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Shows & fairs, 1845

43 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Fine Arts. Mr. Angas's Exhibition

The Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1845 · page 4

THIS is an exhibition which, at the present moment, is particularly interesting to all classes of the colonists. Perhaps no country in the world, as Mr. Angas truly observes, is at this time more peculiarly interesting than New Zealand--no race of…

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Mr. Angas' Exhibition

The Australian · Tuesday 19 August 1845 · page 3

An inspection of this gentleman's very unique collection has equally gratified and surprised us. In point of novelty, it stands unrivalled in the Colony, while the amount of talent and industry…

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Mr. G. F. Angas' Exhibition

The Australian · Tuesday 26 August 1845 · page 3

An exhibition at the antipodes (where aught literary or intellectual is, unhappily, fearfully below par) is a treat indeed, so much be, that with manifold misgivings, and at the eleventh…

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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle Has Been to Greenwich Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 August 1845 · page 3

HEM!—So, Mr. Caudle: I hope you enjoyed yourself at Greenwich. How do I know you've been at Greenwich? I know it very well, sir [?] know all about it: know more than you…

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Grand Cattle Show of the Penrith and Hawkesbury Agricultural Association

The Australian · Saturday 30 August 1845 · page 3

The first Show of this Association will take place on Thursday next, and as many visitors are expected from Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, the Hunter River, and other places, we are…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Liebig's Principles of Culture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 September 1845 · page 2

WE perceive from a Report of the proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society of London, which will be found in another column, that it has awarded £350…

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Country News. Penrith and Hawkesbury Agricultural Society's Show Op Cattle, &c., &c., &c., at Clabendon, This Day

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 6 September 1845 · page 2

It is extremely gratifying to us to observe the preparations that have been making during the week to give eclat to the proceedings of the great cattle show and…

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News From the Interior. Agricultural Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1845 · page 2

THURSDAY was quite a holiday at Windsor, Wilberforce, Pitt Town, and the adjoining districts. A stranger arriving in Windsor, on Thursday morning, not knowing what was…

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Sydney Court of Quarter Sessions. Wednesday. Before the CHAIRMAN, and S. A. Donaldson and H. Macdermott, Esquires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 September 1845 · page 2

Jane Goode was indicted for stealing a pair of boots and a waistcoat, the property of one Edward Blemingham. Mr. DARVALL moved to postpone the…

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The Horticultural Show

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1845 · page 2

THE Horticultural Show, which takes place this day, has drawn our reflections into a train of thought more congenial to our taste, and more likely, we hope, to be both…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Floral and Horticultural Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 September 1845 · page 3

THE Spring meeting of the Floral and Horticultural Society took place yesterday. It presented nothing calling for very paiticular notice. The vegetables were not better than can…

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Floral and Horticultural Exhibition

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 27 September 1845 · page 149

IN common with all admirers of flowers we have been highly gratified by the Floral exhibition of this season. The numbers of new and interesting plants brought forward,…

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Floral and Horticultural Show

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1845 · page 3

On Wednesday last, the, spring exhibition of the Floral and Horticultural Society was held in the Market Shed George-street.The fruits and vegetables exhibited were generally speaking, of a…

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The Floral and Horticultural Show

The Sentinel · Wednesday 1 October 1845 · page 2

THE attendance on Wednesday last at the Flora exhibition this season was very numerous. The show was held, as usual, in the market, and the scene throughout the day was very gray and…

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Original Correspondence. "Fair Play," and "A Fly-man." To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Saturday 8 November 1845 · page 3

SIR,—Having seem a very correct account, in your paper of Tuesday last, of an affray that took place on the previous Sunday, between some of the men of Her Maiesty's ship Fly, and…

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The Flower Show. (To the Editor of the Cumberland Times.)

The Cumberland Times and Western Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1845 · page 3

SIR,--Can you tell me why the Flower Show is advertised to be held in. M'Kay's room, which every body knows is of very limited dimensions, while Mrs. Walker's large room was ready for the acceptance of the…

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The Floral Show at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 November 1845 · page 2

ON Wednesday, the Spring show by the Floral Society of New South Wales, took place in Mr. M'Kay's rooms, at the corner of George and Church streets, Parramatta, and was, on…

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Floral and Horticultural Show

The Cumberland Times and Western Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1845 · page 2

Parramatta may be proud of the maiden Exhibition of this society, and its result will, doubtless, make it the forerunner of many others. Commencing our report with the appearances of the Exhibition rooms,…

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Country News. Floral and Horticultural Show at Parramatta

The Australian · Saturday 22 November 1845 · page 3

On Wednesday last the intermediate Show of the Australian Floral and Horticultural Society took place in Mr. M'Kay's Room's at Parramatta. The exhibition far surpassed general…

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Facetiae of the Day. the Floral Show

The Cumberland Times and Western Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1845 · page 1

For some reason or other unknown at present, perhaps the villainy of those rascals, the reporters, the following exhibitions and contributions, were omitted being noticed at the late show…

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