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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1864

4 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Martin's Peep Show. (After Punch.)

The Golden Age · Thursday 7 January 1864 · page 3

MARTIN, THE SHOWMAN.—"Now, my little dears, you perceive a Colonial Treasurer a 'bolishing of a deficit: and now you bobserve a Colonial Treasurer a 'bolishing of…

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The Fair Sex

The Braidwood News and Southern Goldfields General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1864 · page 3

WHEN Eve brought wo to all mankind, Old Adam called her wo-man: But when she woo’d with love so kind,…

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The Roll-up. Air : Johnny’s so long at the Fair

The Braidwood News and Southern Goldfields General Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1864 · page 4

OH ! dear what can the matter he, Is it a row or, only a merry spree ; Hark ! hark ! the whistles are whistling out,…

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Fair Play. To the Editor of the Braidwood News

The Braidwood News and Southern Goldfields General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1864 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—Will you please circulate in your nest issue that manly sentiment “Fair Play.” The defiant and malicious insult offered to the…

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