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Illawarra · Sport

Sport, 1868

9 stories in Illawarra's papers

Tomerong. Boxing-day Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1868 · page 3

These races came off as advertised. The attendance was not so large as on previous occasions. The weather was most auspicious and the course, in consequence of the dry…

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Boxing Day in Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1868 · page 2

THE chief object of attraction in Kiama on Boxing Day was the Total Abstinence Society's pic-nic at Kendall's Branch, and it proved successful beyond the expectation of…

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Boolong. Cricket.—boolong V. Cambewarra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1868 · page 3

LAST Saturday our cricket ground was the [?] of a contest between the above cricket clubs. The match was get up to allow these members an opportunity of showing their…

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The Duke's Day Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1868 · page 3

THE Duke's Day race meet at Randwick on Saturday was the grandest ovation that has yet been got up in honour of the Prince's advent in New South Wales…

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The Prince in Sydney. Anniversary Regatta

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1868 · page 4

THE arrangements for the regatta in celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the foundation of the colony, were on the most extensive scale, and with fair…

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Horse Racing and Gambling

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1868 · page 4

WE are informed from various quarters that a large amount of gambling has attended the recent races: that the difference in the odds has, in some instances, been…

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Shellharbor Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1868 · page 2

THESE races, which were postponed from the 1st instant, came off on the course adjacent to Minnamurra River, on Saturday last. The weather was all that could be wished; but…

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Shelharbour Races

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 August 1868 · page 2

These races, which were postponed from the Ist instant, came off on the course adjacent to Minnamurra River, on Saturday last. The weather was all that could be wished; but cither the inhabitants of…

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Illawarra Turf Club Races

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1868 · page 1

THESE races took place on Thursday and Friday last, on the private racecourse of Mr. G, Wood, at Jamberoo, and, so far as the completion of the programme is concerned,…

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