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Wirth's Circus

Wirth's Circus, also known as Wirth Brothers' Circus, was Australia's largest and most prestigious circus company for eight decades.[1] Billed as Australia's own 'Greatest show on Earth' (a reference to the slogan of the American P. T. Barnum Circus), the travelling circus held an international reputation.

Wirth's Circus
Wirth's Circus, 1941 by Sam Hood
Origin
CountryAustralia
Founder(s)Philip Wirth
George Wirth
Year founded1882
Defunct1963
Information
FateClosed
Traveling show?Yes (Australia; global)

The company edit

The company started with the children of brass musician and German-born Johannes 'John' (1834–10 July 1880) and his English-born wife Sarah Wirth:

  • John James. He died 16 April 1894, aged 35, at Burghersdorf, South Africa, where the company was performing;[2]
  • Harry, who could do a double somersault over a row of fixed bayonets.[3] Harry died 19 July 1896, aged 36 while near Hong Kong on the SS Kwang Lee, from sunstroke.[4] He left a wife and three children;
  • Philip Peter Jacob (26 June 1864 – 29 August 1937, aged 74),[5][6] ringmaster, acrobat, animal trainer, musician. He married twice, and had seven children. Wirth built a two-storey Federation mansion, Ocean View in 1915 at Coogee, NSW;
  • George (1867–16 October 1941, aged 74),[7] ringmaster, acrobat, animal trainer, musician. He married Margaret Bain but had no children. George retired from the circus in 1930;
  • Mary Elizabeth Victoria 'Marizles' (1868–1948, aged 78), an equestrienne, remembered as the 'Grant old Lady of the Circus', who died in New York on 31 March 1948;[8]
  • Mina; and
  • Madeline.

The parents had arrived in Australia in 1855, worked as itinerant musicians, including with Ashton's Circus.[9] Commencing as a small travelling band of the Wirth family members, getting their first tent and performing under canvas in Sydney in 1880,[10] they had formed a small circus by 1882.[1] Established in Ballarat, the brothers first provincial tour commenced from Ararat in 1885, and Adelaide their first capital.[11] Shortly after, the circus went to Nouméa.

Their bitter rivals were the FitzGerald Brothers Circus, although this subsided in 1906 of the death of the FitzGerald brothers:[12] Dan (1859–Saturday 3 February 1906, aged 45)[13] and Tom (died on Friday 27 April 1906, aged 40).[14] At this time, the Wirths acquired the FitzGeralds' circus.[9]

Philip Wirth's children, Eileen, Doris, Madelaine, Phillip, George, and Marizles 'Rillie' (died 1988),[15] continued to run the circus until its closure in May 1963.[1] Although the Bullen Brothers circus competition started impacting the family operation,[15] the decline of the circus was principally attributed to rising transport costs and the introduction of television.[9][15]

Travelling circus (1882–1963) edit

With the Australian banking crisis of 1893, the Wirths went on a seven-year overseas tour.[16] While giving a performance in October 1895 at Mount Video, Uruguay, the Politeama Theatre burnt down and was completely destroyed.[17] Returning to South Africa, they found the Second Boer War in progress, but made their neutrality clear; but on one occasion, the circus train narrowly missed demolition as the Boers were about to blow a bridge over the Modder River.[5]

While Philip Wirth was a ringmaster standing 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighing 14 stone (200 lb; 89 kg), he was also an expert horse trainer. In 1893 in South Africa, he trained a gnu to ride on the back of a horse, and broke and trained six zebras, which according to Wirth, The Bible allegedly said to be the only animal that could not be trained.[18] When in South America in 1895, he trained two wild mustangs to waltz together. In another instance, a pony would enter the ring dressed as a woman, undress, put on a nightgown, blow out a candle and get into bed; teaching all done without cruelty, but patience and some sugar.

With an extending family and adopting family members, the troupe undertook significant world tours additional to travelling extensively by horse-drawn wagon and special trains around Australia.[1] In 1901 May Wirth (1894–1978) became the adopted daughter of Mary,[19] to become "greatest bareback riding star".[20] She later was inducted in 1963 into the Circus Hall of Fame.

