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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1969

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Doberman Best Dog in Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 3

The best dog in the recent Queanbeyan Show was a Doberman, Australian Champion Vondobe The Maharajah owned by Messrs. Archer and Donoghoe,…

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Blue juniors show promise

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1969 · page 5

Queanbeyan United under, 18 years team was defeated by the Queanbeyan High School open…

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Kangaroos show form in win over United

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1969 · page 8

Queanbeyan Kangaroos defeated Goulburn United 16-15 in a hard fought game played in drizzling rain at Goulburn on Sunday. Despite the adverse…

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Unusual Royal Show Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 3

A coin counting competition will be a special attraction for children at this year’s Royal…

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Cbc Service at Sydney Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 April 1969 · page 3

At the 1969 Sydney show you will be able to bank in comfort, relax or meet your friends in the…

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Local greyhounds show their worth

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 April 1969 · page 6

Local and district dogs almost scooped the pool at yesterday’s Queanbeyan greyhound meeting when only one win came from a strong team of visiting…

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Sporting Section Trap-shooting carnival an outstanding success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 8

The most successful trap-shooting carnival ever held in the Southern Districts of New South Wales, was conducted by the Queanbeyan-Canberra Gun Club over the weekend. A total of 160 shooters…

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Award winning show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 9

Sue Do[?] is the new hostess of ABC-TV’s “Adventure Island” series on Channel 3, Monday to Friday at 4.30pm. The series has just won a Special National Logie Award for the best children’s show…

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Top Merinos in Show Open Classes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 4

Although the overall number of entries in the merino section of the 1969 Sydney Sheep Show is below that of last year, there are excellent entries for the…

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Bank Service at the Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1969 · page 4

The 70th Annual Sydney Sheep. will be conducted by the New South Wales Sheepbreeders’ Association at the Sydney Showground from May 26…

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Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1969 · page 4

Visitors to Sydney for this year’s Sheep Show will find the Rural Bank occupying its usual…

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1970 Show Dates Allocated

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 May 1969 · page 1

Show dates for 1970 were decided at the annual meeting of the Southern Highlands…

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Art exhibition at Gundaroo

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 May 1969 · page 3

An Art Exhibition will be held in the Gundaroo Public Hall from the 28th to 29th June, 1969, as a…

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Show jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1969 · page 2

Investigations are still proceeding into the re-introduction of wood chopping as a feature at…

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Agreement challenged Show Society opposes Scout Hall fence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan P. A. and Mi Association, has strongly opposed a proposal by the Queanbeyan Boy Scouts Group to fence portion of the showground on which the Scout Hall is erected. The P.A. and H…

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Poultry Breeders Successful at Goulburn Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1969 · page 2

Queanbeyan poultry breeders enjoyed considerable success at the Goulburn Poultry Show on Sunday and Monday…

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“Gone to Gundaroo” Village Art Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 5

The “Gone to Gundaroo” signs, will all be out next Saturday, and Sunday, June 28 and 29 . . . the weekend of the village’s art show…

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Hockey triumph-Blues great win in ACT carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1969 · page 8

Queanbeyan’s No. 1 women’s hockey team holds the Mohamed Bin Baba trophy as a result of its win in the annual ACT invitation carnival, played at…

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Colourful Book-Week exhibition of West School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 July 1969 · page 8

A display of books, coinciding with “Book Week” at the Queanbeyan West Primary School…

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Forty-six nominate for show society

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1969 · page 1

There have been 46 nominations for the 1969-70 committee of Queanbeyan P. A. and H…

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