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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1967

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Sporting Section Queanbeyan Bowlers Perform Well in Holiday Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1967 · page 8

The annual Christmas-New Year bowling carnival, conducted by the Canberra-Queanbeyan clubs, under the auspices of the Federal District Bowling Association, was a triumph…

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Bigger and Better Fireworks Display for 1967 Qbn. Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1967 · page 1

The 1967 Queanbeyan Show next month will end with the most lavish fireworks display seen in the district. Plans for the two-day…

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Sky-divers to Make First Appearance at Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1967 · page 1

Bungendore will mark up an historic first for the district when dare-devil sky-divers parachute on to a prepared area at the 1967 Bungendore Agricultural Show…

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Sky-diving exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1967 · page 8

SKY diving parachutists of the Sydney [?] Gord Club will make their first district appearance at the…

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Bungendore Prepares for Its Annual Exhibition Special “Age” Feature Annual Show Supplement 1967

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1967 · page 8

Preparation are well under way for the 1967 Bungendore show, which will be staged at the Racecourse and Showground Reserve, about three miles from the village on the Gundaroo Road on Monday next, January 30…

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Ring Champions at 1966 Show Show Was Revived After Break of Seventy Years

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1967 · page 9

The Bungendore Show was revived in 1960 after a break of 70 years. The 1960 exhibition, was the first show to be held at Bungendore since August 26, 1890. The idea of reviving the show after such as long lapse was…

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Kennel Club show one of the biggest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1967 · page 9

The Kennel Club section of the Bungendore show is one section that rivals and in most cases exceeds that of…

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Rain great benefit to Bungendore show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1967 · page 1

Over an inch of rain has fallen on the Bungendore showground this week and it will be in excellent condition for the annual show, to be held on Monday. The grounds are well…

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Show results held over

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1967 · page 1

In this issue of the “Age” details of yesterday’s Bungendore Show, together with some photographs and…

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Show officials were good team

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1967 · page 3

The Bungendore Show Society again had those good workers, president L. Reardon and secretaries Mr. and…

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Parachute Jumping a Feature at Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1967 · page 3

All eyes were trained skywards at the Bungendore Show yesterday when Bill Johnson, of the Sydney Ripcord Club, made two spectacular jumps and landed on the showground…

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Weather favoured P.A. & H. Society Large attendance again at annual Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1967 · page 1

Bungendore P. A. and H. Society officials breathed a sigh of relief when yesterday dawned fine and clear following almost an inch of rain Sunday. Weather conditions proved ideal for the Eighth…

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Australian Champion Wins Dog Section at Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 February 1967 · page 5

“Leura Liberace,” the highest award winning dog in Australia and considered the closest to the perfect specimen of its breed in the world, took owl the major award of best…

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Queanbeyan Show Supplement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 9

THE GRAND PARADE OF CHAMPIONS IN THE HORSE AND CATTLE SECTIONS IN THE MAIN ARENA OF THE 1966 SHOW…

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They make the show tick

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 10

Like most other country shows, Queanbeyan has its share of personalities and identities, without whom the…

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Interesting Comparison with 1930 Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 11

It is interesting to go back through old records and compare past Queanbeyan annual shows with those of today. Take for instance the show of 1930, which roughly…

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At the Show . . . Seventy Years Ago

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 12

Spectators watch the ring events at the Queanbeyan show in the 1890’s. The photograph was…

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Stage Is Set for a Record Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 9

The Annual Queanbeyan Show, which in the past few years has consolidated its claim as the “Premier Show of the South,” gets under way at the showground on Friday morning. An almost non-stop…

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Display by Road Safety at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 2

A Toad safety display will be shown in the Junior Farmer pavilion at the Queanbeyan Show on Friday,…

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Show goes back further than seventy-two years Miss Showgirl-1966

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 12

This year’s annual Queanbeyan Show is billed as the 72nd annual exhibition conducted by the Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association. It has not been possible to…

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