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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1844

25 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Agricultural Society. (From the Perth Inquirer, Oct. 2. )

The Australian · Wednesday 13 November 1844 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Society was advertised to take place on Friday last, but in consequence of the heavy rain, the attendance of members was so small that…

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English Extracts. Visit of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Exhibition in Westminster Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 November 1844 · page 2

YESTERDAY, Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, paid a visit to Westminister Hall, for the purpose of inspecting the exhibition of works of art about…

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English Extracts. the Last Leipzig Fair. (From the Economist.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1844 · page 3

FEW people in this country entertain an adequate idea of the magnitude of trade carried on in this great mart, to which at certain times of the year, a large number of buyers and sellers…

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Van Diemen's Land. Horticultural Show

The Australian · Thursday 19 December 1844 · page 3

In accordance with our promise, we insert a list of the prizes, &c., awarded to our floricultural and horticultural competitors; they were limited in number, but…

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English Extracts. the Late Bartholomew Fair, Esq (From the Atlas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1844 · page 2

IT has lately been fashionable in newspapers to devote paragraphs to the passing necrology— in some instances indispensable: in others, to people nobody ever heard of until they died…

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