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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1845

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

Faeetice of the Day. the Floral Show

The Star · Saturday 29 November 1845 · page 4

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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Brighton Fair

The Australian · Tuesday 30 December 1845 · page 126

I must confess a vagabond inclination for the vulgar pleasures of a fair. The mingled sounds of the mimic penny-trumpet, the rattle, and the toy-drum, the grinding of the barrel-organs, the clashing of cymbals, and the…

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AGRICULTURE. [Read at a Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, June, 1845.] Flax Seed

The Australian · Tuesday 30 December 1845 · page 233

Mr. Taylor, of 314, Regent-street, communicated to the council an analysis made by Dr. Ryan, of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, of common linseed, and the seeds of the "Gold of Pleasure" flax. It appears from these…

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