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Shows & fairs, 1888

2,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 101

Australian. Victoria. Robbery from the Exhibition

The Australian Star · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--A case was broken open in the Exhibition, and a complete set of Jubilee coins stolen…

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Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 6

At the banquet given last night by the President of the Commissioners of the Exhibition to distinguished visitors, Sir James MacBain occupied the chair, and…

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The Mineral Exhibits at the Exhibition. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 8

It is refreshing to be enabled to say that New South Wales is to the fore in at least one line. This she undoubtedly is with regard to mineral exhibits, and it is…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 8

The attendance at the Exhibition to-day was 6000. A fine bronze group, representing St. Georgo and the Dragon, and a statue of the Dull and Headsman were placed in opposite corners, near the centre of the main…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Gunnedah Agricultural and Pastoral Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 7

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--The Gunnedah Pastoral and Agricultural Show opened yesterday. There was a very good attendance. The weather was beautifully fine and pleasant. The…

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The Gunnedah Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Reporter.) Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 8

The town is at present a great centre of festivity. Last night there was a concert given in aid of the Church of England, which was the most successful event of its kind hold in Gunnedah. The hall was crowded, and the…

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The Queensland National Association Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 7

The National Association's annual exhibition which opens next week, promises to be the most successful yet held, notwithstanding the difficulty caused. by the recent destruction of the Exhibition Building…

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Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Narandera, August 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 273

On the second day of the show the weather was still cloudy, but the attendance was good. The following are the awards :— Team of draught horses: A. Duthle Draught gelding: A…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 10

Visitors to Melbourne can have the Sydney Morning Herald sent to them for any number of days or weeksrequired, by sending orders to the publishing office, Huntarstreet, Sydney…

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The Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 275
Also in Sydney Punch, Freeman's Journal

We have to congratulate our friends in Victoria on the successful opening of their great Exhibition, What may be termed the Centennial element in the affair has been dropped…

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Exhibition of Women's Industries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

For many years there has been a gradually increasing cry that women were encroaching upon those occupations which were formerly considered as the prerogative of men, the…

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Advocating a "Viking" Exhibition

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 8

Miss Marie Brown is advocating with ingenuity, and good show of cause, that there be, in connection with our next year's centennial of the constitution, a…

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Melbourne Exhibition. the Fisheries' Court

Evening News · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Mr. J. E. Sherrard, assistant secretary of the Exhibition, has received a telegram from Mr. Lindsay Thompson, secretary of the New South Wales Commission, stating…

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The Murrurundi Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 271

Once upon a time, indeed no later back than 16 years ago, Murrurundi was a thriving, bustling town and the terminus of the Northern railway. It took about three years to pierce the mountain, so that…

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Catholic Dignitaries at the Melbourne Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 18

HIS Grace the Most Rev. Dr.Carr, Archbishop of Melbourne, was among the distinguished guests at the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition, for whom special seats were reserved on the dais. His…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

At the second ball given by Governor Loch last night in honour of the opening of the exhibition 2000 persons were present. The first ball was from " A" to "L,"…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

The Exhibition is daily assuming greater order and finish. The main building is aid down with meeting. It is urged that the same be done with the principal…

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