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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1862

109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 6

Fruit and Flower Show at Goulburn, on New Year's Day. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1862 · page 5

THE new year was ushered in by a fruit and flower show, under the auspices of the Argyle Agricultural and Horticultural Society. The auspicious day could not have been better spent than admiring the beauties…

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The Goulburn Flower Show. (From Saturday's Goulburn Herald.)

Empire · Tuesday 7 January 1862 · page 6

The A[?]gyle Agricultural and Horticultural Society's exhibition of fruits and flowers was held on Wednesday, in the hall of the mechani[?] institute, which had been tastefully set ou[?] for the occasion, under…

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Exhibition of Wool

Empire · Tuesday 14 January 1862 · page 5

IT will be remembered by our readers that, in addition to the awards offered by the Exhibition Commissioners, Messrs. Mort and Company advertised that they would give three gold medals for the b[?]st samples of the clip of…

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The Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1862 · page 5

MILLIONS of bricks, and tons of mortar, and square miles of glass, and waggons of iron girders, and forests of timber,—these are the rude and the raw materials which now make what is little—more than the bare skeleton of the great Exhibition building. The…

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The Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 7

[?] and tons of moster, and square miles of glass, and waggons, of iron [?] girders, and forests of [?]mber.—these are the [?] and the ran materials which now make what is little more than the bare [?]leton of the great Exhibition building. The…

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The International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1862 · page 7

THE remaining portion of the contributions from this colony to the International Exhibition will bo forwarded ty the P. and O. Company's steamer Northam, which conveys this mail. The bulk of the samples of colonial…

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Exhibition of Curiosities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1862 · page 5

AN exhibition of a somewhat novel character was opened yesterday by Mr. Craig, lately from Adelaida, in the upper floor of the Prince of Wales Auction Rooms in Kingstreet. The announcement of the show was certainly an…

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The Exhibition of 1862. (From the Times.)

Empire · Friday 31 January 1862 · page 5

IN the new class of glass and iron structures which have arisen almost within the last ten years, nothing seems more singular than the marvellous rapidity with which whole acres of the edifices are bolted together in the…

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Exhibition of Curiosities

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 February 1862 · page 7

An exhibition of a somewhat novel character was opened on Wednesday by Mr. Craig, lately from Adelaide, in the upper floor of the Prince of Wales Auction Rooms in King-street. The announcement of the show was certainly an…

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Lifford Estate Cattle Show

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1862 · page 1

The annual exhibition of stock, agricultural produce, &c., belonging to the tenantry on the Earl of Earl of Lifford estate, was held at Ballindrate, on Saturday last, in a field adjoining…

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Mr. Craig's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1862 · page 5

NO[?]THSTANDING the engrossing excitement which the Great Cricket Match has caused during the past week, Mr. Craig's collection of curiosities has received a large amount of patronage. It is true that the dead…

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Exhibition of the Preserved Body an Aborigine, and of Stuffed Crocodiles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1862 · page 8

AN exhibition of a somewhat noval character was opened three weeks since, by Mr. Craig, lately from Adelaide, in the upper floor of the Prince of Wales Auction Rooms in King-street. The object of principal interest was announced…

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Exhibition of Wool at Messrs. Goldsbrough's Stores. (From the Rural Economist, February 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1862 · page 4

JUDGES: Messrs. W. Hick, W. Austin, P. N. Walker, W. Hardcastle, H. W. Farrar, J. Pettit, and F. Wattinne. This exhibition of wool was held at the stores of…

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Commissioners for the International Exhibition. Deputation From the Clarence

Empire · Wednesday 26 February 1862 · page 5

YESTERDAY, at noon, a doputation of gentlemen resident in the Clarence district, or interested therein, waited on his Excellency the Governor, with a memorial adopted at a public meeting at Grafton, on the 18th…

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The International Exhibition, 1862. (From the Illustrated London New, November 30.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1862 · page 2

THE progress of the building towards completion appears to be satisfactory, with the exception of the domes, about which some little anxiety is felt. The Thames Iron Company, who took the sub-contract…

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New South Wales Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1862 · page 5

THE annual meeting of this society was held yesterday afternoon, at Mort and Co.'s Rooms, Pitt-street. Only a smail number of persons were present, and the greater part of these were from the country. Mr…

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New South Wales Agricultural Society

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 March 1862 · page 1

THE annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, at Mort and Co.'s Rooms, Pitt-street. Only a small number of persons were pretest, and the greater part of these were from the country. Mr…

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Contributions of New Caledonia to the International Exhibition

Empire · Friday 14 March 1862 · page 5

IN our issue of yesterday, the fact was noticed that a variety of the products of New Caledonia were prepared for the London Exhibition. As this evidence of resources of a neighbouring colony cannot but he a…

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Parramatta District Agricultural Society

Empire · Wednesday 19 March 1862 · page 5

THE ploughing matches of thE above society came off yesterday, on some ground belonging to Mr.Schofield, on the Windsor Road, about nine miles from Parramatta…

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A Fair Offer From John Bull to Miss Columbia

Empire · Wednesday 19 March 1862 · page 8

SHALL we kiss and be friends? Why not? Sister Colubia, No more ugly faces let you and me pull; Though we both have our tempers, our worries and…

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