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Illawarra · Weddings

Weddings, 1951

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Wedding Gown in Old World Style

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 5

A lovely gown of heavy faille, fashioned in an old world style, was worn by Laurel Mavis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W…

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The Social Spotlight Guests come 200 miles for Cheney-Whitehead Wedding

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 27

Friends and relatives from Blayney, Barry and Hobby's Head mingled with guests from Sydney, Kiama and Wollongong at the wedding of Alan D. Cheney and Laurel M. Whitehead at Presbyterian Church, Wollongong…

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Salvation Army Wedding

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 6

The Salvation Army Citadel was chosen for the marriage of Betty second youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E…

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Street-length Frock for Boxing Day Bride Agnew-Lewis Wedding at Thirroul Catholic Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 26

Lorna V. Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lewis, Murranar Road, Towradgi wore a street-length frock of pale blue crepe for her wedding to Neville Agnew on Boxing Day…

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Wedding Cake made by Bride's Sister

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 25

The magnificent, elaborately[?]ed wedding' cake cut by the bride and bridegroom, Mr. and Mrs. G. Poole of [?]urrill Lake at…

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Seventh Day Adventist Wedding

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

THE Seventh Day Adventist Church at Wollongong was transformed into a virtual bower of flowers on January 1, when…

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News for Women Nylon & Lace Wedding frock Was Sea-Blue

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

MERLE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barrett, of Osborne Street, Wollongong, chose an ankle length frock of sea-blue…

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Wedding at Corrimal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 6

Fifty guests attended the wedding of Dorothy Beryl Davies to James Weston Hall. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and…

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Wedding Tidmarsh—cox

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 3

Miss Bonnie Nita Cox chose a frock of Ivory Angel-skin lace over satin for her wedding at Christ Church of England, Kiama on…

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Arber-hawken Wedding— Corrimal Bride's Gown of French Lame

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 23

Heavy French lame, lace mounted over slippered satin, in a lovely old-world style, featuring a draped front and full-length train, was attractive Florence Rae Hawken's choice of a gown for her wedding to Leonard Dudley Arber, at the…

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Pretty wedding at Thirroul

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 23

A very pretty wedding was recently celebrated at St. Michael's Church, Thirroul, when Joan, only…

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Wedding Ward—anderson

Kiama Independent · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

St. Luke's Church of England, Brownsville, was the scene of a pretty wedding on Saturday, 18th November, when Miss Una Maud…

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News for Women Dal Santo—Hinchcliff Wedding Corrimal Bride Wore a Replica of Star's Gown

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 10

A Corrimal bride wore a wedding gown which was a replica of the one worn by film star Elizabeth Taylor in a recent film. The pretty wedding took…

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Pre-wedding Social

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 6

There was a large attendance at the Gerringong Town Hall on Tuesday night when a. pre-wedding social was tendered to Miss Jean Sharpe…

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Wedding Worth Noting the Mills Druery Marriage

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 26

A very pretty wedding was celebrated at the Catholic Church, Corrimal, on Saturday, 9th Dec when Dorothy, daughter of Mr…

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Per-wedding Socials One at Gerringong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 26

Popular Toolijooa young lady, Miss Jean Sha[?] daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sharpe, was given a pre-wedding social…

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Arber-Hawken Wedding At Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 6

A lovely gown of heavy French lame lace mounted aver slipper satin was worn by Florence Rae, youngest daughter of…

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Wedding Party Drowned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 11

BOSTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—All six members of a wedding party, including the newly-married bride and bridegroom…

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Wedding Buckley—blanch

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 6

Miss Dorothy Violet Blanch chose a frock of blue tulle over taffeta with a spray of blue flowers, trimming the skirt, for her wedding at…

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Wedding Williams—vidler

Kiama Independent · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

A very pretty wedding took place at the Methodist Church, Wollongong on the 23rd December when Miss Doris Rose Vidler, only…

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