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Sources for Carols by Candlelight history

‘Carols by Candlelight, Melbourne, Christmas 1998’. DocklandsTony. December 1998. https://www.flickr.com/photos/docklander/4871075475/

Anderson, Luke, ‘Woolworths Carols by Candlelight 2016’. 11 December 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuntguy3000/31574903695/

Anderson, Luke, ‘QBE Insurance Carols by Candlelight 2018’. 15 December 2018. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuntguy3000/44515079220/

’ Carols by Candlelight, Wagga Wagga Music Bowl, 1989’. Wagga Library. 1989. https://www.flickr.com/photos/188328726@N02/50121578801/

’ Christmas Carols by Candlelight at the Ukrainian Cathedral of The Holy Family in London’. Catholic Church England & Wales. 12 January 2022. https://www.flickr.com/photos/catholicism/51814825124/

’ Carols by Candlelight’. Blue Mountains Library 24 December 1947. https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue_mountains_library_-_local_studies/53184039640/

Vasant, Santanu, ‘Operatic Singing of Carols by Candlelight at the Royal Albert Hall’. 24 December 2017. https://www.flickr.com/photos/santanuvasant/24394062057/

‘Carols by Candlelight 2023’. Diocese of Nottingham. 10 December 2023. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dioceseofnottingham/53395758470/

‘Carols by Candlelight’. TimeOut. 2 December 2024. https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/things-to-do/vision-australias-carols-by-candlelight

CHURCH, MEN AND EVENTS (1927, December 15). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 20., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243976802

Advertising (1929, December 21). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 20., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203268157

‘The history of Carols by Candlelight’. Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight. https://carols.visionaustralia.org/about-us/our-history

CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN. (1936, December 3). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), p. 2 (ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT). from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70572836

‘Miners at Moonta Mines [B 12593]’. State Library South Australia. ca.1894. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+12593

‘Methodist Church, Moonta [B 4384] • Photograph’. State Library South Australia. ca. 1927. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4384

‘Moonta Mines [B 5895] • Photograph’. State Library South Australia. ca. 1927. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5895

‘Church interior, Moonta [B 24479] • Photograph’. State Library South Australia. ca. 1910. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+24479

‘Moonta Miners [B 23893] • Photograph’. State Library South Australia. 1895. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+23893

‘Moonta [B 33864] • Photograph’. State Library South Australia. ca.1906. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+33864

‘3KZ’. The Age. 24 December 1940.

Carols by Candlelight (1933, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11724046

IN THE CHURCHES (1932, December 19). Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953), p. 8., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174053690

‘3KZ Carol Festival’. 23 December 1939. The Age.

‘Carol Festival’. 26 December 1940. p6. The Age.

Richards, Laurie, ‘Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind - Carols by Candlelight’. State Library of Victoria. 1965 - 1975. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9939666434807636

Midnight Carols by Candlelight (1939, December 23). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. R, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26405779

No Title (1939, December 26). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 10., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278695694

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT. (1939, December 21). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 4., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46344820

‘twas the night before Christmas…. 17 December 1982. p.32. The Age.

The candles burn on brightly. 23 December 1977. p.26. The Age.

Carols by Candlelight Draws Huge Crowd. 26 December 1952. pg. 3. The Age.

CITY THRONGED BY FESTIVE CROWDS (1944, December 26). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 5., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278965591

Christmas Day Holiday Scenes (1944, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11376386

CITY IN LAST BIG CHRISTMAS SCRAMBLE (1951, December 24). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247843989

Governor at Carols by Candlelight (1951, December 26). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205664532

Sound Shell for Carols (1951, December 4). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 7., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205668556

Romney, George, ‘John Wesley’. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Wesley_by_George_Romney.jpg

Russell, John, ‘Charles Wesley’. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Wesley.jpg

‘RLR_3928’. 10 December 2010. St George’s School. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RLR_3928_(5261224609).jpg

Benson, E.F. ‘Edward Benson’. Before 1896. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Benson.jpg

Herkomer, Hubert von, ‘ Portrait of Edward White Benson (1829-1896), archbishop of Canterbury’. 1890. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AbpEdwardWhiteBenson.jpg

Sidelights Of Carols By Candlelight (1944, December 26). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246016821

Norman Banks at the 1949 carols, possibly presenting an awardNorman Banks at the 1947 Carols by Candlelight, from Records of Norman Banks manuscript, 1957 – 1971; YMS 16274. State Library of Victoria.

Carols by Candlelight, from Records of Norman Banks manuscript, 1957 – 1971; YMS 16274. State Library of Victoria.

Nylandensis, Henricus Theodoricus, ‘A 1582 published version of the Latin carol Personent hodie’. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Personent_hodie.jpg

(1938, December 26). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page31364449

(1946, December 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 20.,from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1676947

CAROLS BY LAMPLIGHT (1950, December 22). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 3., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article279609753

‘London, England. 1943-12-24. Carols were provided by the RAAF Singers’. 1943. Australian War Memorial. https://awm.gov.au/collection/C278256

Pakhrin, Pema Tamang, ‘Where to celebrate Carols by Candlelight in Darwin 2024’. NT News. 25 November 2024. https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/where-to-celebrate-carols-by-candlelight-in-darwin-2024/news-story/f3863b5f5911db8f6c53b365c3bbbc7a

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