Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shows & fairs, all years

Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1872

361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 19

Grand Temperance Demonstration at the Exhibition-building

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1872 · page 3

The New Year's Day of 1872 will hereafter be regarded as a red letter day is the temperance annals of New South Wales, inasmuch as the first grand festival on the Sydenham Crystal Palace system was rather…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural Society

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1872 · page 2

THE Council of the Agricultural Society met yesterday morning, at 11, in their office. There were thirteen members present in the course of the meeting. The chair was taken by Sir William SYDNEY INFIRMARY.—Report for the week ending 1st January:—Admitted, 23 males, 9 females; total 32. Discharged, 17 males, 6 females; total 23, Dead, 4 males; total 4. Remaining in house 154 males, 78…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural Society

Empire · Thursday 4 January 1872 · page 2

THE Council of the Agricultural Society met yesterday morning, at 11, in their office. There were thirteen members present in the course of the meeting. The chair was taken by Sir William…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural Society

Empire · Thursday 4 January 1872 · page 4

THE Council of the Agricultural Society met yesterday morning, at 11, in their office. There were thirteen members present in the course of the meeting. The chair was taken by Sir William…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1872 · page 5

THE monthly meeting of the council was held at the society's rooms, yesterday morning, the Right Honorable the Earl of Belmore, president, in the chair. Members present: The Hon. Sir W. Macarthur, Messrs, Lowe, H…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The International Exhibition of 1871

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1872 · page 2

THIS excellent shilling's-worth deserves a larger notice than our space will permit us to give, and therefore we will get rid as specdily as possible of a preliminary growl or two…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural Society

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1872 · page 9

THE Council of the Agricultural Society met on Tuesday morning, at ll, in their office. There were thirteen members present in the course of the meeting. Tho chair was taken by Sir William…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1872 · page 19

THE monthly meeting of the council was held at the society's rooms, on Wednesday last, the Right Honorable the Earl of Belmore, president, in the chair. Members present: The Hon. Sir W. Macarthur, Messrs. Lowe, H…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

Mrs. Gamgee at the Exhibition

Sydney Punch · Saturday 6 January 1872 · page 1

Ho ! sich fun as never was. Me and Gamgee, which we are both daughters of Temperance-- leastways, me is the daughter, him a son --was at the grand demonstreation at the Hexhibishun ; and, ho, sich fun as never was, I never did see-- no more did Gamgee. There…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Madame States' Concert at the Exhibition Building

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 2

The concert given by Madame States on Monday evening last, in the Exhibition building, was a great success. Over 8000 persons were present. The Volunteer Band, the Choral…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Concert at the Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1872 · page 3

SIR,—Very great complaints were made at the recent concert held in the Exhibition Building, and certainly not without cause. By the tickets issued to the public a contract was made by the managers to provide chairs. On the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Exhibition Concert. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1872 · page 6

SIR,—The happy news to hand by the mail of the probable recovery of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales must be a source of gratification to every loyal subject in the colony, and I would suggest to the committee of the Choral Society the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Exhibition Building,—the States' Festival

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 7

The second and concluding concert given by the States' Company took place in the Exhibition Building on Monday evening, and was in every respect an immense improvement upon its…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1872 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the above-named association was held at the Town-hall, Mudgee, on the 23rd instant. Present—Messrs. Robert Lowe (in the chair), C. C. Cox, P. Roberts, F. S. Cox, A. H. Cox, W. J. Henningham, T…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Exhibition Building. the Dramatic and Musical Festival

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1872 · page 2

THE grand gala at the Exhibition Building, Alfred Park, was exceedingly well patronized, some 12,000 persons having entered the grounds at half-past 1; and according to the arrangements of the entertainment…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

That Exhibition Building Festival Again!

Sydney Punch · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 10

MEANING, of course, the monster fourteen hours affair that is to take place at the Exhibition Building on Anniversary Day. Decidedly, we intend to invest our shilling; but, the more we look at the programme, the more we are puzzled as to how the dickens we…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

New South Wales at the International Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 2

The following is a copy of a letter received by the secretary of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, referring to the exhibits in the New South Wales Annexe at the International Exhibition, 1871…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Exhibition Building.-the Dramatic and Musical Festival

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 3

The grand gala at the Exhibition Building, Alfred Park, was exceedingly well patronized, some 20,000 persons having entered the grounds, and according to the arbitrary arrangements of the entertainment…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Exhibition Building.—the Dramatic and Musical Festival

Empire · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 2

The grand gala at the Exhibition Building, Alfred Park, was exceedingly well patronized, some 20,000 persons having entered the grounds, and according to the arbitrary arrangements of the entertainment…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

International Exhibition, London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1872 · page 2

THE following letter received by the Sydney Commissioners for the International Exhibition in London, has been banded to us for publication, and will be read with interest. " New South Wales Annexe, Exhibition,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →