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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1892

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Benedicts' Ball. Armidale

The Australian Star · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 6

Last night a ball tendered by benedicts of Armidale came off, and was attended by about 100 couples. The affair was a great success…

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Meredith's Ballad Concerts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 7

The attendance at the ballad concert given at the Town Hall on Saturday night, was prejudicially affected by the wet weather, so that fower people than usual took advantage of the tuneful programme…

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Sporting Notes From Victoria. the V.R.C Autumn Campaign. Opening the Ball. the St. Leger and the Newmarket. Will Rose's Great Victory. a Brilliant Pair of Three-yearolds. The Champion Race the Stepleehase. MELBOURNE

Referee · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

The autumn meeting at Flemington will be continued on Thursday, when the principal event will be the CHAMPION STAKES…

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Sporting Notes From Victoria. the V.R.C. Autumn Campaign. Opening the Ball. the St. Leger and the New-market. Wild Rose's Great Victory. a Brilliant Pair of Three-year Olds. The Champion Race and the Steeplechase. MELBOURNE

Referee · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

The autumn meeting at Flemington will be continued on Thursday, when the principal event will be the CHAMPION STAKES…

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Ancient Order of Druids. Granville Lodge, No. 196. “Smoke Concert.”

The Weekly Advance · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

ON Monday evening, after the regular meeting of this lodge, the brethren ([?]companied by a few friends, assembled in the hall-room at the Albert Hall for the purpose…

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Friendly Societies’ Hall Site. Concert in Aid of the F[?]nning Fund

The Weekly Advance · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

On the evening of Wednesday last, a grand concert, wider the [?]spices of the United Friendly Societies of the town, and in aid of the above-named object was given in the Town…

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Ball Dress

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 533

We illustrate a very elegant dress made of black net, embroidered with a floral design in heliotrope and white, the blossoms being formed of iridescent sequins, very closely sewn together, and the leaves…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 522

"The Solicitor" with its absurdly awkward situations has proved one of the most attractive farce-comedies which the Brough and Boucicault Company have produced; the business has beenr…

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The Garrick Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 522

Mr. John F. Sheridan, at the request of many friends, after closing his season of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," revived "Fun on the Bristol" for two nights, Saturday and Monday last, with good…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 522

"Faust" after a very successful revival will this (Saturday) evening be followed by the military drama, "In the Ranks," in which Messrs. George and William Rignold will appear. The…

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Our Photographic Competition—thirteenth Series of Pictures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 26

Australia Felix. (By Mr. H. Mead, Uranquinty.)…

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The Meredith Ballad Concerts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 522

A third concert was given by this company on Saturday last at the Centennial Hall. The principal change in the programme was the omission of the selections by the Centennial Band. The…

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Friendly Societies’ Hall Site. Concert in Aid of the Fencing Fund

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

On the evening of Wednesday last, a grand concert, under the auspices of the United Friendly Societies of the town, and in aid of the above-named object, was given in the Town…

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The Tramway Band

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 6

THE TRAMWAY Band, which has gained some reputation for good music, gives an open air performance to-night at Coogee, and will no doubt add to the other attractions of this…

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Charity Concert. Greta

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

A very successful concert in aid of Mrs. Gellard, who lost her husband and two eldest children by typhoid, was held in tho School of Arts last night. There was a…

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Pictures for Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 2

As was mentioned in Tuesday's Daily Telegraph, a number of representative artists in Sydney have decided to send a collection of pictures to Bathurst for exhibition and disposal…

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The Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 578

The presentation by Mr. Robert Brough of a farce comedy introduced by Mr. St. Maur at the same theatre in September, 1888, proved very entertaining to a large audience at the Criterion…

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Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 578

In consequence of the continued support accorded to the imposing tragedy of "Faust" at this theatre the change of bill was deferred for a week, and not until this (Saturday) evening…

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Dance on Board the Dubourdieu

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 575

At the invitation of Admiral Parrayon, Commander-in-chief of the French Pacific Squadron, a large party of ladies and gentlemen assembled on board on Thursday afternoon, March 3. The…

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Organ Recital and Concert at Newcastle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 18

THE much-talked-of organ recital (wirtes our Newcastle correspondent) came off in st. Mary's Church on the 29th ult., and fully realized, at least in a musical sense all that was anticipated…

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