 
Singh, and Wirth's Circus advance manager, Charlie Peterson, in Perth, September 1929

Renown wrestler Buttan Singh performed with the company in the early 1900s, billed as one of the 'champion Hindu wrestlers of Australia'.[21]

The 1903 programme, in a tent that held 400 people comfortably, with electric light, included:[22]

  • wild animal performance by Mons. Ragoul, which included bareback riding by a tiger;
  • a tiger-drawn chariot with a tiger coachman;
  • an elephant, bear, camel and monkey took afternoon-tea in the ring;
  • acts of a funny clown;
  • Brothers Howard with memory and object games;
  • the Flying Eugenes in mid-air;
  • Philip's daughter Phyllis performing on horseback like a 'human butterfly';
  • The Cantons, two Anglo-Chinese acrobats, on a revolving ladder;
  • contortionist Masinga;
  • Philip Wirth taking the snow-white stallion' Moncrieff, through paces;
  • a boxing match by a pair of ponys;
  • Mary Wirth undertook juggling on horseback, while William Carl did a bareback riding act; and
  • aerial Roman rings act, tumbling and riding.

Outside there was another tent with a menagerie of animals.

In July 1910, the circus had a lion, two lionesses and two Russian wolves escape at Murrurundi, NSW.[7][23] In September 1917, a lion and lioness by means unknown were able to get loose at Campbelltown, NSW.[24]

By 1930 Wirth's Circus was now operating on a two-yearly national tour, usually staged for August's Royal Exhibition Show in Brisbane, Easter in Sydney, and November's Melbourne Cup.[9][25] The company presented winning jockeys with gold-mounted whips.[26][27] The alternate year was a visit to New Zealand.[5]

The circus was the only one allowed to operate during World War II in Australia, but faced the challenges of travel by road and petrol rationing.[15] The troupe used Muston Park, Sydney, New South Wales as a performance area in 1942.

After World War II, painter Norma Bull (1906–1980) travelled with the company painting scenes of circus life for twelve months.

One of the circus' most famous elephants was 'Princess Alice'.[1] George Wirth's favourite elephant was 'Jumbo' but had to be shot when it went rogue in Brisbane.[7]

In the 1950s, the company used two Victorian Railways wooden bogie passenger carriages as accommodation in the 1950s.[28] The circus staff complained about the poor condition of the carriages, which by that stage were over 60 years old. In 1962 the pair were withdrawn from the circus train.

Wirth's Olympia Circus, Melbourne (1907–1957) edit

In 1901 the Arts Centre site on St Kilda Road, in Melbourne became home to a permanent circus, Olympia, built by the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus.[29] Olympia was the name of their octagonal circus building.[16] In 1904, the area of the site not occupied by FitzGerald's was developed as a fashionable meeting place called Prince's Court. This area featured a Japanese Tea House, open-air theatre, miniature train, water chute and a 15-member military band.

In 1907, with the passing of the FitzGerald Brothers, the Wirth Brothers Circus took over the entire site from FitzGerald's, and remained there for the next 50 years. The adjoining Prince's Court amusement park was acquired, merged, and became Wirth's Pleasure Park.[9] By 1911 they had built a new circus Hippodrome (a 5000-seat auditorium)[12] and a roller skating rink, and had leased the original Olympia as a cinema. During World War I some of the buildings were used as nursing homes for soldiers and nurses. During the 1920s a new Green Mill Dance Hall replaced the Jazz Pavilion and Olympia Dancing Palace.[29]

Dog shows in 1929 were held at Olympia.[30] The Green Mill Dance Hall closed in 1950, and the remainder of the Wirth buildings on the site, valued at £70,000, were destroyed by fire in December 1953.[31]

 
Elephant from Wirth's Circus in a Sydney street parade (1938)

Wirth Brothers Hippodrome, Sydney (1916–1928) edit

The Sydney Council sought to replace the New Belmore Markets around Campbell Street, Haymarket, Sydney central business district by 1912. The area was initially used by the Wirth Brothers Circus for ten weeks in 1912 as a circus and hippodrome. This was successful and a twenty-one year lease was signed in September 1912.[32] The company opened the new Wirth Brothers Hippodrome in April 1916. Attractions included elaborate circus acts with animals such as elephants and seals, theatre and vaudeville shows. Although performing with some success for a decade, the Hippodrome failed financially. Despite the Hippodrome's versatility, it was not a financial success and by 1926 Wirth's had decided to seek the remodelling of the buildings as a picture palace. With the Capitol Theatre opened on 7 April 1928, the circus moved to a nearby site at Wentworth Avenue and Goulburn Street.[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e MARYNOWSKY, Tara. "Wirth's Circus home movies". National Film and Sound Archive. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Wirth monument". The Telegraph (Brisbane). No. 7008. Queensland, Australia. 4 April 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Wirth's circus". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XXXI, no. 274. Victoria, Australia. 23 November 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Footlight flashes". Referee. No. 515. New South Wales, Australia. 9 September 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b c "World's oldest showman dies". The Courier-Mail. No. 1247. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1937. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ St LEON, Mark Valentine (1990). "Wirth, Philip Peter Jacob (1864–1937)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Death at 74 of Mr G. WIRTH". The Herald. No. 20, 102. Victoria, Australia. 17 October 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Death of Mrs. Wirth". Cairns Post. No. 14, 376. Queensland, Australia. 2 April 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Wirths' Circus Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Philip WIRTH". Warwick Daily News. No. 5651. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Mr. Philip WIRTH". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 18, 995. New South Wales, Australia. 30 August 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ a b Andrew Stephens (24 October 2014). "Heart of the Arts: Arts Centre Melbourne revels in 30 triumphant years". Sydney Morning Herald.
  13. ^ "Obituary". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LVII, no. 3499. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1906. p. 21. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Mr. Tom Fitzgerald". Observer. Vol. LXIII, no. 3, 369. South Australia. 28 April 1906. p. 36. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ a b c d BROWN, Malcolm (27 January 2007). "Last of a circus family was shy and quiet". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. ^ a b St Leon, Mark. "Wirth's Circus". eMelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Untitled". The Lorgnette. No. 235. Victoria, Australia. 2 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Death of Philip WIRTH circus veteran". Guyra Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 2 September 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ St LEON, Mark Valentine (1990). "Wirth, Mary Elizabeth Victoria (Marizles) (1868–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  20. ^ "It's safer to stand on the horse". The Sunday Herald. Sydney. 12 March 1950. p. 2 Supplement: Features. Retrieved 2 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "Wirth Bros' Circus". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times. Vol. XXXIX, no. 4129. South Australia. 20 August 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Wirths' Circus". The Arena-Sun. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1903. p. 18. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "Escape of circus animals". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "Lions at large". Daily Mail (Brisbane). No. 4548. Queensland, Australia. 4 September 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. ^ "On the road : the wandering Wirth family". John Oxley Library. State of Queensland (State Library of Queensland). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Gold-mounted whip". Sydney Sportsman. No. 1740. New South Wales, Australia. 29 October 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^ "Gold whip to Cup winner". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 32, 503. Victoria, Australia. 3 November 1950. p. 22. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  28. ^ "BL - Second Class Corridor Car". www.pjv101.net.
  29. ^ a b "Our history". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Dog show at Wirth's Olympia". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 841. Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1929. p. 23. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "£70,000 circus fire at Wirth's Olympia". Macleay Argus. No. 10, 121. New South Wales, Australia. 29 December 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ^ "Capitol Theatre". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00391. Retrieved 13 October 2018.   Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  • The travelling Wirth family: A history of our ancestors as musicians, miners and Wirths' Circus including descendants (2008), researched and compiled by Gayle Speight, with genealogical research by Gayle Speight, Stephanie Wirth, and Margaret Wright, ISBN 0646446894.

