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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

20 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

A grand flower and poultry show is advertised to take place in Bungendore on Easter Monday, the schedule of which will soon be published…

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Yass Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

The twenty-third annual show of the Yass P. and A. Association opened on Thursday. Being the first day very little interest was taken by the visiting public, but the judges…

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The Yass Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 2

The second day of the Yass Show, Friday drew forth a large attendance, about 1200 persons being present. The following are some further awards—Horses:…

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Bungendore Flower Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 2

The Bungendore School of Arts intend to hold a big show in their town on Easter Monday, March 26th. The hon secretary is Mr. Harold M. Davis, who is making…

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The Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 2

The great attraction for the Bungendore portion of the district for Easter Monday is the flower, poultry, etc., show, to be held on the showgrounds. The entries are beginning to roll…

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The Braidwood Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

It has been decided to abandon holding the Braidwood show, which was to have taken place this week…

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Bungendore Show Postponed

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 2

The committee of the Flower and Poultry Show were most relunctanly compelled to postpone it for better weather. Thursday and Friday were fine and hopes of a change for…

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The Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 2

The Bungendore Flower and Agricultural Show, that was postponed from Easter Monday on account of the wet, has been arranged to take place on Wednesday, April…

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Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 2

There is every indication of this proving an immense success. The exhibits in the vegetable and farm produce sections as well as the domestic economy and school work will…

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S. Stephen's Chrysanthemum Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 2

The fourth annual Chrysanthemum show, in connection with S. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan, will be held on Thursday and Friday, 26th and 27th April, in the…

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Cooma Agricultural Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 2

The Comma show was opened on Wednesday. The exhibits were so much more [?]merous than last year that an extra lion had to be improvised. The vegetable,…

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The Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 2

On Monday night letters were sent to the Principal Under Secretary and the Chief Commissioner for Railways asking for a public holiday and a special train on the the occasion…

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The Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 2

The above eventuates to-day (Wednesday). Those who desire to go by train are reminded that the train leaves Queanbeyan at 7.50 a.m., and on its return journey leaves…

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The Cooma Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 3

The annual Cooma show took place on Wednesday and Thursday last. The weather was glorious, the entries large, and the attendance satisfactory. Altogether, it is considered the…

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The Gundaroo Show. a Great Success

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 April 1894 · page 3

There was beautiful weather on Friday last for the Gundaroo show. There was a large attendance of visitors, including Mr. O'Sullivan, M.P., and a number of Queanbeyan people…

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The Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 2

On Wednesday last the show in connection with the Bungendore School of Arts, which had been postponed from Easter Monday, was held on the show ground. The weather,…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fla Miner. Wednesday, April 25, 1894. Local and General. the Chrysanthemum Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 2

The fourth annual Chrysanthemum Show, held in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan, is announced to take place in the Temperance Hall on…

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The Forthcoming Stud Sheep Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 2

The annual stud sheep fair which opens next week will attract many breeders to the metropolis. Goldsborough, Mort, & Co. have arranged…

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They Saw the Fair

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 1

"Been to the World's fair?" naked the man who had not been shaved for six months. "Saw it by moonlight -- me and Jerry…

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The Flower Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 2

THE Spring Flower Show, held on Wednesday and yesterday, in the Protestant Hall, under the auspices and in the interests of the Church of England, was not after all…

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