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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1891

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

A Big Tree from the World's Fair

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 11

IT has been determined to send to the World's Fair, Chicago, as a feature of the government exhibit the largest specimen that can be obtained of the…

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Queanbeyan Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 5

THIS show was held last week, but through several reasons we were unable to get the matter ready for the press. The horse section was splendidly filled…

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Bombala Sheep and Horse Show. Bombala

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 6

The seventh annual sheep and horse show took place yesterday. The weather was anything but favorable, snow falling up to 10 a.m., and it…

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A Fair of Big Bullocks

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

THE largest set of bovine twins that were ever born are a pair of Durham steers now on exhibition in Chicago. These bovine monsters have just turned…

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