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Shows & fairs, 1861

6 stories in Illawarra's papers

Opening of the School of Arts Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1861 · page 4

The exhibition of works of arts and industry, at the School of Arts, was opened yesterday evening, by his Excellency the Administrator of the Government. The announcement of the…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1861 · page 3

The second annual Exhibition of the Agricultural Society opened yesterday, on the grounds of the Association at Parramatta, but was by no means so successful as could have been wished. Unpropitious…

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Great Exhibition of 1862

Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1861 · page 2

The New South Wales Commissioners are rapidly increasing their stock of exhibits for the forthcoming national exhibition, Stimulated, no doubt, by the activity…

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National Exhibition of 1862

Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1861 · page 2

Some of our readers may, on seeing the heading of this article, ask what we can have to do with the National Exhibition of 1862: and it would be a fair answer to say that every subject…

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Colonial Production for the Great Exhibition

Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1861 · page 2

Among the various articles of colonial manufacture which are being prepared for the Great Exhibition, a flute, made of my all wood, deserves especial notice. This flute has…

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The British Dependencies and the Exhibition of 1862

Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1861 · page 4

It appears from the Times that in the Exhibition of next year there will be such a show of colonial products and manufactures as have never yet been gathered under one roof before…

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