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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1859

73 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4

Unicersity Musical Festval. Second Dat.—morning Concert—the Creation

Empire · Thursday 21 July 1859 · page 4

THERE are some natures that are not to be distrubed by any ofthose little evils of time, place and eireumstance which occssionally beset the path of life: there is some courage that is not to be daunted by the obstacles that…

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University Musical Festival. Third Day. Evening Miscellaneous Concert

Empire · Friday 22 July 1859 · page 5

FATE has hitherto been appropitious to the Festival. The floodgates of Heaven have opened as if—rather appropriately to the performance of lasat evening—in [?] to Elijah's prayer for rain. Not the veriest…

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Going to the Concert Under Diffi Culties. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1859 · page 2

MR. EDITOR,—It is unnatural for a wife to abuse her husband, ond it comes ugly from one like me, brought up as I have been, to communicate my husband's short-comings to you. But how, I ask, am I to get…

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The Australian Home Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. the Moral Verdict

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 30 July 1859 · page 13

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Sydney University Festival. Extra Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1859 · page 5

A MISCELLANEOUS concert was given by the University Festival Committee on Saturday afternoon, in the hall of the University. The primary object of the concert was announced to be the raising of a sum towards…

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal, the War Trumpet

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 14

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Cheap Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 7

In order to aecommodate the less wealthy classes who had been deterred by the high price from attending the previous performances, a miscellaneous concert was given on Saturday afternoon, the admission to which was reduced to three shillings. Long…

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Supplementary Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 7

The circumstance we have before referred to of the inadequacy of the receipts to meet the expenses, owing to the unpropitlousness of the weather, induced the committee to give one more miscellaneous concert on Saturday, the 30th, and with the view of…

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The Australian Home Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. Our Gaols.—crime and Its Punishment

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 27 August 1859 · page 15

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Re-opening of the Royal Parliamentary Theatre, Macquarie-street

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 3 September 1859 · page 5

The above favorite establishment opened for the season, on Tuesday last, under the distinguished patronage of his Excellency the Governor-General, Sir C. Nicholson, Bart, the foreign Ambassadors, Military and Naval officers, &c,…

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The Mayor's Ball, To the Editors of Bell s Life in Sydney

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 3 September 1859 · page 6

DEAR SIRS—The chivalric spirit that ever prompts you to enter the lists, and break a lance in the cause of beauty. induces me to solicit permission to enquire through your invaluable columns (none but yours are open for the…

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Ball and Supper to Mr. Robertson's- Friends and Workmen

Empire · Tuesday 6 September 1859 · page 4

SUPPER and Ball were given by Mr. John Robertson, Coachbuilder, Pitt-street South, on Friday evening last, to the Workmen in his employ and their friends, upon the occasion of opening his new and extensive premises,…

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Lyceum Theatre

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 2

Professor Bushell maintains his popularity at this establishment, having on each evening of the week attracted good audience Such of our frieds as have not already visited the Lyceum will do well to drop in this evening…

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Temperance Items. Camden Band of Hope

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 21

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The Australian Home Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. California

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 15

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. the New Postman—eletriciity

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 24 September 1859 · page 13

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Spagnoletti's Concert

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 24 September 1859 · page 24

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Taree Band of Hope

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 8 October 1859 · page 21

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The Australian Hom Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. Our Tea and Sugar

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 8 October 1859 · page 14

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The Australian Some Companion, and Band of Hope Journal. a Plea for the Aborigines

The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 22 October 1859 · page 15

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