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Shows & fairs, 1827

6 stories in Sydney's papers

Agricultural Society. the Fourth Anniversary Address of the Agricultural, and First, with the Additional Style of Horticultural Society of New South Wales, by the President of That Body

The Australian · Wednesday 21 February 1827 · page 4

Gentlemen, IN MY LAST ANNUAL ADDRESS TO YOU, for want of more general and important information from the Members of the Society. I exhausted most of the…

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Agricultural Society. The Fourth Anniversary Address of the Agricultural, and first with the additional Slyle of Horticultural Society, of New South Wales, by the President of that Body

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1827 · page 3

"GENTLEMEN, "In my last Annual Address to you, for want of more general and important information from the Members of the Society,…

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A Cattle Fair at Lisbon

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1827 · page 4

The fair opens with a course on which the venders put their cattle to full speed, in order to introduce them in grand style to the buyers. On a fine Andalusian horse sits a…

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The Humours of Donnybrook Fair

The Australian · Friday 10 August 1827 · page 4

Oh ! 'twas Dermot Q'Rowland M'Figg That could properly handle the twig! He went to the fair, And kick'd up a dust there…

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Agricultural Society

The Australian · Friday 21 September 1827 · page 3

Yesterday a special general meeting of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held at the Sydney Hotel. Sir John Jamison in the Chair attended by Messrs…

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Parramatta Fair and the Meeting of the Agricultural

The Australian · Friday 5 October 1827 · page 3

Yesterday, was the annual fair day at Parraimatta; but not much, of a fair was there; for neither cattle nor sheep, and only two or three horses were brought for sale. The attraction of the day…

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