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Shows & fairs, 1901

2,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 112

Cycling. Cycling-athletic Carnival

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 2

To-morrow the cycling and athletic section of the Government programme to celebrate the inauguration of the Commonwealth, will be held on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The sectional…

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Society of Artists. Commonwealth Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 5

The Society of Artists has organised a strong " Commonwealth Exhibition of Australian Art " for the opening of the century. This show is, of course, essentially inter-state, the Victorian section…

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Common Wealth Swimming Carnival. a Great Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

The swimming carnival in connection with the Commonwealth sports functions was held yesterday at the Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island. The weather was beautifully fine. The sports commenced a little…

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Newcastle. the Commonwealth Aquatic Carnival. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 9

The Commonwealth Aquatic Carnival under the auspices of the Port Huntor Sailing Club was continued this afternoon, when the events which were postponed from yesterday on account of the storm…

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Swimming Carnival. at Cockatoo Island. the Commonwealth Championship

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 6

The first of the series of athletic displays under the auspices of the Government took place in the Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island, yesterday afternoon, when representative swimmers from…

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Cycling Athletic Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 6

To-day the Government fixture will be the Athletic Cycling Carnival on the Sydney Cricket Ground. A big programme has been arranged, consisting in all of 80 events, covering every form of athletic contest,…

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The Athletic and Cycling Carnival. This Morning's Events

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 4

The cycling and athletic section of the Government programme to celebrate the inauguration of the Commonwealth was commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground this morning. The committee…

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Society of Artists. Commonwealth Show. a Critique

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 2

We are having plenty of art Just now, and yet they say Sydney has no appreciation of art, and nearly 500 works of art have been thrown open to the public gaze within a week…

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League of Wheelmen's Carnival. the Lyne Wheel Race. Martin in Great Form. the Americans Ride Brilliantly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 6

There was a very large attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground last night to witness the cycle racing. The principal event was the Lyne Wheel, the first prize for which is £200, second £50, third £25,…

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The Cycling Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 10

To-night the semi-finals of the Lyne Wheel Race, the £300 cycling handicap, will be run on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The final of the mile heat of the Sydney Plate, the heats of which…

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The Friendly Societies' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 10

The Friendly Societies' Carnival, which takes place this afternoon on the Agricultural Ground, promises to be in keeping with the Commonwealth celebrations. To Sydney people perhaps the most interesting…

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Athletic and Cycling Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 9

Events in connection with the above section of the Commonwealth celebrations were carried out on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. The weather was hot and dusty, conditions that had no doubt a lot to…

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Society of Artists. Commonwealth Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 4

The Commonwealth Exhibition of Australian Art, held under the auspices of the Society of Artista in their gallery, Pitt-street, was formally opened yesterday at noon by the Right Hon. Edmund…

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The Next Ryde Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 5

The schedule for the next show of the Ryde Electorate Agricultural and Horticultural Society has just been issued from THE ARGUS office, and should command the attention of…

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Commonwealth Art Exhibition. Opened by Mr. Barton

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 10

The Commonwealth Exhibition of Australian art was opened at the Society of Artists' Rooms, Vickery's-chambers, yesterday afternoon by Mr. Edmund Barton, Federal Premier, in the…

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The Art Exhibition. Opened by Mr. Barton

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 6

The Commonwealth Exhibition of Australian Art was opened in the galleries of the Society of Artists, 70 Pitt-street, yesterday, in the presence of a fairly large attendance. The…

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Societies' Gala Day. Procession This Morning. Carnival This Afternoon

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 5

On the general Commonwealth festival programme to-day is marked as that on which the numerous labour and friendly societies hold their gain, initiating the proceedings with…

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Society of Artists. Commonwealth Show. Critique. Ii

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 3

No. 61 at the Society or Artists' exhibition, by [?] Roberts, is a cattle muster on the hills, but the fact that his name is attached to it does not make it interesting. The impressionist effect of…

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Australian Art. Society of Artists' Exhibition. Opening Address by Mr. Barton

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 11

The troubles which beset Australian art, or her Australian, artists, at the present time, intensely real. Even the fact that a Commonwealth Exhibition is being held by the…

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Stage, Song and Show. Holiday Time at the Theatres

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 5

The free performances given yesterday by the principal theatres of the city to the thousands of persons, old and young, who subsist on charity; or are too poor to patronise…

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