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2510, 2021

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 4
Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 4

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 4

By Admin|2021-10-25T11:04:34+00:0025 Oct 2021|Categories: blog|Tags: Aboriginal, Ashton, Ashton's, Camden, Little Nugget, Mongo Mongo, Penrith, Sydney, Tamworth|0 Comments

In April 1856, Goulburn was visited by Ashton's Circus [...]

2510, 2021

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 3
Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 3

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 3

By Admin|2021-10-25T11:05:44+00:0025 Oct 2021|Categories: blog|Tags: Burton, Gold Rush, Goulburn, Henry Burton, Sydney, Yass|0 Comments

By early 1853, about 100 people [...]

709, 2021

La Merveilleuse Histoire du Cirque
La Merveilleuse Histoire du Cirque

La Merveilleuse Histoire du Cirque

By Admin|2021-09-07T01:59:09+00:007 Sep 2021|Categories: blog|1 Comment

I recently acquired this beautiful two-volume set La Merveilleuse Histoire [...]

709, 2021

Carte-de-visites from the 1880’s
Carte-de-visites from the 1880’s

Carte-de-visites from the 1880’s

By Admin|2021-09-07T01:59:37+00:007 Sep 2021|Categories: blog|Tags: carte-de-visites, English, Hayes|0 Comments

A correspondent recently gave me these [...]

3008, 2021

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 2
Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 2

Travelling Shows & Early Goulburn, Part 2

By Admin|2021-08-30T02:16:38+00:0030 Aug 2021|Categories: blog|Tags: Acrobats, Bathurst, Burton, Cooke, Equestrian, Gold, Jones, La Rosiere, Maitland, Malcom, Merriwa, Mudgee, Olympic Circus, Rowe, Royal Cricus, Sullivan Nobel, Sydney, Trick pony|0 Comments

In the spring of 1850, La [...]

2808, 2021

The Wedding of Cooke & King
The Wedding of Cooke & King

The Wedding of Cooke & King

By Admin|2021-08-28T03:55:22+00:0028 Aug 2021|Categories: blog|Tags: Cooke, Equestrian, King, Martin, Wedding, Wirth|0 Comments

The wedding of John Welby Cooke and Edith ‘Edie’ [...]