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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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First 'Ball Game For Rothmans

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 12

Rothmans Baseball Club will meet the Cardinals in their first game of the season on March 21 at…

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Workshop Theatre Gave Fine Play

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 11

Members of the Workshop Theatre have every reason to be pleased with the success achieved by…

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Rotary Sends Spastic Donation From Boys Concert

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

It was revealed at the meeting of the Gerringong Citizens Committee recently that £15 had been received from the…

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Wollongong Pipe Band[?]

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 10

The annual picnic of the Wollongong Pipe Band will be held at Mittagong on Sunday, April 11…

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Woonona - Bulli Citizens' Band

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 4

The Band carried out the programme as set down for last week-end, and its playing was very much appreciated by the…

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Staff Ball Will Aid Children

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 30

The Wollongong Crippled Children's Society will receive the proceeds of Marcus Clark's first annual staff ball which…

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Protest At Royal Ball's Live Koalas

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.— The organisers of the Lord Mayor's Royal Ball at Brisbane last, night should…

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Good Canvass For Celebrity Concert 1954

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 15

A canvass for subscribers for the A.B.C. 1954 Celebrity Concert season is meeting with a…

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Legacy Dance on

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

The Wollongong Torchbearers for Legacy Younger Set will hold its first social dance in Brandon Hall, Wollongong, on…

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Audience Enjoyed Workshop Theatre

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 5

Last Monday night a large audience at Wollongong High School Hall re-[?]ed most favourably, when the workshop theatre presented Terence Ratigan's war-time comedy. "White the Sun Shines". I[?] was received here…

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Radio News and Programmes Glenda Raymond soloist with Queensland Symphony Orchestra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 6

Brilliant Australian soprano Glenda Raymond first won success in Australian when she sang the title role in a radio series called The Life of Melba. She acquired a repertoire of…

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Youth Concert Broadcasts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 6

Richard Farrell will be soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the first Youth Concerts of this year's…

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W'gong Pipe Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 10

Next Saturday, March 20, Wollongong City Band will be assisting at the annual St. Patrick's Day…

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W'gono Pipe Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Wollongong Pipe Band this week the Secretary (Mr. W. Anderson)…

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Picture Theatre for Albion Park Planned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 13

Wollongong Theatres Ltd. Plan to erect a modern new picture theatre in Albion Park…

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Orchestra's Renewed Activity

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

At the Annual meeting of the Illawarra Orchestral Society on March 9, the president, Dr. H. C. Maldon, said he looked forward to renewed activity in the orchestra, and to a year that would prove one of the most…

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Glenda Raymond And Orchestra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 6

This week, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will begin its second country tour this year. It will visit Bathurst, Orange…

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Richard Farrell with Queensland Orchestra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 6

SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT on March 27 will be relayed form the City Hall, Brisbane, where the Queensland Symphony…

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Radio News and Programmes Music by Australian Composers Performed by B.B.C. Orchestra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 6

Works by the Australian composers Arthur Benjamin and John Antill are included in a concert of music by…

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3,000 Miles For Pictures Of Marilyn Monroe

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 7

MARILYN MONROE, who recently made news headlines from coast to coast when she and Joe DiMaggio were…

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