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Shows & fairs, 1953

4,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 226

Accident In Surf Carnival Boat Race

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 3

LIFESAVERS carry Frank Gardner, of the Whale Beach surfboat crew, into the…

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Mink, Slacks At Art Show From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 19

LONDON, January 17.—The bewildering mixture of styles of pictures in the exhibition by the Australian Artists' Association, at the R.W.S. Galleries, Mayfair, were nothing to the mixed dressing…

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Millionaire and stars in party orgies Rockefeller heir flies in with private ballet show LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 48

TWO colossal parties -- one given in Hollywood at a cost of £14,000 and another being planned for Biarritz, France, to cost more than £125,000 -- are the talk of social leaders. In Hollywood the…

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School Art Exhibition

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

INTRIGUED. Ann Turton (8), and her brother Bill (10), inspect a painting, A Powerful Tug, at the School Art Exhibition which opened today at Farmer's Blaxland Galleries…

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More Exhibits of Dogs for Show

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Mow. --Newcastle show this year would cater for many breeds of dogs not previously exhibited, the Acting Secretary of the Newcastle Show Association…

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Kangaroos Should Be 'Put on Show' in Sydney

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 19

A match between the returning Kangaroos and The Rest should be staged as one of the attractions of the coming Rugby League season. This and the question…

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Unfinished Pictures in Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 14

MANY of the paintings in an exhibition of School Art which opened at Farmer's Blaxland Gallery yesterday are still unfinished…

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Fair cop landed naked swimmer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- A police- woman said today she chased and caught a naked youth who was swimming in a lily pond in Alexandra…

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[?]Chibald Prize [?]Jects to Be [?] Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 9

[?]jects from the Archibald [?] competition—the result which is to be announced Friday—will be exhibited…

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Queensland Youngsters Show Paces

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 26

Unbeaten Queensland youngsters, Hieroglyph and Toshah, created a favorable impression in…

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Queensland Youngsters Show Paces

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 28

Unbeaten Queensland youngsters, Hieroglyph and Toshah, created a favorable impression, in…

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Queensland Youngsters; Show Paces

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 28

Unbeaten Queensland youngsters, Hieroglyph and Toshah, created a favorable impression in…

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Queensland Youngsters Show Paces

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 28

Unbeaten Queensland youngsters, Hieroglyph and Toshah, created a favorable impression in…

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Special B.B.C. show for Australia Day

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Australian composers. writers, poets and stage and radio artists will be heard next Monday in special Australia Day programs on the BBC…

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'House Full' Sign Up in Washington Extravaganza show for Ike

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday.-- Trains, buses and air terminals are jammed with people as thousands pour into the capital…

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Swimming Carnival

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 5

Granville Amateur Swimming Club proposes to hold a carnival at the Baths on Sunday, February 8—instead…

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Exhibition Building Demolition

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 5

A special sub-committee is expected to recommend to the Sydney City Council…

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Home and Housewives' Exhibition

Construction · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

The Home and Housewives' Exhibition at Sydney Town Hall will be open until January 26. The Exhibition has been organised…

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Granville Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 10

Granville Annual Show at the Showground on January 24 and 26 promises to be the largest ever held by the…

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Scrapping of Exhibition Building Recommended

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 13

A special sub-committee is expected to recommend to the Sydney City Council soon that the old Exhibition Building, in Prince Alfred Park, be demolished. A member of the…

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