debutantes Presented At Woll. Presbyterian Ball

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 23

Eight lovely debutantes were presented to Professor A. K. Anderson, M.A., Principal of Scots College,…

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Rich Ritual At Masonic Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 3

The happy brotherhood characteristic of Freemasonry and the colourful regalia and ceremony associated with their ritual were again in evidence at the 1953 Masonic Ball held in the Soldiers' Hall last night…

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Illawarra Pipe Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 8

The Illawarra Pipe Band will be taking an active part in the Coronation celebrations being held…

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