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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1965

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Show Jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1965 · page 3

Printing of the 1965 Queanbeyan Show schedules been, completed and they have been distributed. The…

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Sheep pavilion nears completion Bungendore prepares for annual show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1965 · page 4

Construction of the new sheep pavilion at the Bungendore Showground, in preparation for the Annual Show on February 1, is progressing satisfactorily…

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No pass-outs for annual show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association will not issue pass-outs at its 1965 show to be held on Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13…

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Trophy for Show Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 January 1965 · page 1

Entrants in the section for the “Most Successful Exhibitor—Cattle Section” will compete for the Rural Bank…

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Bungendore Show Preparations well advanced

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 January 1965 · page 3

Preparations for the 1965 Bungendore Show on Monday week are well advanced and the new sheep pavilion is nearing completion. Show publicity officer, Mr…

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Bungendore Prepares Annual show on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1965 · page 1

Arrangements are well in hand for the 1965 Bungendore Show to be held at the showground on Monday next, February 1. Members of the committee…

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Bungendore show gate a record for fourth year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1965 · page 1

The Bungendore Show, revived in 1960 after a break of some 70 years, continues to go from success to success. The sixth annual exhibition Held yesterday saw another record crowd and record entries in the…

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Ring Events Were a Show Highlight Bungendore attraction

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1965 · page 4

An outstanding programme of horse and ring events, which continued until just after 7 p.m. last night, was the highlight of the Bungendore annual show yesterday. Cars surrounded the arena…

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Bungendore Sheep Show Coolalie stud was top exhibitor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1965 · page 4

The Estate A. Privett from Coolalie, was the most successful exhibitor in the sheep section at the sixth annual Bungendore Show yesterday…

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Sidelights of the show at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1965 · page 6

Bungendore show lost some of its glamour this year without the “Miss Showgirl” contest. The reason for…

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Second Win in Show Pavilion Mary Griffin Successful

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1965 · page 4

Miss Mary Griffin, of “Stonevilla,” Bungendore, won the Proud’s trophy for the second time as the most successful exhibitor in the main pavilion at the Bungendore show on Monday. She had previously taken the…

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Queanbeyan Show Feature Utility class for Red Poll cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1965 · page 6

A novel feature of the cattle classes at this year’s Queanbeyan Show will be a class for the best Red Poll [?] and calf, the two animals to be judged together…

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Queanbeyan Prepares for Show Poor Response to Showgirl Contest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1965 · page 1

Entries are lagging in the “Miss Showgirl” competition being conducted in conjunction with the Queanbeyan Show and the closing date has been extended until Monday afternoon. Last year the majority of the…

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Preparing for the show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 February 1965 · page 1

Preparations are, now well under way the 1965 Queanbeyan Show, which opens on Friday morning and continues for two days and two nights…

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Swimming Carnival Point scores for Southern Shield

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 February 1965 · page 8

Queanbeyan scored 31 points for the Southern District Shield at the first swimming carnival in the district at Queanbeyan last Saturday…

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Heavy entries in horse section Annual Show Gets Under Way in Ideal Weather

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 February 1965 · page 1

The 1965 Queanbeyan Show got under way this morning in ideal weather conditions, with heavy entries again in the horse section, although not as great as last year’s record…

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Show results held over

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1965 · page 1

Some results of the Queanbeyan show have been published in Friday’s and today’s “Age,”…

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Champions of the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1965 · page 4

THE grand champion ram and the and champion ewe exhibited by Estate A. Privett in the…

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Beauty in the Main Show Arena

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1965 · page 1

Entrants in the 1965 Queanbeyan “Miss Showgirl” contest parade in the main arena shortly before the announcement of the winner on Saturday afternoon. The winner, Miss Pauline Lawler, of “Fairview” Michelago, is fourth from the left. On her left is the 1964 winner, Miss Clare Moore, Left to right, the girls are: Misses Rosa Paternoster, Gwen Morton, Melita Goiser, Pauline Lawler, Clare Moore, Patricia Warner, Betty Jackson,…

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Show Gate and Attendance Records Broken Takings Up £654

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1965 · page 1

The 1965 Queanbeyan Show, held last Friday and Saturday, saw the previous gate takings and attendance records broken, large crowds packing the grounds on Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night…

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