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Shows & fairs, 1886

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Fine Arts. Koekkoek's Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 112

The collection of paintings in oil and water colours now on view at Messrs. John Sands' galleries in George-street is one of great interest, as much for the quality of many of the pictures as for the variety of…

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Indian and Colonial Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 141

THE sixth shipment of New South Wales exhibits for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition is now being made by the steamship Orient, and will consist of some 30 tons of measurement and weight goods. This will…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 4

LONDON, January 15.—Several Indian mining companies have expressed their willingness to contribute toward the cost of the proposed exhibition of quartz crushing machinery in the…

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Exhibition of Australian Artists in London. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 10

An exhibition of paintings by Australian and New Zealand artists has been opened in London…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 4

LONDON, January 17.—Mr. George Collins Levey, C.M.G., has assumed the management of the New South Wales Court in the Colonial and Exhibition…

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The Art Society's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon an exhibition of works of art, in black and white, was thrown open to the public at the rooms of the Art Society of New South Wales, in the Royal Arcade. It is intended that the exhibition shall be…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. George Collins Levey, C.M.G., formerly of Victoria and lately the lessee of the Alexandra Palace, has undertaken the management…

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The Colonial Exhibition. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 5

A cablegram received here states that Mr. George Collins Levy, C.M.G., has assumed the management of the New South Wales Court at the Colonial and Indian…

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Drawings in Black and White. the Annual Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 6

A commonsense man of hberal conceptions of the beautiful, whether in nature or upon canvas, can scarcely stand in the midst of a collection of drawings such as we have had the…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 3

A meeting of the commission of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held on Tuesday in the Colonial Secretary's Office. Sir E. Strickland presided. The following reports were adopted :—From…

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Indo-Colonial Exhibition

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 6

LONDON, January 18.—Mr. G. C. Levey, C.M.G., has been appointed deputy to Sir Alexander Stuart (the Commissioner for New South Wales in the Indo-Colonial Exhibition)…

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The Colonial and Indian Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 9

The New South Wales Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition met yesterday at the Colonial Secretary's offices. Sir Edward Strickland, K.C.B., was in the chair; and there were also present—The…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our-special Correspondent.) the Indo-colonial Exhibition. London, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 12

Mr. George Collins Levey has been appointed deputy to Sir Alexander Stuart, Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Colonial and Indian…

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Dapto Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegrapah.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 10

The 29th annual show in connection with the Dapto Agricultural Society was opened to-day. The show-ground is a romantically-situated block of eight acres, which is almost surrounded by Mullet Creek; the buildings are of a…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3

A meeting of the Commissioners for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition was held in the office of the Colonial Secretary on Tuesday afternoon. Sir Edward Strickland presided, and the…

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Dapto Show. DAPTO

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 6

The Dapto Agricultural and Horticultural Society's nineteenth annual show opened to-day. The weather is all that can be desired. The country looks splendid over hill and dale. It is as…

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The Dapto Show. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday evening. -- The Dapto Agricultural and Horticultural Society, which is one of the oldest associations of its kind in the colony, having been established in…

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Dapto Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Second Day. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1886 · page 5

The attendance at the Agricultural Society's Show to-day was very good, and the weather was pleasant. The morning was hot and sultry, with the appearance of rain, but towards midday the weather became cool, ending with…

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Dapto Show. DAPTO

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1886 · page 6

Following are the principal awards :— Blood Horses.—Dr. Chisholm's An Revoir 1, Mr. Weston's Thunderbolt 2. There were no exhibits for three-years-old stations. For two years of the same…

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Dapto Agricultural Society's Show. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 169

The 29th annual show in connection with the Dapto Agricultural Society was opened to-day. The show-ground is a romantically-situated block of eight acres, which is almost surrounded by Mullet Creek; the buildings are of a…

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