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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1882

28 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

A Hindoo Wedding in High Caste

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1882 · page 3

The Times of India gives the following interesting account of a wedding in Bania, which took place on December 1:— "The marriage of the daughter of a well-known…

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Awkward Termination to a Wedding Party

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1882 · page 6

A SCENE of a very extraordinary nature occurred the other evening at the Assembly-rooms, Bow-road, London. It appears that the rooms were hired, by some persons for the purpose of giving a…

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Fashionable Wedding at Maitland

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1882 · page 3

A correspondent informs us that a fashionable wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Church, West Maitland, yesterday, by the Rev. Mr. Yarrington, when Mr. George Dines, son of the late Richard…

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Awkward Termination to a Wedding Party

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 February 1882 · page 41

A scene of a very extraordinary nature occurred the other evening at the Assembly-rooms, Bowroad, London. It appears that the rooms were hired by some persons for the purpose of giving a…

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New Decoration for Wedding Cakes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1882 · page 28

IT is the fashion now to decorate wedding cakes with wreaths and festoons of real white flowers. I got home just in time to assist at the pretty wedding of a young relative, where this prominent feature of the…

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Fashionable Wedding

Evening News · Tuesday 14 March 1882 · page 3

The Soots' Church, Collins-street, Melbourne, was on Monday (the Melbourne "Herald" reports) the scene of a fashionable wedding. The church was crowded to excess, the audience consisting mostly of…

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Ladies' Page. Gipsy's Notes. Fashionable Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1882 · page 28

MR. William James, only son of Charles Reade, Esq., of "Everton," Five Dock, was married with great pomp and ceremony, in January last, at Torquay, England, to Mary, only daughter of the late John…

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Their Twentieth Wedding Day, Too

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 28

THIS is how the "Detroit Free Press" tells how it occurred, and how they raked up old memories:— "Do you know, my dear," she suddenly said, as she looked up from her piece-work—"do you know that…

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Their Twentieth Wedding Day, Too

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1882 · page 3

THIS is how the "Detroit Free Press" tells how it occurred, and how they raked up old memories:— "Do yon know, my dear," she suddenly said, as she looked up from her piece-work—"do you know that…

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Wedding at St. James's

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1882 · page 5

St. James's Church at noon to-day was thronged with a large number of spectators of a wedding, the parties to which were Mr. S. Patrick and Miss Antonia Louise Huenerbein. The bridegroom…

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Fashionable Wedding

Evening News · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 3

Milson's Point was roused from its usual quiet yesterday afternoon by numbers of equipages driving from St. Leonards to the residence of P. F. Adams, Esq., Surveyor-General, at Kirribilli Point being…

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Wedding at Summer Hill

Evening News · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 2

A correspondent sends us an account of an interesting wedding that took-place yesterday at the Church of England, Summer Hill; the bridegroom and brides on this occasion being Mr. R. S. Rochford, a…

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Our Picture Supplement. A Bush Wedding

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 13 May 1882 · page 14

OUR SUPPLEMENT, Printed in ten colours, is from the pencil of Mr. Thomas Carrington, the well-known artist, and was prepared especially for the ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY NEWS. It is one eminently characteristic of…

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Wedding at Maitland

Evening News · Thursday 18 May 1882 · page 2

Our usually quiet town (writes on occasional correspondent at West Maitland) was all agog last night over the long talked of wedding between Mr. Wille Broughton, of Newcastle and Miss Amy…

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Wedding at Newtown

Evening News · Thursday 22 June 1882 · page 2

A large number of ladies and gentlemen, including most of the leading Catholics of the city and suburbs. were present at the marriage of Mr. Edward T. Hollingdale, of the firm of Hollingdale and Son,…

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The Wool Wedding

Sydney Punch · Saturday 22 July 1882 · page 4

THUS, AUSPICIOUS DOES THE RING OF GOLD(SBROUGH) EVENTUATE A MORT-ISING OF POWERS WHICH SHALL BE FELT AROUND THE WORLD…

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Wedding in an Inland Town

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1882 · page 28

THE town of W—was almost [?] not long since in consequence of the marriage of the eldest son of a wealthy sheep owner in the district on the one part, and one of two fair sisters, who not so long ago seemed…

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A Wedding Party's Adventure

Evening News · Saturday 5 August 1882 · page 3

A carious adventure befel a wedding party in the Bois de Boulogne. The bride and bridegroom, giving their friends the slip, had strayed down a shady path, when they suddenly came upon the…

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Wedding Cookery

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 August 1882 · page 8

On first commencing catch a young gentleman and lady. The young gentleman will be best raw, and the young lady quite tender; set the gentleman at the dinner table : take a…

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The Ladies Three o'clock Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1882 · page 250

Fashion is evidently bringing about a change with regard to the hours at which marriages are solemnised in our churches. Until very recently all marriages, fashionable and unfashionable alike, took place before 12 o'clock,…

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