Yesterday Today: a look back with Alan McRae

October 31 2016 - 7:00am
PRESTIGIOUS: A certificate from the Grand Juvenile Industrial Exhibition that took place in Bathurst during November 1881.
PRESTIGIOUS: A certificate from the Grand Juvenile Industrial Exhibition that took place in Bathurst during November 1881.

This week’s image is an original Grand Juvenile Industrial Exhibition certificate for the event that took place in Bathurst during November 1881. It was awarded to Maude M.E. Arthur for one of her entries, in this case for crochet work – wool in Section A, Class 19.

The 1881 exhibition ran from November 2 to 9 in the Bathurst Showground pavilions. Three large marquees were also used to cope with many of the 3500 exhibits.

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