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Riverina · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1874

8 stories in Riverina's papers

The Sydney and Melbourne Hand-ball Players

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 21 January 1874 · page 4

The largest gathering of people ever seen within the walls of the ball "alley" in Victoria, assembled in the court at Carlton on Saturday (says the…

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Band Practice. (To the Editor of the Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 29 April 1874 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—As a disciple of Euterpe, I am glad to hear that the Local Band has been requested by the highest musical authorities in the colonies to practice all the…

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Sydney Pictures for the Victorian Academy

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 6

ELEVEN pictures of very decided merit, all painted by Sydney artists, are about to be sent off to Melbourne for the forthcoming exhibition of the Victorian Academy of Art, and…

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Adelong Local News. Amateur Concerts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1874 · page 2

WE are very pleased to he able to say that the concerts in aid of tho fund for re-opening the Adelong Hospital were a complete success in every way. The hall on Monday night…

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Civic Ball to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1874 · page 5

THE Mansion House ball to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh to the city of London last night was one of the most brilliant entertainments of the kind ever…

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Concert and Lecture

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1874 · page 2

ON Monday evening last a concert by local amateurs, together with a lecture by Mr O'Mara, were given at the Masonic Hall. A large and appreciative audience assembled…

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Adelong Local News. Amateur Concerts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 2

OWING to the sudden and severe illness of our representative, which prevented his attending and taking part in the concerts given in aid of the funds for re-opening the Hospital,…

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A Novel Concert

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 5

FORTY years ago a Cincinnatian named Curtis conceived the idea of a novel and grand concert, with which he hoped to find favour with the Ohio River boatmen. Living…

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