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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Weddings

Weddings, 1897

20 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Anti-wedding Clubs

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 2

Rebellious maidens occasionally make a demonstration of their independence of men by instituting an anti-marriage club. One of the best-known clubs of…

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Another Wedding on Wheels

The Queanbeyan Observer · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 4

The newest form of bridal is the Bicycle Wedding, such as was recently celebrated at Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A. The happy…

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One of His Weddings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 1

The vicar of a country parish in New South Wales relates, with much gusto, the following story about himself. His present wife, by the way, is not the wife…

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Impromptu Weddings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 2

A few years ago, when an emigrant steamer reached New York, a young English woman was alone and in doubt, having missed her friends. An…

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Impromtu Weddings

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 4

A FEW years ago, when on emigrant steamer reached New York, a young English woman wasalone and in doubt, having missed her friends. An…

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An Indian Wedding

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 1

A lady attached to a Mission Station in India sends the following account of a native wedding:- " For a month previous to the wedding the…

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An Indian Wedding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 4

A LADY attached to a Mission Station in India sends the following account of a native wedding:-- For a [?]outh previous to the wedding…

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Wedding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 2

A very fashionable wedding took place on Tuesday, 2nd inst, at Bong Bong Church, Moss Vale, on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Laura Mary Osborne, second…

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Wedding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 3

THE little church at Parkwood was the [?] of a very pretty and interesting wedding which took place on the 31st ultimo, [?] contracting parties being Miss Beatrice…

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Wedding at Parkwood

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 3

The little church at Parkwood was the [?] a very pretty and interesting wednesday on the 31st ult. The Contracting [?] were Miss Beatrice Southwell, the…

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Weddings

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 2

ON WEDNESDAY a pretty wedding took pace at Christ Chuch, Queanbeyan, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Win. White. The contracting parties were Mr…

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Wedding Bells

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2

BOLTE—NAYLOR.—An interesting ceremony took place at Christ Church (C.E.) on Wednesday afternoon last, when the Rev. W. M. White performed the marriage rites necessary to join…

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A Thief at a Wedding

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

Some years ago there was reported from San Francison a theft of wedding presents where a woman was the thief but who through absolute ras[?]ess,…

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Wedding Bells

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1897 · page 2

THE marriage of Mr. Alfred Orlando Wheatley and Miss Maude Annie Abbey, oldest daughter of Mr. William Abbey, of Southburn, Queanbeyan, was celebrated in…

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Wedding at Gunning

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

A Correspondent writes:— The marriage of Mr Alfred Orlando Wheatley and Miss Maude Annie Abbey, eldest daughter of Mr William Abbey, of Southburn, Queanbeyan,…

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Wedding Outfit of Long Ago

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

This is part of the curious list of Lady Littleton's wedding outfit 200 years ago. In those days they appear to have had quite as great a variety of materials as…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, July 17, 1897. Local and General. Wedding at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

A nice little wedding took place on Tuesday, as St. John the Baptist's Church, Canberra, when Miss Mary Jane Reid, daughter of Mr William Reid, of Brindabella, was…

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Battle at a Wedding Breakfast

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 4

Paris undoubtedly holds its own as a place where extraordinary events happen at weddings. Reality, in fact, where Parisian weddings are concerned, is often stranger…

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A Wedding Day Quarrel

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 3

A REMARKABLE story of married life was narrated in the Melbourne Divorce Courts by the petitioner in the suit Greer v. Greer, in which…

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A Wedding Day Quarrel

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 4

A remarkable story of married life was narrated in the Melbourne Divorce Courts by the petitioner in the suit Greer, v. Greer, in which Elizabeth Greer sought a…

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