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Robert Taylor, young apprentice performer, 1855

Robert Taylor, young apprentice performer, 1855

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State Library of New South Wales

(Illustrated Sydney News, 9 June 1855)

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State Library of New South Wales

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.

Circus

Illustrated Sydney News

Newspaper published by various publishers between 1853 and 1894. Between 1872 and 1881 it was called the 'The Illustrated Sydney news and New South Wales agriculturist & grazier'.

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Taylor, Robert

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Circus performer and juggler.

Ashton's Circus

Circus company formed by James Henry Ashton in Launceston in 1851 and still run by the 7th generation of the family.

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