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Sydney · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1968

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More Doctors Use Wolper's Operating Theatre Facilities, service improve

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 September 1968 · page 8

In the crowded areas of the Eastern Suburbs, Jewish patients are well served by the excellent facilities of…

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Openings concert van Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 9

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Australian Universities Drama Festival Alexander Theatre Monash University August 12.23

Tharunka · Tuesday 17 September 1968 · page 13

Drama Festival 1968 was held at Monash University. Its two main features were the mediocrity or just plain badness of most entries and the quality of discussion stimulated by an unprecedented bevy of guests to the…

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Tolstoy at New Theatre

Tribune · Wednesday 18 September 1968 · page 4

LEO TOLSTOY'S famous book "War and Peace"--often described as the greatest novel ever written--comes to the stage of Sydney New Theatre in a remarkable "epic" version…

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Jewish artist's Sydney concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 September 1968 · page 4

Vitalia Boursouk, the well-known Russian-born Jewish pianist, will give her next Sydney concert at the…

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert for Anzac Forest

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 October 1968 · page 3

A gala concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Town Hall on November 17 for the Anzac Memorial and Forest in Israel was announced by Sir Bernard Freeman last week. Sir Bernard Freeman, chairman of the NSW Project…

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Like Pocahontas? Looking for birdie. and pictures

The Biz · Thursday 3 October 1968 · page 5

BELOW: Gai O'Meley, 13, rehearses her port for an Indian "character" dance. Gai is a member of a district…

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US pianist to Anzac concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 October 1968 · page 2

Miss Ann Schein, wellknown American pianist who will appear on November 17 at the Sydney Town Hall at a…

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Jaarlijks concert van her Mannenkoor

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 9

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Ball proceeds aid Dunrossil

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 2

Proceeds from Holroyd mayoral ball, held at Wentworthville Bowling Club, have been donated to Dunrossil School. It was Aid. R. W. Devlin's first ball as Mayor of…

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Historic Pictures Go on Display Scenes of city 70 years ago

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 3

A display of photographs depicting life in Sydney during the 1890s opened at the Commonwealth Bank, Merrylands last week. The photographs are…

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Israeli singer gives concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 October 1968 · page 2

An audience of 170 attended a one-hour show given by Israel Itzhaki, titled “Shalom from Israel”, on…

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Famous English conductor for Anzac concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 October 1968 · page 2

Famous English conductor, Stanford Robinson, will be guest conductor at the gala concert presented by the…

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Board executive on Russian dance group

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 October 1968 · page 2

The executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies referred to the conscience of the community before…

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Sydney Life & TIMES "The Boys in the Band"

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 October 1968 · page 10

A play about homosexuality with a generous "helping" of four-letter words and "dirty" jokes, The Boys in the…

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Jaarlijks concert en afscheid dirigent

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 2

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Abstract for Anzac concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 October 1968 · page 2

The cover of the program, which is now in production, will feature an abstract design by Sydney artist Valda Morris,…

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The Boys in the Band

Tharunka · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 24

“The Boys in the Band”, now at the Playbox Theatre (Phillip St.) marks up a second triumph for director John Tasker. (He was responsible for the infamous “America Hurrah” reviewed in…

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The communist clergyman Retired Anglican clergyman, the Rev. Leo Ball, tells Bill Brown how he became a communist

Tribune · Wednesday 30 October 1968 · page 6

CAN a Christian join the Communist Party of Australia without renouncing his religious beliefs?…

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Four concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 October 1968 · page 9

Two piano recitals were included in this week’s musical menu; the first was given by Polish-born pianist Niedzieizki…

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