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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1886

14 stories in South Coast's papers

A. & P. Ball

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 2

The action of the A. and P. Committee at Saturday’s meeting [?]ing to [?] the proposed Ball, is [?] likely either to commend [?] public app[?]…

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Concert and Ball

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1886 · page 2

On St. Patrick's night a grand Concert and Ball took place in Mr. Milton's large Assembly Booms . at Bateman's Bay in aid of the Roman Catholic Church of that…

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The Egg-Dance p[?]Indla

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 4

THE Indian egg-drace is int one night expect from the name given it a dance upon these fragile objects It as exempted in this wise The dancer dressed in a across and very short…

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Concert at Eden. (From a Correspondent.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 2

THE first concert under the new Musical Society came off on Wednesday evening at the public school, and to use a hackneyed phrase was a complete success. The…

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Queen’s Birthday at Cobargo. Cobargo, Hand and Ball

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 4

The Cobargo Brags Band is now one of the institution of the town, and its members certainly deserve every credit for the progress they have made in the use of…

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Bega Volunteer Band

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 2

A MEETING of the members of the artillery and reserve corps was held in the School of Arts on Saturday night, there being about forty-five present. Mr…

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Stockyard Mountain Public Concert

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

According to public announcement the concert in aid of the purchase of prize books, &c., for the children of the Stockyard Mountain Public School, came off on Friday night, last at…

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Band of Hope

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 2

A PEW weeks ago a meeting was held in the Presbyterian Schoolroom, Nowra, to consider the advisability of starting a temperance society for tho young. The meeting was well attended,…

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Science. Sun Pictures. The Perfection Which Photography has Attained

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1886 · page 2

HOW PORTRAITG OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ARE PLACED WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL— APPLICATION OF SOLAR IMPRESSION TO ART AND SCIENCE…

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Hospital Ball

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 2

THE promoters of thee ball in aid of the funds of the hospital, which took place in the Lyceum Hall on Thursday night, have every reason to be satisfied with…

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Concert at Gerringong

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 4

A CONCERT was given in the School of Arts on Friday evening last by several local vocalists, assisted by Mr. Herbert Fairfax of Sydney, and Mr, D. G. Richardson of…

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PRAETERITA. (In The Theatre.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 September 1886 · page 2

Donce non aha magis Arsisti neque erat Lydis post Cholen; Multi Lydia nominis Romson vigui clarior Illia…

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Concert of Sacred Magic at Cambewarra

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 September 1886 · page 2

Last Friday might a Sacred Concert was simp in the School of Arts, Cambewarra. The night was fine and moonlit, and the hall was full. Two causes account for that, but chiefly one ; that…

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Sacred Concert

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 December 1886 · page 2

On Friday last the true lovers of good music who visited the Public Hall were iudulged in a treat such as the Nowra folk rarely have an opportunity of enjoying. The concert given by the Nowra…

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