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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1861

3 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Concert in Aid of the Volunteer Band Fund

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 10 August 1861 · page 2

THE first concert of the Newcastle Amateurs' Musica Association was given on Wednesday evening last, at the court-house, the proceeds being devoted to the band fund of the artillery and rifle corps. A very large number of…

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The New Prince of Wales THEATRE.—The

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 3

Herald of Wednesday contains a very elaborate description of the new theatre which it is proposed to build on the site of the old one, burnt down in October, 1860. It is expected that the theatre will…

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Volunteer Concert.— The programme of the

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 3

volunteer concert, to take place in the court-house on Monday evening, will be found in another column. In addition to the hand, several gentlemen will take part in the performance, and favour the company with several sons. Ticket…

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