Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Pictures, dances & concerts, all years

Southern Highlands · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1936

215 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 11

Police Ball Fixed for Tuesday, October 20

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 2

Our readers who have been anticipating the Police Ball will be pleased to learn that the function has been fixed to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre. Buchanan's Best Ever

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

Final proof—if any be needed— that British films can claim equal status with Hollywood's best, is to be found in the triumph of Jack…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Ball. for Hospital and Ambulance

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

Over 20 persons responded to the invitation of Sergt. Follent, of Moss Vale, to be present at a meeting on Wednesday night to make preliminary…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

School of Arts Ball. Large Gathering at Burrawang

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

The annual ball of Burrawang School of Arts, usually one of the most important social events of the season, once again proved worthy of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre AMAZING!

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 2

Whatever the film studios give us during 1936, "The Tunnel" will stand out as a most amazing production. This Gaumont-British picture…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Old-time Dance. Burrawang Is Excited

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 2

Burrawang is a buzz of excitement Even the small children are talking of the Old-time Dance in aid of, and under the auspices of the Parents and Citizens Association…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

First Catholic Ball in Bowral. Highly Successful Function. an Elaborate Supper Daintily Served

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 3

The first annual ball of the Bowral. Catholic Church attracted a crowd of about a hundred and fifty on Tuesday night and was one of the most successful functions of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Empire Theatre

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

Voted the most popular star in a recent popularity election held in Australia, Ralph Lynn is associated once again with Tom Walls in a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Brief Mention. New Dance Floor

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

The work of putting down the new octagonal dance floor in Mittagong School of Arts is proceeding space. The opening will be celebrated by a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre the Dionne Five

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 2

The Dionne Quintuplets were a 67,000,000 to 1 chance. Medical science lays just those odds against a duplication of the five world famous…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bright Concert. by Choral Society

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 2

On Tuesday night the Bowral Choral Society .will stage a concert in the School of Arts, Bowral, in aid of the funds of the Bowral Primary…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Novelty Dance

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

Bowral District Scottish Association's Novelty Dance at the School of Arts on Saturday night was very successful. There was a big…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

Extra! Myrna Loy to divorce Clarke Gable! Jean Harlow named as "Other Woman!" What a story...What a sensation!...Impossible!…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Burrawang News. Successful Old-time Dance

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

The old-time dance held by the Burrawang P.C.A. was all that could be desired both socially and financially. Not within the memory of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

P.c.a. Concert

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

A concert in aid of the Bowral Primary School P.C.A. will be given by the Bowral Choral Society in the' School of Arts to-night (Tuesday)…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ball at Glenquarry. Lovely Decorations

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

Streamers and greenery, interspersed with baskets of flowers, made a bright showing in the Peace Memorial Hall, Glenquarry, on Tuesday…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre. Rhodes of Africa

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

Walter Huston is tall, distinguished in appearance and restrained in his acting. His magnificent character presentations have stamped him as a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Better Than Before. Choral Society's Repeat Concert

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

A large audience, generous in applause, was drawn to the Repeat Concert of Bowral Choral Society, given in the School of Arts on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre. SCINTILLATING

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 2

Jack Buchanan, star of the brand-new comedy-romance, "Come Out of the Pantry," is fortunate in many ways. Each picture he makes is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Empire Theatre

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

Patrons of the Empire Thertre, Bowral, are reminded that owing to two feature films being included on the program on Saturday and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →