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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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Judges’ Task Difficult at P. & C. Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

Cost[?] at Queanbeyan Parents and Citizens’ recent Fancy Dress Ball set the judges, Matron Goodwin, Mrs. H. C. Deane and…

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CWA Mask Ball May Yield £100

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 4

The cold, windy night may have been the reason for the attendance of only about 80 couples at the C.W.A. Younger Set Mask…

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Rmc Band

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

WARRANT OFFICER R. RIGNOLD [?] arrived at Canberra with 17 bandsman from the Australian Army School of must at…

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Q’beyan Men in Square Dance Championship Win

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

At the Festival of the Falling Leaf at Tumut at Saturday night a set from the Canberra Square Dance Club, which…

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First Concert by Famous Oboist at Canberra Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

World-famous aboist Leon Goossens will give the opening concert in Canberra’s 1964 ABC Celebrity Subscription Series in…

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General Received Debs at Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 1

DEBUTANTE Gwen Hungerford curtsies to General Cariappa, High Commissioner for India, who received nine debs at the Church of…

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Successful Church of England Ball Nine Debutantes Were Presented to High Commissioner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 1

Nine debutantes were presented to General Cariappa, High Commissioner for India, at the successful Queanbeyan Church of England Ball last Thursday night. To the strains of the old valeta…

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Queanbeyan Debs [?] Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

DEBUTANTES receiver by Bisho Young at the [?] Bail at Can[?]erra this week included these four girls. From left, they are Judith Carroll, Pattricia Clift, ([?] of Que[?]nbeyan). Senia Wca (Canberra) and Anne Maicney (Qucanbeyan), Rita Calwef [?] McCermack (Royala) were also among the 28 debs [?]…

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Thorwa Dance for Young Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 6

The dance to be staged by Tharwa Junior Farmers to-morrow (Saturday) night in the Tharwa Hall is the first of a…

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Isaac Stern in ABC Concert Famous Violinist at C’berra Tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

Isaac Stern, one of the greatest of contemporary violinists, who arrived in Australia recently for a concert tour for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, gives the second concert in the Canberra Celebrity Series at the Albert Hall to-morrow…

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Scottish Ball Should Be a Bright Affair

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2

A floor show by Mrs. Smidt’s dancers trained in highland dancing will be one of the high lights of the Queanbeyan…

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Italians Ran Bright Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 4

Better relation between the Italian community in Canberra and Queanbeyan and the Australian public are the aim of the…

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Cycling Trophies Presented at Cabaret Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

Highlight of the Queanbeyan Cycling Club’s bi-annual cabaret in the Showground pavilion on Saturday night was the…

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RSL Ball at Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 3

The R.S.L. Ball at Captain’s Flat last Friday night was a social and financial success. Novelties, balloons and…

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Gala Dance Profit £86/10/-

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

The dance in aid of the Braidwood District Hospital X-Ray fund, organised by Mr. and Mrs. Clements and Mr. Alan Powell, and held in the…

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Ex-Students hold Successful Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

The newly formed Queanbeyan Intermediate High Scholl Ex-students Association held its first dance the High School on…

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Church News Concert at Wattle Park

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

Wattle Park Methodist School Hall was the scene of a lively concert last Tuesday evening when the Band of Hope members…

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Araluen P. & C. Ball Presentation of Miniature Debs

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

On Saturday night, 12th June, the Araluen P. & C. Association held its first Miniature Debutante Ball in the Federal Hall. All the surrounding…

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Dinner Dance Raised £240 for Girl Guides

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

A cocktail dinner-party dance organised by Mrs. A. H. Hart and a committee, at the Showground Pavilion last week raised about…

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Monga P. & C. Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

On the 26th June the small village of Monga was the scene of a very successful dance in and of P. & C. funds, which as a result of the dance…

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