Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shows & fairs, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1885

95 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 5

Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 5

The annual Exhibition in connection with the Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society, Ipswich, was opened on Thursday by the Governor, who was…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

South Australia. The Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.—The Hon. R. C. Baker has been appointed an honorary member of the commission in London for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Indian and Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Twelve thousand eight hundred feet have been declared available for exhibits from the Australian colonies at the Indian and Colonial…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Proposed Exhibition Collapses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 5

The proposal to hold an international exhibition at Bombay has collapsed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Poultry Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 5

In the boat race, Harrington, of New Zealand, and Nelson, of Sydney, for £50 a side, over the champion course, the ormer won easily…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Poultry Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 5

There are 1134 entries for the poultry, pigeon, and canary annual show…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 3

THE forthcoming Show, which takes place on August 26 and 27, bids fair to be a great success. The new additions comprise a large extension to the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Industrial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 5

Meetings are being held in Launceston in favour of holding an industrial exhibition there. The municipal council have promised a vote of £5000 for the building,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Story of a Fancy Fair. Charity Its Own Reward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1885 · page 2

LADY MAPLETON was not out of temper, because irritability was the one luxury she denied herself. But she would have liked to indulge in a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

More Military Show

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

The Hon. W. B. Dalley was engaged for some time yesterday morning with Colonel Richardson respecting military matters, and particularly with regard to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 3

The 25th annual exhibition, under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society at Toowoomba, was opened by his Excellency the Governor yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

South Australia. Adelaide, Saturday. Jubilee Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 3

The committee of the proposed Jubilee Exhibition met to-day, and agreed upon a memorandum setting forth the scheme for organising the exhibition…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday. Fair Trade League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1885 · page 3

Mr. George Pile has called a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the formation of a Fair Trade League, to be held at the Town Hall on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Telegrams. New South Wales. Singleton, Monday. The Singleton Show. a Splendid Lot of Entries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1885 · page 5

The Secretary of the Northern Agricultural Association has just completed posting up the entries for the Annual Show, to be held on the 26th and 27th…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The National Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1885 · page 3

A large number of visitors are already arriving in town for the National Association's Exhibition and the other fixtures for the ensuing week…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fair Trade V. Free Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1885 · page 4

THE agitation now existing amongst the lauded proprietors to establish what they are pleased to call a "fair trade" policy, is not only fallacious, but…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1885 · page 3

The exhibition promises to be a great success. The total entries' amount to 2410, being a large increase on those of last year. The horses take up the premier position…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Extensive Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1885 · page 3

The show in connection with the National Agricultural Society, now being held, and which will be continued to-morrow and Saturday, on the society's grounds, near the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Singleton Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 5

A public holiday has been proclaimed at Maitland and Morpeth for the 27th…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

LONDON, Wednesday. The Colonial Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 5

Twenty thousand feet of space in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition will be allotted each to New South Wales and Victoria, thus absorbing the whole of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →