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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1896

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Fashionable Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 35

The marriage of Mr. Herbert Harper and Miss Lucy Garran, daughter of the Hon. Dr. Garran, vice-President of the Executive Council, took place at St. John's, Darlinghurst, on January…

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Scene in a Church. a Rylstone Wedding

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 8

RYLSTONE, Monday.—Considerable excitement was caused on Saturday evening in the Roman Catholic Church, where the public had gathered to witness the marriage of John Sheenan…

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Remarkable Scene at a Wedding. the Public Ordered Out of the Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Rylstone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

Considrable excitement was caused yesterday evening in the Roman Catholic Church, the occision being the marriage of two well-known residents of the Rylstone, Cudal,…

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An Approaching Wedding

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 6

A contemporary thought people the other day to wax vastly facetious over the approaching nuptials of a Dural couple. With that subtle humour for which the journal in…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 272

St. John's Church, Darlinghurst was, on Wednesday, 29th January, the chosen place for the marriage of Miss Ethel E. Bowman, eldest daughter of the late Mr. George Pearse Bowman, of Archerfield,…

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Scene at a Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 9

RYLSTONE, Monday— Considerable excitement was caused on Saturday evening in the Roman Catholio Church, where the public had gathered to witness the marriage of John Sheenan…

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Fashionable Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 34

A pretty wedding took place at St. John's, Darlinghurst, on January 29, between Mr. Frederick B.Trude, of West Australia, and Miss Ethel E.Bowman, daughter of the late Mr. G. P…

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At the Wedding Reception

The Australasian Hebrew · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

The poet who sang of events crowding fast on each other was a prophet. No sooner had the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gotthelf presented their congratulations on the occasion of the silver wedding than they were pledging the health of the bride…

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Wedding at Rookwood

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 4

The social sensation of the week was the wedding of Miss Annie Gonuley (third daughter of Alderman Gormley) and Mr. Chus. Cowliffe of the Survey office.(son of Mr…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 325

It was a felicitous idea to celebrate the silver wedding of the parents by the marriage of their eldest child, and for the lace which had decked the bridal gown of the first to be worn by the bride at…

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Fashionable Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 35

The marriage of Mr. F. W. Renaut and Miss C. G. Fowler, daughter of Mr. W. Fowler, took place at Dawes Point on January 29. The bride, who wore white silk, was attended by the Misses…

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A Pleasant Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1896 · page 5

A FASHIONABLE wedding took place the other day and the happy couple and the Bridesmaids drove straight from the church to the Eden Photo Studios (which are in…

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Fashionable Weddings

The Catholic Press · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 18
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

A VERY pretty wedding took place on Tuesday afternoon at St. Canice's Church, Elizabeth Bay, when Mr. Arthur Flexman was married to Miss Isabel Hunter, third daughter of Mr…

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Ermington Wedding

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 4

Mr. Thomas McKee, son of Mr. John Brown McKee of Ermington and Rydalmere, was married on Wednesday to Miss Gertrude Sabina Cowell, the second daughter of Alderman…

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Interesting Wedding

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 4

On Wednesday last, an interesting wedding took place at Dulwich Hill, when Miss (Essie) Fullagar, daughter of the late Mr. W Fuliagar, J.P.—One of the best-known of the old time…

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WOMAN & HOUSEHOLD. Two Weddings

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 7

Mr. Bertie Darley, son of the Chief Justice, was married at St. Jude's Bowral, on the 13th inst. to Miss Georgina D'Arcy Irvine, daughter of the late Rev…

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Weddings. DARLEY—D'ARCY-IRVINE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 377

The presence of the Hon. the Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales, Sir .Frederick Matthew Darley, with Lady Darley and their family, made quite an excitement in Bowral on…

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A Pleasant Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1896 · page 5

A FASHIONABLE wedding took place the other day and the happy couple and the Brides maids drove straight from the church to the Eden Photo Studios (which are in…

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Raiment. Wedding Gowns

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 9

Satin is the material most employed for wedding gowns, but the fallen latitude is allowed as to the land of silken issue [?] or two trimmings worn. The…

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