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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1969

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1969 Show Closing Date of Entries

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 1

Closing dates of entries by exhibitors and participants for the 1969 Annual Queanbeyan…

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Art Show by New Guinea children

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 3

A display of 119 paintings by pupils of the Chimby District New Guinea, will go on…

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Fireworks, Cossack Trick Riders for 1969 Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 1

An amount of $750 will be spent on two crowd-pleasing highlights at the 74th annual Queanbeyan Show which will be held on February 14 -15, 1969. A meeting of the…

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New Guinea paintings on exhibition soon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 2

Paintings by school children from the highlands of New Guinea are soon to be exhibited in Queanbeyan. In a report to Thursday…

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Bungendore Show reparations well advanced

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 1

Arrangements are well advanced for the 1969 Bungendore annual show, to be held on Monday, January 27. This is the first show for…

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Outstanding prizes for “Show Girl” contest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1969 · page 3

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association will nominate an entrant again this year in the “Daily Telegraph” Royal Show Girl contest. She will be named from girls who enter in the Miss Queanbeyan Show…

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Last year’s Miss Show Girl weds

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 3

Following their wedding at St. Raphael’s Church Queanbeyan, on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip John Godwin are making a honeymoon tour of the NSW coast. The bride, formerly Miss…

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Show day near at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 1

Arrangements are well in hand for the 1969 Bungendore annual show, to be held on Monday. Although officials would…

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Special “Age” Feature Bungendore Prepares for Annual Show History goes back 80 years

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 8

Following excellent seasonal conditions, the outlook is bright for the 10th Annual Bungendore Show, which is to be held on the Showground-Racecourse Reserve next Monday (Australia Day), January 27…

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Bungendore Show gate up $70 on previous year’s figures Action at Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1969 · page 1

The 1969 annual Bungendore Show yesterday was favoured by ideal weather conditions and gate takings were $667, just $70 up on last year, despite the fact there was no championship kennel…

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More fleeces at Bungendore Show this year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1969 · page 6

Teacher of sheep and wool at the Canberra Technical College, Mr. I. K. McPherson, who judged the wool section at Bungendore Show yesterday, said it…

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Miss N.s.w. Here for Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1969 · page 3

Miss Janet Hayes, Miss NSW 1968, who will visit Queanbeyan in a fortnight’s, time for the annual show, is a girl who has travelled many thousands of miles in the past 12 months. Janet will act as a judge…

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Annual show near

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 1

The 1969 Queanbeyan annual show is now only a little over a week away and arrangements are…

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Seven Entrants for “Show Girl”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

By lunch time today, seven definite entries had been received for the Miss Show Girl” contest, being held in conjunction with the 1969 Queanbeyan show…

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Dalgety show on Feb. 22

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 5

The Dalgety Annual Show will be held on Saturday, February 22 and judging by the…

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Rain and ‘colossal’ 7 entries boost 1969 annual show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan show officials, overjoyed about the rain of the past two days, are also elated about the encouraging entries which have been received for almost very section of the 1969 annual show,…

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The Fun of the Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 3

There seem fewer of the pay-up and walk in tent shows at this year’s Queanbeyan show but traditionalists will not be disappointed…

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East’s swimming carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 14

Ease Queanbeyan School conducted its annual swimming carnival at…

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Cat Show Mooted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 11

Queanbeyan’s annual show may incorporate a cat show next year, but a suggestion that it be included this…

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Training of Show Judges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 5

Aspiring young show judges will be seen working under strict supervision in the livestock…

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