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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1936

146 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 8

Fun in the Stockyard Skuthorpe's Great Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 2

On Saturday night St. Leon's and Skuthorpe's Circus and Rodeo concluded a successful season at Wollongong with a large and…

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Bertie Oldfield Repijes to His Critics Brilliant Exhibition by Veteran Wicket-Keeper

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 6

Bertie Oldfield, the veteran keeper and the only original A.I.F. player still strutting his stuff in big cricket gave a scintillating exhibition behind the…

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Albion Park Show Abandoned

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1936 · page 2

The Albion Park Show, which was to have been held on 22nd and 23rd January next, has been abandoned by a practically unan-…

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Kiama Show Committee Decides on Postponement. UNTIL 2nd AND 3rd APRIL, 1937

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1936 · page 2

At a meeting of the Kiama Agricultural Society on Friday night in the School of Arts, the committee decided to postpone the holding of the 1937…

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Wollongong Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 10

Already over 600 entries have been received for the 1937 show on Jan. 28, 29 and 30. Of these 500 are an the School…

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Methodist Fair Girls' Comradeship Event. Social and Financial Success

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 10

The Christmas Fair, in aid of the Woonona Methodist Girls' Comradeship, which eventuated last Saturday was a very happy function…

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Screen Celebrities Attend Elaborate Fashion Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 13

A recent hot day saw Hollywood's' most glamorous people sitting at crowded tables in the town's most exclusive night club looking at furs for…

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