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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1881

10 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Victorian International Exhibition, 1880. a Lounger's Account

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 2

HAVING for come years been absent from Melbourns, living in the back blcoks of Queensland, where, excepting cattle, black follows, kangaroos and dingoes, I had no…

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Victorian International Exhibition, 1880. Representative Exhibits. Colonial Art in Stone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1881 · page 2

YOUNG as these colonies are, art in its highes forms has been attempted, and, as we have seen in the Ploture Galleries, [?], but in the [?] art has had to be…

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Melbourne International Exhibition. Probabilities of Australian Agriculture

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1881 · page 2

AUSTRALIA is [?] remarks his for being able to grow all [?] and this being so, her farmers ought to be in a better position than those at any other country…

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Melbourne International Exhibition. Possibilities of Australian Agriculture

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 2

HOPS.—There is a strong probability that, ere very long, the Legislatures of the different colonies will take steps, as is done in other countries, to compel brewers to [?] hops and…

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Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880. Possibilities of Australian Agriculture. (constusion)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 2

IN [?]ding these articles, in which I first I have been able to give some information to our farmers, I cannot but a knowledge that the new industries to which I have…

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Melbourne International Exhibition

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 3

WE have received the following letter:— Melbourne. 1st march,1881. Sir.—I have the honor. by direction of…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. Representative Exhibits. Wines, Spirits, Etc

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 2

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bombala Exhibition Society

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1881 · page 4

THE [?] meeting of the members took place on Wednesday last: Mr. H. M. Joseph (V.P.) in the chair. The [?] read the…

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Bombala Exhibition Society

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1881 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon, a committee meeting took place at the secretary's rooms of the above Society. Mr. John [?]shank (Vice President), in the…

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Grand Flower Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 November 1881 · page 3

THE announcement in our issue of Saturday last that on that evening there would be a grand flower show at the New Store caused the premises to be crowded from…

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