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Wirth s Circus also known as Wirth Brothers Circus was Australia s largest and most prestigious circus company for eight decades 1 Billed as Australia s own Greatest show on Earth a reference to the slogan of the American P T Barnum Circus the travelling circus held an international reputation Wirth s CircusWirth s Circus 1941 by Sam HoodOriginCountryAustraliaFounder s Philip WirthGeorge WirthYear founded1882Defunct1963InformationFateClosedTraveling show Yes Australia global Contents 1 The company 2 Travelling circus 1882 1963 3 Wirth s Olympia Circus Melbourne 1907 1957 4 Wirth Brothers Hippodrome Sydney 1916 1928 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksThe company editThe company started with the children of brass musician and German born Johannes John 1834 10 July 1880 and his English born wife Sarah Wirth John James He died 16 April 1894 aged 35 at Burghersdorf South Africa where the company was performing 2 Harry who could do a double somersault over a row of fixed bayonets 3 Harry died 19 July 1896 aged 36 while near Hong Kong on the SS Kwang Lee from sunstroke 4 He left a wife and three children Philip Peter Jacob 26 June 1864 29 August 1937 aged 74 5 6 ringmaster acrobat animal trainer musician He married twice and had seven children Wirth built a two storey Federation mansion Ocean View in 1915 at Coogee NSW George 1867 16 October 1941 aged 74 7 ringmaster acrobat animal trainer musician He married Margaret Bain but had no children George retired from the circus in 1930 Mary Elizabeth Victoria Marizles 1868 1948 aged 78 an equestrienne remembered as the Grant old Lady of the Circus who died in New York on 31 March 1948 8 Mina and Madeline The parents had arrived in Australia in 1855 worked as itinerant musicians including with Ashton s Circus 9 Commencing as a small travelling band of the Wirth family members getting their first tent and performing under canvas in Sydney in 1880 10 they had formed a small circus by 1882 1 Established in Ballarat the brothers first provincial tour commenced from Ararat in 1885 and Adelaide their first capital 11 Shortly after the circus went to Noumea Their bitter rivals were the FitzGerald Brothers Circus although this subsided in 1906 of the death of the FitzGerald brothers 12 Dan 1859 Saturday 3 February 1906 aged 45 13 and Tom died on Friday 27 April 1906 aged 40 14 At this time the Wirths acquired the FitzGeralds circus 9 Philip Wirth s children Eileen Doris Madelaine Phillip George and Marizles Rillie died 1988 15 continued to run the circus until its closure in May 1963 1 Although the Bullen Brothers circus competition started impacting the family operation 15 the decline of the circus was principally attributed to rising transport costs and the introduction of television 9 15 Travelling circus 1882 1963 editWith the Australian banking crisis of 1893 the Wirths went on a seven year overseas tour 16 While giving a performance in October 1895 at Mount Video Uruguay the Politeama Theatre burnt down and was completely destroyed 17 Returning to South Africa they found the Second Boer War in progress but made their neutrality clear but on one occasion the circus train narrowly missed demolition as the Boers were about to blow a bridge over the Modder River 5 While Philip Wirth was a ringmaster standing 6 feet 1 8 m tall and weighing 14 stone 200 lb 89 kg he was also an expert horse trainer In 1893 in South Africa he trained a gnu to ride on the back of a horse and broke and trained six zebras which according to Wirth The Bible allegedly said to be the only animal that could not be trained 18 When in South America in 1895 he trained two wild mustangs to waltz together In another instance a pony would enter the ring dressed as a woman undress put on a nightgown blow out a candle and get into bed teaching all done without cruelty but patience and some sugar With an extending family and adopting family members the troupe undertook significant world tours additional to travelling extensively by horse drawn wagon and special trains around Australia 1 In 1901 May Wirth 1894 1978 became the adopted daughter of Mary 19 to become greatest bareback riding star 20 She later was inducted in 1963 into the Circus Hall of Fame nbsp Singh and Wirth s Circus advance manager Charlie Peterson in Perth September 1929Renown wrestler Buttan Singh performed with the company in the early 1900s billed as one of the champion Hindu wrestlers of Australia 21 The 1903 programme in a tent that held 400 people comfortably with electric