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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1928

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Of Social Interest Silver Wedding Happy Celebration at Burlington

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 18

CONGRATULATIONS were showered upon Mr. and Mrs. George A. Anderson, "Alderdale," Blaxland Road, Bellevue Hill, when they entertained…

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Unrehearsed Stage Turn Wedding in Picture Th

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 9

An unrehearsed "turn" was p. at the Victory Theatre, Addison Marrickville, on Saturday night, a marriage wad celebrated [?]…

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Altar Pyre Fatal Wedding Bridal Holocaust Thirteen Fatalities Vancouver, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 1

A MESSAGE from Altoona, Pennsylvania, says that the wedding celebrations of a young couple in that town…

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Killed at Their Wedding

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 1

ALTOONA (Penn.), Monday-Thirteen persons Were burned to death, including the bride and the bridegroom, when a fire destroyed the…

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A Velvet Gown Glistening with Diamente Shahanan--fisher Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 20

SOFT pink tulle, bound to the head with a narrow band of silver lame, and finished at one side with a cluster of orange ouds, formed the bridal…

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Bridesmaids in Apricot Georgette Butters--Allsep Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 21

A GOWN of white georgette and lace formed the bridal gown of Miss Bessie Allsep for her wedding with Mr. Reg. Butters, eldest son of Mr. and…

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Tenterfield Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 21

MISS AUDREY PETHERICK, who has announced her engagement to Mr. Wynn Manchee, of Texas, is to be married this…

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Little Glimpses of Wild Life The Ant Princess and Her Wedding Flight

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 64

WHEN I started to tell you about the Ant People and their wonderful cities last week I left out the most wonderful thing of all. When you look at the plump and portly queen ant—the Queen…

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Wedding Tragedy Father Drops Dead Quirindi

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 7

After attending his son's wedding at Werris Creek. Mr. Thomas Spillane accompanied the bridal party as far as Quirindi…

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Quiet Lindfield Wedding Kennedy--Chapman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 22

A BEAUTIFUL veil of Honiton point lace, one hundred years, old, was worn by Miss Eleanor Wellesley Chapman, youngest daughter of Mr. and…

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Bridesmaids in Pink and Green Thompson--Davis Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 25

A BRIDAL veil of pink cut tulle, caught, with a single baud of orange blossom, and finished at the side with a cluster of orange buds, was worn by…

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NOTES of Social Interest Artistic Floral Effects at Wedding Denne--Crane Marriage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 24

"REDLEAF," Wahroonga, the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Crane, was most artistically decorated last night for the wedding of their…

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"A Backblocks Parson" Silver Wedding Recalls Adventurous Life as Youth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 14

"I am a real backblocks parson." "That is how Rev. H. E. Andrews, president of the Methodist Conference, who has just celebrated his…

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April Weddings Old World Gowns Bride's Peal of Bells

Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 22

MISS Helen Orr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Orr, of "Wirain,"Neutral Bay, chose an old-world frock of white satin and tulle…

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Wedding. HONNER-DOOLEY

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 22

At a Nuptial Mass celebrated by Rev. Father P. Moloney, M.S.C., uncle of the bridegroom, Dr. Richard St. John Honner, who represented Australia at the…

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Wedding. ARMSTRONG—MORRISON

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 42

A very pretty wedding was solemnised at Delegate on Easter Monday by Rev. Father John A. Roche, P.P., Bombala, when Arthur Charles Armstrong of…

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Weddings. DENT—LONERGAN

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 33

A gracefully-draped gown of ivory satin meteor, studded with diamente was worn by Miss Minnie May Lonergan, Hargreaves, Mudgee, for her wedding…

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Weddings. Britton—mooney

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 35

Of country as well as city interest was the marriage of Miss Marjorie Mooney, daughter of Mrs. W. Mooney, of "Hollywood," Coogee, and Mr…

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Archbishop Lees' Wedding London

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 1

The best man at the wedding of the Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. Harrington Lees) to Miss Linnell, will be his brother, Sir William Lees. The…

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Lace Veils Night of Weddings Newman--orr

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 21

AN old world frock of white satin over which, fell a veil of Honiton lace, mounted on white tulle, was chosen by Miss Helen Orr for her…

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