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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1923

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Royal Wedding Cake 9ft, HIGH Honeymoon In Surrey LONDON, April 24

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

The Royal wedding cake is 9ft. high, with four tiers, and weighs 8001b. The lower tier consists of six delicately wrought sugar lace cupolas, forming…

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Royal Wedding Australians Invited London, April 25

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

The Australians to whom invitations to the Royal wedding have been issued, in addition to the High Commissioners and the Agents-General,…

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Royal Wedding Provides Wonderful Spectacle In the height of her triumph the bride pauses to honor Empire's Unknown Warrior. Blaze of Color Pomp & Ceremony at Historic Abbey King & Artisan, Queen & Typist, Join to Acclaim Duke & Duchess Bride Now a Princess

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

In addition to the matter we printed yesterday forecasting the [?] textures of the wedding of the Duke of York, and the long amount in the morning papers, the following fresh story to band to-day [?] a most striking picture of the scenes at Westminster [?] and in the…

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Captain Cook's Landing Picturesque Sydney Wedding

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 12

AUSTRALIA'S REAL BIRTHDAY.—One hundred and fifty-three years ago to-morrow Captain James Cook landed at Botany Bay and declared Australia a British possession. The photograph, which is from the painting presented to the Philosophical Institute of Victoria by Mr T. A. Gilfullan, shows the intrepid navigator…

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Royal Wedding. Ceremony in the Abbey. a Brilliant Spectacle. Popular Demonstrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 9

For the second time within fourteen months Westminster Abbey has been the scene of a Royal wedding—that of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Three thousand guests attended the ceremony. It was…

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Wedding. Smith—reynolds

The St George Call · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

A unique wedding was celebrated on Saturday, the 31st ult, when Francis and Doris, the two daughters of Mrs. L. Smith, of "Dilwyn," Union Street…

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A Double Wedding

The Propeller · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

A unique wedding was celebrated on Saturday, the 31st ult., when Francis and Doris, the two daughters of Mrs. L. Smith, of "Dilwyn" Union Street,…

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Wedding at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

The marriage was celebrated at St. Georg's C. of E., Hurstville, on March 10, of Miss Gladys Newton, second youngest daughter fo Mr. and Mrs. W…

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Wedding at Penshurst

The Propeller · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

A wedding was celebrated in the Penshurst Presbyterian Church on April 14 by the Rev. A. C. Grieve, when Mary Melvin, youngest daughter…

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Wedding at Mortdale

The Propeller · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

St. Peter's Church of England, Mortdale, was the scene of a wedding on March 31, when Marjorie Grace, fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Collier, of…

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The Royal Wedding Brilliant Scene in the Abbey Tumultuous Cheering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Three thousand quests witnessed the marriage of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey. Despite the fact that rain had fallen throughout the night and in the morning, crowds lined the route of the…

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Curious Wedding Presents

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 5

At a recent wedding one of the presents to the bridegroom was a flock of 300 sheep, he having taken up farming as a hobby. A somewhat similar…

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Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 11

On Thursday afternoon, 19th April, a wedding Took place at St. John's Church of England, Parramatta, the contracting parties being Miss Winifred Pollard,…

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London's Festival Blaze of Color and Light Revelry Follows Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

Despite the long wait in the cold and rain, dense crowds lined the route of the Royal procession to and from Westminster Abbey, and hailed the Duke of York and his bride with sustained cheering…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 15

FOWLES--RICHARDS. --.At St. Philip's, Church, Church Hill on the evening of April 17, Mary, elder daughter of the late Mr. William Fowles and Mrs. Fowles of Petersham, was…

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Golden Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 15

Mrs. and Mrs. H. H. Holden of St. Mark's., Road, Randwick, on Tuesday evening celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding at the home of their…

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Weddings. Carmichael—cox

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 9

On the evening of April 4, at St. James' Church, Mr. Alfred B. Carmichael, of Nandillyan Station, Molong, and Miss Marjorie Cox, of Lindfield, were married by the bride's…

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"Royal" Wedding. Brilliant Scene in Abbey. Joyous Crowds in Streets Poor Children Entertained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 13

Further details of the Royal wedding show that the enormous crowds gathered in the London streets were in the highest spirits. The poor children were not forgotten, and were entertained at the expense of the Duke of York…

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Recent Weddings

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 April 1923 · page 21

RICHARDS—WILSON.—Miss Bessie Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wilson, of Bi[?]-street. Bondi and granddaughter of Mrs. T. A. Field,…

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Among Australian Guests at the Royal Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 April 1923 · page 3

LADY FULLER. MRS. HUGH D. McINTOSH. MRS. F. D. McMASTER. DAME NELLIE MELBA…

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