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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1880

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Coolingdon. Provisional School Picnic and Ball

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 3

THE above took place on Easter Monday last at Mr. Neil Metiregor's, Brookfield, in the presence of about 150 persons. Cricket, swings, and [?]anoing were indulged…

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Cooma Brass Band

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 2

THE members of the band are making worthy progress. On Saturday night, they played a selectin of popular airs in Vale-street. Mr. Oberthur drove the musicians…

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Pictures in the Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 2

"SWEET Norah, come here, and lock into the fire; Perhaps in its embers good luck we may see;…

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A Dance of Death

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1880 · page 4

A CATASTROPHE which resulted in the killing outright of a number of people and the maiming of others occurred on April 21, at the Madison…

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Umaralla Tea-party and Ball to the Editor of the Manaro Mercury

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 3

DEAR SIR.—A short time age a report of the Umaralla tea-party and ball appeared in the columns of your valuable paper. That report, it…

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Victoria Theatre Burnt. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 3

After the performance was over, and shortly after 11 o'clock last night, the Victoria theatre, in Pitt-street, Sydney, was discovered on…

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Destruction of the Victoria Theatre

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 4

ABOUT 1[?] o'clock last night, and just after the performance of the "Emigrant." and "Josh, the Yankee," at the Victoria Theatre, had concluded, an alarm of fire…

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Charity Concert

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1880 · page 3

COOMA MINSTRELS and Cooma Brass Band deserve our hearty thanks for the noble effort they made to assist the widow and family of our late…

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Nimitvbelle Concert

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1880 · page 3

THE concert which took place at Nimitybelle on the 13th instant in aid of the building fund of St. Peter's (Anglican) Church was a decided…

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