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Anniversary Day Regatta, Sydney [postcard, early 20th Century]

12 July 2021 · Leave a Comment

Anniversary Day Regatta (postcard)

[Editor: This postcard (unused) incorporates a photo of boats sailing in the Anniversary Day Regatta (Anniversary Day was later known as Australia Day). The postcard is from the early 20th Century (possibly 1901-1910).] [Front of postcard] Anniversary Day … [Read more...] about Anniversary Day Regatta, Sydney [postcard, early 20th Century]

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Anniversary Regatta [26 January 1875]

20 October 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article about the Anniversary Regatta was published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1875. The Anniversary Regatta was held on Anniversary Day (later known as Australia Day.)] [Anniversary Regatta.] Anniversary Regatta. — The weather yesterday, not … [Read more...] about Anniversary Regatta [26 January 1875]

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[The anniversary of the birthday of the colony] [26 January 1875]

20 October 2020 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article about Anniversary Day was published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1875. Anniversary Day was later known as Australia Day.] [The anniversary of the birthday of the colony] To-day is kept as a public holiday as the anniversary of … [Read more...] about [The anniversary of the birthday of the colony] [26 January 1875]

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Australia [Australia Day celebration, 2 February 1903]

15 March 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about an Anniversary Day (Australia Day) celebration on 26 January 1903. Published in The Daily Telegraph, 2 February 1903.] Australia. At the A.N.A. dinner in Melbourne on Anniversary Day Mr Deakin, on behalf of the Commonwealth, responded to the … [Read more...] about Australia [Australia Day celebration, 2 February 1903]

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Anniversary Day [27 January 1908]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about “Anniversary Day” (Australia Day). Published in The Barrier Miner, 27 January 1908.] Anniversary Day. How many Australians recognise the fact that Anniversary Day is more than a mere holiday — that it is significant of a nation’s birth? How many … [Read more...] about Anniversary Day [27 January 1908]

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