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Matthew St Leon 1882

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[Pic Acc 5250]
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Circus

Circus has been part of Sydney's entertainment since the 1840s and hardly a year has passed since then without a circus in town. Sydney performers have gone on to international careers in the arena and have returned triumphant, and circus skills and acts became part of the city's thriving vaudeville and theatre scene.

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Circus

St Leon, Matthew

Circus performer who resumed his career in Tasmania after receiving his ticket-of-leave and established his own touring circus in 1850.

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