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Shows & fairs, 1866

7 stories in Murray's papers

Intercolonial Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 2

NATIONAL and Intercolonial Exhibitions do great good in developing the resources and capabilities of a country or a colony. Possibly, nothing in modern history acted more…

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Intercolonial Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 February 1866 · page 2

On Thursday erasing a very well attended meeting was held in the Municipal Council Chamber, Albury, to consider the desirability of affording local assistance and encouragement to the undertaking of the intended…

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Agricultural Society and the Inter-colonial Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 2

Two important meetings are to be held on Monday evening on matters in which the people of Albury and all the surrounding district should have and show a large interest…

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New South Wales Commission for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. Sydney, Macquarie-place, 15th June, 1866

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 June 1866 · page 2

SIR,—I have the honor, under instructions from the Commissioners, to request that you will be good enough to communicate with the wine-growers in the Albury district, inviting them to contribute samples of…

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Australia. a Contributor to the Paris Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 July 1866 · page 4

THOU gem of the South, Thou isle of the ocean, Thou store-house of riches And bright feathered motion—…

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The Opening of the Inter-colonial Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 October 1866 · page 2

The inauguration of the Inter-colonial Exhibition, which took place on Wednesday, was a most successful affair. His Excellency the Governor and family arrived from Toorak about noon. They were met at…

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Curiosities of the Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 4

New Zealand sends a fine sample of Taranaki steel, accompanied by a dagger made of the same material. A writing-desk, made by J. Wood, of Launceston, is composed of 1470 pieces of twenty-two different sorts of…

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