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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1877

16 stories in Illawarra's papers

Dapto Agricultural Society

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 February 1877 · page 2

The annual Show in connection with the above Society took place at Brown's Mill, Dapto, on Wednesday last. The attendance of visitors on the occasion was unusually large. The cash taken…

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Local Intelligence. Kiama Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1877 · page 2

THE Annual Exhibition for 1877, in connection with the Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Society took place on the Blowhole Point, on Wednesday and…

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The Kiama Show

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 2

The Kiama Show of this season, which came off on Wednesday mid Thursday last, proved an unexampled success so far us the South Coast districts are concerned. The Show was held on…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 2

THE annual exhibition of the above society took place at Terrara, on Thursday and Friday last, and judging from the report of many who went from this town and…

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Milton, Ulladulla. Ulladulla Agricultural Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1877 · page 3

AT sunrise on Wednesday morning, the 21st instant, exhibitors and receivers began to assemble at the convincing ground, and at about 8 o'clock the township of Milton…

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The Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

The Exhibition in the Prince Alfred Park this year differs in some important respects from its predecessors. It is more than the show of an Agricultural Society. It is more than an…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Metropolitan Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

IT is sometimes dangerous to prophesy, but there is little risk in saying that the Exhibition of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales will be grandest show ever…

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The Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

IT is satisfactory to observe that the attendance at the Exhibition is well sustained, and Prince Alfred Park has, for the time being, become the great rendezvous of…

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Canada and the Sydney Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 4

New South Wales has reason to be proud of the co-operation of Canada at the present Exhibition; and the delegation which the Government of the Dominion has sent…

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The Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 2

IT is now a fortnight since the Exhibition was opened, and the awards have been made in all the sections that are likely to interest the majority of our readers. In…

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Kiama A. and H. Society's Ploughing Match

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 2

THE Ploughing Match under the auspices of this society, came off as advertised, on Friday, the 18th instant, at Allne Bank Farm, the property of W. R. Hindmarsh…

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The Torpedo Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1877 · page 2

THE Russian prisoners, taken at Soulina, arrived at Pera on Thursday. There is no Englishman or American amongst them. Lieutenant Puschin, a young Russian…

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Original Correspondence. Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1877 · page 4

SIR,—Will you allow me, through your columns, to address a few lines to the young people on behalf of the intended exhibition…

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Victorian National Exhibition. Stewell

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1877 · page 3

The Grand National Show was attended by 8000 visitors. The weather was anspicious. His Excellency the Governor, the Ministry, and several members of…

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Spanish Beauties—novel Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 December 1877 · page 4

The Herald's correspondent "Stella" writing from Paris on October 5, says:—The Spaniards proud of the beauty and grace of their mothers and sisters, are understood to have…

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Spanish Beauties—Novel Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 3

THE Herald's correspondent "Stella," writing from Paris on October 5, says:—The Spaniards, proud of the beauty and grace of their mothers and sisters, are…

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