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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1971

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Show Jumping Will Be Best Ever, Say Officials

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 February 1971 · page 1

The biggest and best team of show jumping horses ever gathered together in one place has assembled for the 1971 Queanbeyan show which started today, officials claimed this morning…

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New show treasurer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1971 · page 12

Mr. George Burgess will take over as treasurer of Queanbeyan Show Society as soon as accounts for…

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Pick-pocket at the show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have received one report of activity by a pick-pocket at Queanbeyan show on…

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Show Gate Takings Set a New Record

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1971 · page 1

Gatetakings at the 1971 Queanbeyan show of $8,309 and total receipts of $12,468 from all sources broke the previous records established in 1970…

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Good Collection of Late Season Fruit at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1971 · page 13

Mr. Ron Rochford, judge of the fruit at Queanbeyan Show, said it was a rather good collection for a late season. Size of the apples and…

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Exhibition poultry killed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1971 · page 1

Last Friday Aid. Ernie Beaver’s exhibition Rhode island Red fowls were his pride and joy. He had taken out two first prizes and two…

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Spectacular trotting the show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1971 · page 14

Some spectacular trotting was seen at the Queanbeyan show last weekend with…

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Chinese Langshan best bird in show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1971 · page 4

The grand champion ribbon for the best bird in the poultry section at the Queanbeyan show was won by a Chinese Langshan pullet exhibited by R. J. Makin, of Canberra. The poultry section was…

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Top swimming at carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 February 1971 · page 15

The Group 2 Southern District Amateur Swimming Championships at the Queanbeyan Olympic Pool on Saturday provided some excellent swimming…

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Show dog section was a record

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 February 1971 · page 13

Th dog section at the recent Queanbeyan was the best ever, with record entries necessitating the allocation of a larger area for judging…

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Combined schools dominate ACT carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 March 1971 · page 14

The Queanbeyan schools of St. Gregory’s and Marist Bros, combined to dominate the A.C.T. Catholic Primary Schools Swimming Carnival in Canberra on Tuesday…

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Twelve Records Broken at Marist Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 March 1971 · page 16

If records are any indication, we can say we had a very successful swimming carnival. Twelve records were broken. Another pleasing feature was that all the school…

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Puppet Show for Q’beyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 March 1971 · page 3

A delightful puppet show from Sydney is on its way to Queanbeyan. The Australian Christian Theatre’ of Marionettes in association with the Rev. Alan Walker and…

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Country Bankers at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1971 · page 6

Two well-known country managers will represent the Commonwealth Bank at the Royal Easter…

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Flower and Art Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1971 · page 4

Queanbeyan Show Society Is to stage autumn flower and art . show in the showground…

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Show jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1971 · page 6

The amount of power used by the sideshows at the recent Queanbeyan show can be…

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Meteors final show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1971 · page 11

“Rocking Is Our Business,” so runs the opening number in this week’s Max Merritt and…

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First Flower Show Features Chrysanthemums

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1971 · page 3

Queanbeyan Show Society’s first flower show, to be held on May 2, will feature chrysanthemums…

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Extra show by Winnie

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 March 1971 · page 3

Winnifred At well, “The Queen of the Keyboard,” will be coming to Queanbeyan the week prior to Easter and due to the outstanding response to her three night appearance at the Leagues” Club, this has now been increased to four shows…

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Skippy at Show Bank

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1971 · page 3

This year a touch, of the true Australian bushland is coming to the Sydney Show in the…

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