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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1885

199 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 10

Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1885 · page 2

A VERY good house assembled at the above theatre on Saturday evening to witness the first performance of Frank Hussey's minstrels. It will be remembered that Mr…

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Concert at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1885 · page 2

ON Thursday evening next a concert of unusual attraction will be held in the Mechanics' Institute, when the members of St. Peter's Church Choir, assisted by…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1885 · page 3

ANOTHER excellent house last evening testified to the powerful attractions of the Hussey Minstrel Company now performing at this theatre. The programme was the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 4

OWING to an accidental misunderstanding, the advertisement announcing last night's performance and our remarks upon Tuesday's entertainment were both shut…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1885 · page 2

MR. FRANK HUSSEY and his minstrel combination gave another good performance at the above place of amusement last night, but on account of the inclemency of the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 5

MR. FRANK HUSSEY and his minstrel combination gave another amusing and highly attractive entertainment at the above theatre last night, to a fair audience, and…

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Miss Bessie Doyle's Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 8

THE reputation that this young artiste has brought with her from Sydney was evidently so strong that sufficient interest aid curiosity was aroused to ensure a capital…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 April 1885 · page 3

FRANK HUSSEY's popular minstrel combination gave their farewell performance at the above Theatre on Saturday night to a good audience, who seemed to fully…

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Grand Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 5

A GRAND concert, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, will be given by the Newcastle Wesleyan Church Choir in the Protestant Hall this…

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Ball at the Elysee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 9

THE ball at the Elysée on Thursday was a failure, though several papers next day rhapsodized as usual over the brilliant success of the…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1885 · page 5

THE boards of the above theatre will be occupied to-night (Tuesday) by the members of the Great Northern Variety Club, who have times out of number given their…

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Sydney Fife and Drum Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1885 · page 5

OUR readers may expert a rare musical treat on Saturday next in front of the premises lately taken by Mr. Herman, in Hunter-street, for the sale of boys' clothing,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1885 · page 2

THE benefit entertainment to Mrs. J. Cork came off at the above theatre last evening and despite the inclement state of the weather was a most unqualified success…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1885 · page 4

AFTER an absence of nearly two years, Mr. Tom Buckley and his talented company return to us. As will be seen by advertisement, they open at the Victoria to-night,…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1885 · page 3

LAST night Buckley's Hibernicon Comedy Company gave their first performance at the above theatre to a good audience. The well-known comedy "Mollie O'Connor"…

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The Sydney Drum and Fife Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 8

TO-NIGHT the premises of Mr. J. Herman' situated in Hunter-street, will be a scene of attraction, as the above band, in order to pay a compliment to Mr. Herman, will play…

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Victoria Theatre. the Great Hibernicon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 8

LAST evening Buckley's court Minstrels and Hibernicon Combinadion made their second appearance in Newcastle to a good house. The singing of Miss Amy Leslie…

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Victoria Theatre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 April 1885 · page 3

A VERY good house assembled at the above theatre on Saturday evening to witness the last performance of the Buckley combination. A minstrel and variety performance…

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Sydney Drum and Pife Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 April 1885 · page 3

THE members of the above treated the citizens of Newcastle to some enlivening tunes on Saturday afternoon. Between 2 and 3 o'clock they proceeded up Hunter-street,…

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Children Who Dance and Sing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1885 · page 6

WHEN the father of Laura Welsh, the fourteen-year-old girl who dances at the Children's Carnival and other charitable entertainments, took his…

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