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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Notes and News Braidwood Brass Band

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 2

There was practically no public interest in the meeting on Monday night in connection with the Braidwood Band. Two members of the old band…

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Cabaret Ball Innovation Proves an Unqualified Success

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 2

The cabaret ball held by the local branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., on Saturday evening at the show pavilion was highly successful. About 210 people…

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R.a.a.f. Gala Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 2

Oft Tuesday night, October 28; in the R.A.A.F. ballroom at Fairbairn the R.A.A.F. Station Dance Committee held the first of a series of…

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Here and There Successful P. and C. Dance at Major's Creek

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 2

A highly successful dance was held at Major's Creek on 31st October in aid of P. and C. funds, resulting in a profit of £19/8/0. Visitors were…

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R.a.a.f. Gala Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 2

The second of the the series of gala dances was held in the ballroom at the R.A.A. F. Station Fairbairn, on Tuesday, 11th November. A record…

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Infants’ School Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 2

Last Thursday afternoon the Infants Department of the Queanbeyan Central School presented their Annual Play Afternoon in the Parish…

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Country Women's Association Blue and Gold Masked Ball at Tarago

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 2

Much interest is being aroused in the Blue and Gold Masked Ball, which will take place in the Tarago Hall on 22nd November. The hall will be…

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The Pictures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 2

“Twilight on the Rio Grande” is a “must” for all western action fans.. It is set for screening at the Star Theatre to-night and stars Gene Autry. In the…

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The Unfinished Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 December 1947 · page 2

Photographed in glorious technicolor “The Unfinished Dance” is a veritable choreographic rainbow, and is the biggest and most colorful musical event…

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Tarago C.w.a. Blue and Gold Ball Highly Successful Function

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 2

Tarago Country Women's Association staged their second Annual Blue and Gold Ball in the Tarago Hall on 22nd November. The event was an…

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Shearing Competition at Empire Theatre, Goulburn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 2

Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd., of Goulburn, announce that they have arranged with the management of the Empire Theatre for a…

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The Pictures “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 2

It looked like a Joseph E. [?] alumni meeting on the set during Twentieth Century-Fox’s filming of “I wonder who’s Kissing Her Now”…

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After the Ball!

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 December 1947 · page 2

At Gundagal Court of Petty Sessions a young married man, Raymond Crane (24 years), pleaded guilty to 26 charges of forging and…

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Juvenile Ball £33 Door at Annual Function

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 December 1947 · page 2

The Church of England annual Juvenile Ball; held in the Literary Institute on Thursday, 18th instant, was an unqualified success. Door…

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