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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1901

221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 12

A Wedding That Cost £20,000

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 9

The latest in American "big things" is a hundred thousand dollar wedding. Miss Pierpont Morgan was married the other day to Colonel Satterlee in New York. Altogether the…

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Wedding Bells. Scattergood—lundie

Granville Independent and Parramatta Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 4

On Christmas eve in the South Granville Congregational Mission Church, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. W, Scattergood of Campbelltown, third son of Mr. John…

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Long Jim's Wedding Journey

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 13

Long Jim and his bride started on their wedding journey one fine morning in May. Not by any means in the way by which brides…

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At a Basuto Wedding. Bride and Bridegroom

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 9

I was taken through rows of naked, grinding savages of both sexes to be introduced to the bride and bridegroom, whom I found to be a pair of mission converts (says Mr. Hales…

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A Toongabbie Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 8

At St. Mary's Church, Toongabbie, on Wednesday, Mr. John Barnett was married to Miss Emily Bull, daughter of Mr. G. Bull. Both the bridegroom mid bride were residents…

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A Million-dollar Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 7

It is an American characteristic that no matter what has to be done the true-born Yankee must endeavor to do it in as unprecedented a manner as possible (says the London "Daily Express")…

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Wedding

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 8

A very pretty wedding was solemnised on on December 25th, 1900 at " Hawthorne," Queen-streer, Croydon, by the Rev. A. B. Davis, the contracting parties being Mr. H. J…

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Wedding

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 9

Goldstein—Marks. On 2nd January, the marriage of Frederica, eldest daughter of Mr. M, Marks of Carlton to Mr. I. Goldstein was celebrated by the Rev. J. Lenzer. The bride,…

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Changes at Society Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 101

A pure white gown (writes "A Society Butterfly" in "M.A.P.") was the traditional bridal c[?]stume, but the modern bride studies colours, contrast, and picturesqueness of design, and prefers a…

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S Hort Story [Now First Published.] The Digger's Wedding, an Australian Romance, [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.—australian Procliyities and Public-houses

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 4

A casual inspector standing on a pier at Williamstown, Victoria, or on the shore of the Circular Quay, or on the Mail Steamer's Wharf, at…

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Short Story [Now First Published.] The Digger's Wedding, an Australian Romance, [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter III.—(Continued.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

Maloney had obtained from the local bench of magistrates a permit for music and dancing during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Young Australia…

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A Fashionable Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 44

The London "Queen," of December 8, records that Captain Wilfred Abel Smith, Grenadier Guards, third son of the late Mr. Robert Smith of Goldings, Hertford, was married to the Hon…

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A Quiet Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon last, at 4.30 o'clock, Mr. W. J. Morey, of Parramatta. and late of Tasmania, was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral by the Rev. R. J. Read to one of…

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Where the Wedding Keeper Fails to Hold. Divorce Statistics Illustrated

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 10

N.S.W. is higher than any country in the world, except the United States and Switzerland…

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A Narrabri Wedding

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 7

It will interest a large circle of our readers to learn that Mr. E. H. Wall, of Narrabri, baa led to the hymeneal altar Miss Aitken, late matron of the…

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Wedding Rings

The Catholic Press · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 25

Rings have been associated with the marriage ceremony from very early times, for the ring has neither beginning nor end, and is, therefore, typical of eternity and of the…

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Short Story [Now First Published.] The Digger's Wedding, an Australian Romance, [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter V.—(Continued.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 10

The same morning a telegram instructed Mrs. John Cadd to leave Golddrift by that mail coach and catch the mail train at Orange…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 45

A pretty wedding took place at Hunter's Hill on January 15, Between Mr. B. Adnam and Miss Constance Dickson, daughter of Mr. J. G. Dickson, of Toomoo Station, Queensland. The bride wore…

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A Wedding in China

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 45

A short account of a wedding which took place recently in China will doubtless be of interest to many Sydney readers, since the newly-married couple have many personal acquaintances and…

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A Coming Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1901 · page 11

The engagement of the Duke of Westminster to Miss Cornwallis West has long been in the air, but has only been definitely announced within the last few days, relates a…

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