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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1900

173 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 9

School of Arts Tea Tent. to Be Opened at the Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

A MEETING of the ladies interested in the above was held in the games room on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. There were present—Mrs. K. Ryan (in the chair),…

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Sale of Wollongong Show Booths, Etc. £52 15s REALISED

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Frank Bevan submitted the above to public auction with the following results:—No. 1 booth, £22, Mr. S. Clout, Harp Inn Hotel;…

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Shoalhaven Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

The Shoalhaven Show will be held on Thursday and Friday, 8th and 9th February. There is to be great attractions in the way of high jumping, hunting…

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Swimming Carnival

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

Next Friday week the Wollongong Superior Public School boys will swim against the Wollongong Y.M.A. in the local baths. The chief item will be a…

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The Wollongong Show. a Veritable Exhibition of Things Animate and Inanimate Grand Parade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

The annual Wollongong show, the dates of which are rapidly approaching, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, next week bids fair to outrival the many…

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Kiama Agricultural Association. Final Arrangements for the Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Society's committee was held at the showground on Tuesday last. there being present :—Messer T. Brown (President). T. Fredericks, R,…

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The Kiama 1900 Show. to Day and To-morrow

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

GIVEN fine weather, the 1900 exhibition of the Kiama Agricultural Association, which begins to-day on the picturesque Church Point showgrounds, should exceed in importance…

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Kiama Agricultural Society. THE 1900 Show. Magnificent Exhibition of Stock. Good All-round Display of Exhibits. Visit of the Minister for Agriculture a Record Attendance

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

OFFICE-BEARERS:—Patrons: Hon. J. H. Carrutters, M.L.A., Alex. Campbell, M L.A., David Lindsay Dymock, J.P., and George L…

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Our Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 11

Just before we went to press, Mr. Beatson informed us that excellent entries have been received in all sections, including the wood-chopping…

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Kiama Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 11

The Kiama Show was opened by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture on Thursday. The weather was showery. Entries for show were very numerous…

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Wollongong Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 12

On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next the great carnival of Illawarra will eventuate. The Wollongong A., H., and I. Association committee…

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Jamberoo Exhibits at Albion Park Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 3

IT is a fact worthy of note that at the late show held at Albion Park the exhibits from the Jamberoo district secured a very large percentage of the prizes distributed;…

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The Wollongong Show. Illawarra's Carnival. the Event of the Season. the Gathering Together of the District's Best Resources. Novelties of All Descriptions. the Mingling Together of Old Author of

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

"The peerles peak of Kembla," "Dapto Delights," "Albion, Queen of the Plain," "Murmurs of the Minnamurra," "Silver Sands of Shellharbor," "Lake Illawarra,…

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Wollongong Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

THE annual show of the Wollongong A. H. and I. Association will be held on the picturesque grounds of the association on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,…

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Shoalhaven Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

THURSDAY and Friday, Feb. 8 and 9, are the dates fixed for the Shoalhaven Show—always a big event Unusual attractions in the way of high jumping, hunting and…

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Kiama Agricultural Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

REPORT of Judges on half-acre of potatoes, section 15, class 1. January 22nd, 1900., To the Committee of the Kiama Agricultural Association…

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Wollongong Show Mems

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

Interesting exhibits from Agricultural Department. Blind Institution's exhibits, with blind workmen making baskets, etc., on the…

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The Wollongong Show. the Boom of the Season

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

The Wollongong Show will be opened to-morrow. Under the supreme patronage of the public…

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The Wollongong Association. Established 1843 (Under the Name of the Illawarra Society.) Exhibition of 1900. Pronounced Success. Record Attendance To-day

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 2

If Mr. Secretary Beatson had forecasted his own weather nothing more suitable would have been framed by even the constructive or rather destructive Wragge…

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Albion Park A. and H. Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

THE above Society's committee met on Wednesday evening. Accounts amounting to £133 8s were. pushed for payment,…

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