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Shows & fairs, 1851

94 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

Poetry for the People. the Grand Exhibition

Empire · Thursday 7 August 1851 · page 4

BY THE AUTHOR OF "PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY." Hurrah! for honest industry—hurrah! far handy skill, Hurrah! for all the wondrous works aoluoved by…

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The Great Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1851 · page 4

THE following is on accurate list of the officers charged with the multifarious duties and responsibility of the vast undertaking:— When the Commissioners are not sitting, the…

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The Great Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1851 · page 4

THE Royal Commission have issued the following programme of the manner in which the State opening by Her Majesty, already announced to the public, is to be conducted:—…

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The Carnival of the Gallows

Empire · Tuesday 12 August 1851 · page 4

Another sacrifice the metropolis of Great Britain has been made to the modern Nemesis, whom we worship, and call Justice. Death of the ghastliest kind has been done this…

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The Exhibition Alarmists. (From the Weekly Dispatch, April 20)

Empire · Friday 15 August 1851 · page 4

The quantity of nervous old womanhood which has been expended upon the occasion of the Industrial Exhibition is vast in proportion to its other elements. We had thought…

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The Great Exhibition

Empire · Saturday 16 August 1851 · page 4

The following notice has just been issued by the Commissioners on the subject of the opening of the Exhibition and the admission of visitors:…

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The Exhibition of 1851

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 August 1851 · page 10

We were the first, and, we believe, the only journal which had the boldness to proclaim that the " Crystal Palace" would turn out but a crazily erected edifice. In several letters and articles…

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The Great Exhibition.—royal Inaguration

Empire · Wednesday 20 August 1851 · page 4

By the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, her Majesty's Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors, with an Assemblage within the Crystal Palace of 30,000 persons…

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Late English News. Opening of the Exhibition

Empire · Wednesday 20 August 1851 · page 3

The Christabel, which arrived at Melbourne on the 11th instant, having touched at Rio Janeiro, obtained intelligence by the steamers to the 8th of May. We are…

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Late English News. the Great Exhibition.—royal Inauguration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 August 1851 · page 1

After several days' excitement, during which the public curiosity has been wound up to the highest pitch, the morning of Thursday, the day fixed for the opening of the Great…

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The Empire. Thursday, August 21, 1851. the World-exhibition

Empire · Thursday 21 August 1851 · page 2

IT would be difficult, we think, for the most unimpressible matter-of-fact, individual to read the account contained in our paper of yesterday, of the Royal…

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What Is to Be Done During the Great Exhibition. (From the Times, April 10.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 5

TIME draws on. Twenty days more will see the world in Hyde-park, and as yet we can hardly tell how things will shake into their places. Some people take one view, some…

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English Extracts. the World's Fair. the American Contributions

Empire · Tuesday 26 August 1851 · page 4

The display was on Saturday all but completed over the eastern entrance—in a position which commands the main vista, are now emblazoned the American…

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English Extracts. the Ceremony of Opening the Great Exhibition. As, Seen From the Transept. (From the Morning Chronicle)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 August 1851 · page 2

As the morning, advanced, down upon the vaulted crystal of the lofty chancel roof came a blaze of brightest sunbeams, shedding a glittering radiance and a glory upon all the…

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Great Exhibition of 1851. (From the European Times, May 10.) [From Our Own Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1851 · page 4

IN my rapid report last week I was compelled to omit all notice of the contents of the gallery of this magnificent collection of wonders. I therefore shall endeavour to supply the…

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English Extracts. the Exhibition. (From the European Times, May 17.)

Empire · Wednesday 3 September 1851 · page 4

Notwithstanding that thirteen days of the "season" have passed, people find that the more frequently they visit the building the more fascination they find in…

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Jules Janin and the Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 September 1851 · page 2

M. JULES JANIN, the incomparable, unapproachable "J. J." of the French feuilleton, the Apollo in straw-coloured kids, the oracle of Parisian criticism, is among us. He visited…

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The Opening of the Exhibition. (From the Morning Chronicle, May 2.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 September 1851 · page 3

MANY words never accompany deep impressions. He who, whether in actual life, or in its more truthful dramatic representations, is stirred to the inmost core of feeling, cannot…

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English News. the Great Exhibition. (From the Illustrated London News, May 24.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 September 1851 · page 2

THE journals which report the proceedings at the Crystal Palace have, perhaps, a difficult task to convey to the most distant parts of the world a full, true, and particular account…

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The Great Exhibition

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 September 1851 · page 12

The journals which report the proceedings at the Crystal Palace have, perhaps, a difficult task to convey to the most distant parts of the world a full, true, and particular account of the wonders of art…

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