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Shows & fairs, 1880

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The Grazier. The Wool Show at the International Exhibition. No 1

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 18

A PLACE was worthily given in our Garden Palace to the leading Australian export; that indispensable world-famed product which has so materially contributed to the condition of civilised…

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Sydney International Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 2

The attendance at the Garden Palace yesterday was large, and the various courts and the Art Gallery and the Agricultural Hall were thronged with visitors. In the Agricultural Hall the show is improving rapidly…

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International Exhibition Commission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 455

A meeting of the Exhibition Commissioners, was held at the offices of the Commission on 27th ultimo. CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. John Braddock wrote to the Commission in reference…

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The Sydney International Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 6

THE attendance at the Garden Palace only shows a small average, nothing nearly so large as it should be considering that in a few weeks time the Exhibition will finally close. A number of the exhibitors,…

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Musical Instruments in the Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 2

In the German Court, near to the orchestral organ, bangs a large case filled with a varied assortment of musical instruments from the great house of Schuster, Brothers, Marken Kirchen, Saxony. In stringed…

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International Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 450

The agricultural show, which was intended by the Commission of the International Exhibition to be a general display of all and every product of the land of all the colonies, opened on Tuesday in the Agricultural…

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The Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

It is a pity that the continued unsettled state of the weather is preventing a large attendance of visitors at the agricultural show which is now being held in the agricultural hall at the Garden Palace. Although…

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Crookwell Agricultural Show

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 4

GOULBURN. Saturday.—The Crook troll Pastoral Agricultural Association's annual show, which commenced on Thursday, was an unprecedented success. At least 1500 persons were…

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The Exhibition. The Austrian Court. No. I.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 454

The exhibits of the Austrian Court have attracted considerable attention from the visitors to the Garden Palace. Many of them are prominently placed; for instance, the excellent display of bent-wood furniture…

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Horticulture. Notes at the late Horticultural Exhibition. FRUIT

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 452

As fruit plays a very important part in economic horticultural, any exhibits in this way, providing they are truly and properly named, are of the greatest importance to both amateur and professional gardeners. Judging Mr. Stieme's…

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The Exhibition Awards. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 3

Sir,—I am afraid a serious blunder has been committed in connection with the judging of exhibits at the Garden Palace. In the selection of judges, it appears to me two important considerations have been overlooked…

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The Melbourne Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 5

In connection with the Melbourne Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, prizes have been awarded to the following Sydney exhibitors: -- Louis W. Stafford, silver medal for specimens of macrame…

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"Painting the Face." "Art helps a face; a face though heavenly fair, May quickly fade for want of needful care." I.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 444

In applying colours to the face, true art should seek to bring into prominence, and set off to the best advantage, all the charms of youth, while with the elder it should…

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International Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 4
Also in Evening News

In spite of the very threatening appearance of the weather on Saturday, there was a large attendance at the Garden Palace during the afternoon, the main building being thronged, as well as the Art Gallery…

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Melbourne International Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 2

LONDON, March 6.—The British Government has refused to grant any further funds to the Exhibition Commission appointed in connection with the…

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The Agricultural Show

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 4

The announcement that Saturday was the last day upon which the show in the Agricultural Hall could be seen in its completeness, it being necessary to remove the more perishable exhibits, had the effect of…

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The Exhibition Judges. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 3

Sir,—An unjust complaint, signed "A Judge," has appeared in Saturday's Herald reflecting on the whole of the judges at the Exhibition. Every question, like every medal, has two sides to it…

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International Agricultural Show. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 3

Sir,--In your report of the Agricultural Show of the International Exhibition, an erroneous statement appears in reference to the exhibits of maize, viz." Samples of corn, principally Mudgee. are also…

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