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Shows & fairs, 1881

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The Tumut Agricultural Show. TUMUT

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

The Agricultural Society of Tumut held their annual show yesterday, when the weather was agreeable. Attendance large, and exhibits plentiful and of good quality, especially in…

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Tumut Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 5

The Sixth Annual Agricultural Show to-day was a success, and a great improvement on last year's show. The weather waa fine, and about 800 persons were present. The horse section was fairly filled, and the…

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Braidwood Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1881 · page 6

The sixth annual show of the Braidwood Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association was held to-day. The weather was magnificent, and about 1500 people were present. The brass band from Goulburn…

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The Inverell Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 493

The fifth annual show of the Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place on the Inverell show ground on Wednesday and Thursday last, the 9th and 10th instant. The weather during both days was all that could be desired…

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The Melbourne International Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 500

At the Horticultural Show, to-day, the New South Wales trophy occupied a most prominent position, and the display of fruit and vegetables was the source of much interest. The special first order of merit was…

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Presentation of Awards at the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 11

THE last of the series of special shows in connection with the Melbourne International Exhibition was brought to a fitting close, as far as this colony is concerned, on Saturday, Great care…

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Opposition to the Proposed Adelaide Exhibition. [Br Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday evening

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 5

A large deputation, consisting of merchants and tradesmen, waited on the Treasurer this morning for the purpose of protesting against the proposed Adelaide Exhibition…

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The Fine Art Awards at the Melbourne International Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 5

Sir,—The Melbourne Argus of the 16th instant contains a list of awards made by the jurors in the Fine Arts Department, which is worthy of more than passing notice, as it furnishes an illustration of a remarkable difference of…

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The Fine Art Awards at the Melbourne International Exhibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1881 · page 6

Sir,—I beg to return you many thanks for the insertion of my letter, signed "Art Lover," in this morning's Herald, re the art awards at the Melbourne Exhibition. A slight error has, however, arisen in the list of Sydney…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1881 · page 5

The latest awards at the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association Show are:- B. Conlon, two special prizes of live guineas each, for the greatest number and best collection of exhibits and best…

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Grafton Agricultural Society. GRAFTON

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

The annual show of the Grafton Agricultural and Pastoral Society, will commence on the 6th April, and remain open for three days. The number of exhibits are about the same as last year-961…

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Latest Telegrams Wagga Wagga Agricultural Society. Wagga Wagga, Wednesday

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

At a committee meeting of the Wagga Agricultural and Horticultural Society, held at Hely's Union Hotel last night, it was decided to hold the Autumn Show in about four weeks. Thirteen…

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West Maitland Show. West Maitland

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

The judging of wines entered for the show took place yesterday at Fullford's Hotel. Messrs. J. F. Doyle, G. T. Carmichael, P. Terrier, and W. C. Green, the Judges, commenced at 10 in the…

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Blayney Agricultural Society. BLAYNEY

Evening News · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 2

The Blayney Agricultural and Pastorai Society's show was opened yesterday, when the attendance was moderate, owing to the wet weather, and the fact that the stock is to be exhibited to-day only…

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Blayney Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 6

The show in connection with the Blayney Agricultural and Pastoral Association commenced to-day. The weather had been wot for two or three days previously, and owing to this, and to the fact that no…

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Metropolitan Agricultural Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 549

The general entry for the Society's April Exhibition closes on Tuesday nest, the 5th, and bids fair to be if no so large as in previous years quite as attractive as regards the nature of the exhibits. To a great extent the society…

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Blayney Agricultural Society. Blayney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 549

The show in connection with the Blayney Agricultural and Pastoral Association commenced to-day. The weather had been wet for two or three days previously, and owing to this, and to the fact that no…

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Blayney Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 6

The weather was fine for the Blayney show to-day, and there was a numerous attendance. There was a fair show of stock, and in a few of the sections the quality was first-class. In cattle, the prize takers were…

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Braidwood Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 15

THDE Braidwood Pastrol, Agricultural, and Horlicultural Association held their sixth annual exhibition on March 24.The weather was splendid, and about 1500 people were present; The Goulburn Brass Band played selections iot…

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The Hawkesbury Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 538

The show on the Clarendon Racecourse which closed last week, we regret to think, was but moderately successful, and in point of merit much below the mark reached last year, when the members of the…

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