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Weddings, 1875

14 stories in Sydney's papers

Gilbert Grant's Wedding Part Ii. Chapter Iii.—wingera

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1875 · page 24

Gilbert was not more superstitious than most men, but there waa something so impressive in Jessie's manner, that he felt affected by it in spite of himself…

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An Aboriginal Royal Wedding. (From the S.A. Register, December 31.)

Empire · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 4

AT Boorkooyaunn, point Pierce, the Mission Station of the Yorke's Peninsula Aborigines Friends' Association, a marriage in "high life" has been celebrated with unusual surroundings. Prince…

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Gilbert Grant's Wedding Part Iii. Chapter V.—locked Up

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 23

When Gilbert had partially recovered from the first shock of the announcement, he asked the sergeant for further particulars. He felt dull and heavy, and miserable, with a horrid dry, parched…

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An Aboriginal Royal Wedding

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1875 · page 3

AT Boorkooyanna, Point Pierce, the Mission Station of the the Yorke's Peninsula Aborigines friends' Association, a marriage in high lite" has been celebrated with unusual surrounding Prince…

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Gilbert Grant's Wedding. Part Iv. Chapter Viii.—picking Up the Missing Links

Empire · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 4

We must now go back to the previous evening, to follow Jessie's movements and to explain the cause of her absence at this important juncture. When she retired to her room, accompanied by…

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Gilbert Grant's Wedding Part Iv. Chapter Viii.—picking Up the Missing Links

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 23

We must now go back to the previous evening, to follow Jessie's movements and to explain the cause of her absence at this important juncture. When she retired to her room, accompanied by…

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"Our Wedding Day."

Evening News · Saturday 19 June 1875 · page 4

It is a very common occurrence to close an establishment "in consequence of a death in the family," and to post a notice to that effect on the shutters or door, but very rarely is a marriage held to…

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The Marriage of Moira Fergus. Chapter V.—the Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1875 · page 793

The Princess Sheila lay at her moorings in the bay; and the morning sunlight shone on her tall and shapely masts and on the gleaming white decks. It was a lonely part of the coast of Darroch; there was not…

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A Burglary and a Dry Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 6

Two young fellows, about nineteen or twenty years of age named David Cl ary and James Millard (the latter of whom is already committed for trial on charges of burglar), were brought up at the Central…

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The Danbury Man at a Parisian Wedding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 September 1875 · page 9

I TOOK a seat up at the front; the party came down the middle aisle, and took position inside the altar rail. The crowd surged in until every seat was filled, and the aisles were clotted…

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A Quaker Wedding

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 November 1875 · page 5

On Wednesday, the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., attended the marriage of his niece, Miss Leatham, daughter of the late C. A. Leatham, of Cleveland Lawn, Middleborough, with Mr…

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A Golden Wedding

Evening News · Wednesday 1 December 1875 · page 8

THE following interesting article, from the West Coast (N.Z.) TIMES, refers to the parents of Mr. Samuel Lazer, lessee of the new Theatre Royal:— A Golden Wedding day in the colonies is a…

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INCIDENTAL. (Happy Pair on their Wedding Trip by Sea.)

Sydney Punch · Friday 3 December 1875 · page 4

Bride (Sea-sick and sobbing): "OH! WHAT SHALL I DO--O --O? WHAT SHALL I DO?" Bridegroom (Love-sick and sentimental): "CHEER UP, DARLING, AND CONFIDE YOUR GRIEF TO ME.'' Bride: "OH, ALFRED DEAR, I'VE--I'VE JUST HEAVED MY FORTY GUINEA BRIDAL SET OF BELISARIOS OVERBOARD!!!…

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A Golden Wedding in New Zealand

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 December 1875 · page 18

A golden wedding is not any where a frequent occurence, for the prudence, temperance, industry, and regularity that conduce so much to long life, often postpone the period of marriage until a comparatively advanced age, and it is,…

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