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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1901

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She Changed Her Mind. the Spoiling of a Big Wedding. Capricious Conduct of a Wealthy Lady. a Young Man Cozened Out of His Bride

Truth · Sunday 30 June 1901 · page 7

SOME two years ago the most popular R.C. Church in Sydney—not St. MAry's may be stated—was the scene of a :spoilt" wedding. The bride and her friend arrived…

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New Departures at Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 41

Favours at weddings seem entirely out of dale, and the well-known bunches of white flowers, green leaves, while satin ribbon, and silver foil are no longer seen at the smart marriages in London. Another new…

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A Parramatta Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 8

On Wednesday a very popular Purramatta young lady was married Miss Mary Barry, daughter of Mr. H. E. Barry, of Church street. The bridegroom was Mr…

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A Liverpool Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 4

A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on Wednesday, when Mr. Win. Schell, of Liverpool, was married to Miss Corrigan. The ceremony was…

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What Might Have Been the Carrie Moore Romance. No Bridegroom, No Wedding. the Story of the Flowers and the Dresses

Truth · Sunday 7 July 1901 · page 7

IT is not ours to chronicle another act of the Carrie Moore—Ernest Tyson romance. The wedding, which, according to the "semiofficial" preliminary announcement in the…

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Largest Wedding in the World

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

The largest and most remarkable wedding since the world began took place at Susa. When the great Alexander had conquered Persia, wishing to unite victors and…

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Fashionable Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 4
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LONDON, July 19.—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fergusson, D.S.O., of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, M.P., formerly Governor of South Australia, and…

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A Curious Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 1

A curious wedding (says an English contemporary) took place at St. Bridget's Church. Chester, in June, 1773, when a Mr. George Harding, aged 107 years, was married to Mrs. Catherine…

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A Society Wedding. London, July 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 9

The eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, K.C.M.G., formerly Governor of South Australia and of New Zealand, has married the second daughter of the Earl of…

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A Quaker Wedding. in the Devonshire-street Cemetery. Its Last Appearance in Public

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 July 1901 · page 5

The old Cemetery opposite the Redfern Railway Station has been notified for some time past as closed to the public, but even a cemetery is not allowed its own way in…

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Anglo-australian Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 7

Our London correspondent writes:--One of the smartest Anglo-Australian weddings of the season took place at St. George's, Hanover-square, on Saturday, June 15, when…

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New Fashions in Weddings

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 3

ONE smart bride (says “A Society Butterfly” in M.A.P.), who was married during the snowy weather of last March invented a beautiful wrap to cover her…

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The Love Chase Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xxxiii.-- the Wedding Day

The Australian Star · Monday 29 July 1901 · page 2

Sir George Dalbiac was walking along Piccadilly on Sunday evening when he came across Saville. "Ah, my dear Carew," he said, with a genial…

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Fashionable English Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 42

There was a large and fashionable assembly at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, to witness the marriage of the Hon. Judith Harbord (who was a Matd-of-Honor to her late Majesty from…

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Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 4

A very pretty wedding was celebrated in St. John's, Paramatta, on the 10th ult. The contracting parties were Miss Jessie Adams, of Harris Park, and Mr. P. Bennett, of Pitt…

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Wedding at Harris Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 4

A pleasing wedding ceremony was performed at the residence of Mr. J. Brown, Motion-street, Harris Park, on Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Ethel Mary Aynsley…

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A Strange Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1901 · page 8

D. A. Brown, who recently shot dead Mr. Haygarth at a mining meeting at Charters Towers, Queensland, and then seriously wounded himself with a revolver bullet,…

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Britain and Russia. Peculiar Action by the Czar. Transvaal Republic Recognised. Invitation to a Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The pro-Boers in Brussels and Holland are delighted at the announcement that the Czar has invited a representative of the Transvaal…

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Wedding at Manly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 23

On the eve of the Assumption, August 15 (writes a correspondent), our pretty church was crowded with spectators to witness a ceremony of more than passing interest…

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