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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1968

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Star Theatre Frank Sinatra in “Tony Rome”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 3

Frank Sinatra is “Tony Rome” the title character of this Panavision and Deluxe Colour movie…

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Fijians held by combined team (By “On the Ball”)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan players occupied three positions in the Southern Tablelands combined team which was narrowly defeated 14-12 by the visiting Fijian team…

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In Touch with Rugby (By “On the Ball”) Goulburn Trails

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 8

Goulburn, with several talented newcomers, proved too strong for Whites in the trials held at Goulburn last Sunday…

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Scenes from the Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 3

Belle of the Torchbearers for Legacy Youngerset Ball, held at the RSL…

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Star Theatre the Great Caruso

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 2

With “The Great Caruso” starting Mario Lanza, and starting tonight at the StarTheatre,…

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Legacy Youngerset Easter Ball -- A sparkling first!

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 5

For the young who attended Queanbeyan’s first ball of the season— Saturday’s Easter Ball for the Torchbearers for Legacy Youngerset— simplicity was still the soul of evening fashion…

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Star Theatre Musical Comedy

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 3

“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” screening at the Star Theatre, Queanbeyan,…

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Rugby Union Whites downed in final trial (By “On the Ball”)

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 4

In the last of the official trials played on Sunday at Taylor Park, the Whites were defeated by Ainslie in all grades. Lack of match fitness…

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East school folk dance festival success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1968 · page 2

East Queanbeyan Primary School pupils dance around the maypole during the school’s…

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Star Theatre “Burton and Taylor”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1968 · page 2

Whenever you put Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor together In a motion picture you can…

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Star Theatre Third Film Hit!

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1968 · page 2

“The Ambushers,” starting at the Star Theatre, Queanbeyan, tonight, in Technicolor, is the third…

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Apex Ball benefits Carinya $300 success

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1968 · page 3

The Apex Ball for Carinya Centre is fast establishing itself as one of the most colourful events of the Queanbeyan year. It is a night of formality and assured fun. Assured, because the boys of the local Apex Club plan…

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Carinya Concert on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1968 · page 3

The Queanbeyan District Handicapped Peoples’ Association are staging a concert in the…

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Star Theatre Back to the Roaring 20’s with “Millie”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 4

If some of the performances in Ross Hunter’s lavish star-studded musical, “Thoroughly Modern…

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Fund target rexhed Variety concert aids Carinya (By Publicity Officer)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 4

Queanbeyan Leagues’ Club auditorium provided a. splendid setting for the variety concert on Tuesday evening. An excellent programme…

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Star Theatre “The Quilter Memorandum'”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1968 · page 3

“The Quiller Memorandum,” starting tonight at the Star Theatre, provides in full measure the…

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Star Theatre “To Sir, With Love”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1968 · page 3

Some time ago, in “The Black[?] Jungle,” Sidney Poitier played a high school student whose New…

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Star Theatre Exciting Story of a Teacher

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1968 · page 6

James Clavell’s production of “To Sir, With Love,” starring Sidney Poitier, is the story of a…

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Star Theatre Western with a difference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1968 · page 3

“My TV series turned me into a household name,” says Hugh O’Brian with a wry…

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Uniforms for Festival Band to take on “new look”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Band should take on a “new look” during the 1968 Floral Festival in November, as it is expected the new uniforms will be available…

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