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The formal National Conference dinner in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra, in February this year. Entertainment was provided by the Franklin B. Paverty Bush Band, ...

with Sing Australia

Location: The Lodge and Government House, ACT

see http://www.singaustralia.com.au/gig.asp?eID=410

17 March, 2007 ... Urban Services 'Round Town St Patrick's Day celebrations will come to Garema Place in the City with Franklyn B Paverty playing all your Irish favourites and an Irish dance display by Liz Gregory's Irish Dance School. So come along and learn how to do the jig or the hornpipe! And make sure you come dressed in green…

31 Dec 2006 ... at the Yarralumla Woolshed. See story and photograph at http://www.monarofolk.org.au/dancef.htm

19–21 May 2006 ... with "Sing Australia" Festival weekend (see http://www.singaustralia.com.au/news.aspx?id=330 and http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/events/pages/4948.html)

Paverty and Sing Australia returned to Trundle on 15 Dec 2006 to lift Christmas Spirits (see http://www.singaustralia.com.au/mediareleases.aspx?id=495)

18 Dec 2005 ... Around 6 the first of the entertainment began with a folk band, Franklyn B Paverty. They played a mix of Christmas kitsch (Six White Boomers) mixed with more traditional Australian folk (Botany Bay, Banks of the Condamine, South Australia).

Paverty returned for the Lanyon Carols in 2006

Despite inclement weather, about a thousand Canberrans turned out to enjoy the first Arboretum Open Day on Sunday.

Activities over the course of the day included cork oak harvesting, performances from the South Coast Portuguese Dance Group, Sing Australia and Franklin B Paverty, wine tastings from local wineries, displays from local volunteer fire brigades, and a barbecue.

“The response to the Arboretum Open Day was overwhelmingly positive,” Chief Minister

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27 November 2005 ... Activities over the course of the day included cork oak harvesting, performances from the South Coast Portuguese Dance Group, Sing Australia and Franklyn B. Paverty, wine tastings from local wineries, displays from local volunteer fire brigades, and a barbecue. (see http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/nonurban/projects/arboretum_openday.shtml)

Marie-Louise Ayres Project Manager, MusicAustralia

A pilot service is now available, with the production service due to commence in the second half of 2003. The pilot content base is small – just 170 items from four institutions – and was carefully selected to test requirements for delivering music related items in a wide range of formats and to explore and demonstrate the rich relationships between printed and performed music materials held by different institutions.

1998: Ten years ago, Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, John Howard Opposition Leader, Ian Sinclair led the National Party and Janine Haines, the Australian Democrats. It was May 9, 1988, the official opening day for Australia's new Parliament House.

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