light included 22 wild animal performance by Mons Ragoul which included bareback riding by a tiger a tiger drawn chariot with a tiger coachman an elephant bear camel and monkey took afternoon tea in the ring acts of a funny clown Brothers Howard with memory and object games the Flying Eugenes in mid air Philip s daughter Phyllis performing on horseback like a human butterfly The Cantons two Anglo Chinese acrobats on a revolving ladder contortionist Masinga Philip Wirth taking the snow white stallion Moncrieff through paces a boxing match by a pair of ponys Mary Wirth undertook juggling on horseback while William Carl did a bareback riding act and aerial Roman rings act tumbling and riding Outside there was another tent with a menagerie of animals In July 1910 the circus had a lion two lionesses and two Russian wolves escape at Murrurundi NSW 7 23 In September 1917 a lion and lioness by means unknown were able to get loose at Campbelltown NSW 24 By 1930 Wirth s Circus was now operating on a two yearly national tour usually staged for August s Royal Exhibition Show in Brisbane Easter in Sydney and November s Melbourne Cup 9 25 The company presented winning jockeys with gold mounted whips 26 27 The alternate year was a visit to New Zealand 5 The circus was the only one allowed to operate during World War II in Australia but faced the challenges of travel by road and petrol rationing 15 The troupe used Muston Park Sydney New South Wales as a performance area in 1942 After World War II painter Norma Bull 1906 1980 travelled with the company painting scenes of circus life for twelve months One of the circus most famous elephants was Princess Alice 1 George Wirth s favourite elephant was Jumbo but had to be shot when it went rogue in Brisbane 7 In the 1950s the company used two Victorian Railways wooden bogie passenger carriages as accommodation in the 1950s 28 The circus staff complained about the poor condition of the carriages which by that stage were over 60 years old In 1962 the pair were withdrawn from the circus train Wirth s Olympia Circus Melbourne 1907 1957 editIn 1901 the Arts Centre site on St Kilda Road in Melbourne became home to a permanent circus Olympia built by the FitzGerald Brothers Circus 29 Olympia was the name of their octagonal circus building 16 In 1904 the area of the site not occupied by FitzGerald s was developed as a fashionable meeting place called Prince s Court This area featured a Japanese Tea House open air theatre miniature train water chute and a 15 member military band In 1907 with the passing of the FitzGerald Brothers the Wirth Brothers Circus took over the entire site from FitzGerald s and remained there for the next 50 years The adjoining Prince s Court amusement park was acquired merged and became Wirth s Pleasure Park 9 By 1911 they had built a new circus Hippodrome a 5000 seat auditorium 12 and a roller skating rink and had leased the original Olympia as a cinema During World War I some of the buildings were used as nursing homes for soldiers and nurses During the 1920s a new Green Mill Dance Hall replaced the Jazz Pavilion and Olympia Dancing Palace 29 Dog shows in 1929 were held at Olympia 30 The Green Mill Dance Hall closed in 1950 and the remainder of the Wirth buildings on the site valued at 70 000 were destroyed by fire in December 1953 31 nbsp Elephant from Wirth s Circus in a Sydney street parade 1938 Wirth Brothers Hippodrome Sydney 1916 1928 editMain article Capitol Theatre Sydney The Sydney Council sought to replace the New Belmore Markets around Campbell Street Haymarket Sydney central business district by 1912 The area was initially used by the Wirth Brothers Circus for ten weeks in 1912 as a circus and hippodrome This was successful and a twenty one year lease was signed in September 1912 32 The company opened the new Wirth Brothers Hippodrome in April 1916 Attractions included elaborate circus acts with animals such as elephants and seals theatre and vaudeville shows Although performing with some success for a decade the Hippodrome failed financially Despite the Hippodrome s versatility it was not a financial success and by 1926 Wirth s had decided to seek the remodelling of the buildings as a picture palace With the Capitol Theatre opened on 7 April 1928 the circus moved to a nearby site at Wentworth Avenue and Goulburn Street 9 See also editList of circuses and circus ownersReferences edit a b c d e MARYNOWSKY Tara Wirth s Circus home movies National Film and Sound Archive Commonwealth of Australia Retrieved 9 January 2022 Wirth monument The Telegraph Brisbane No 7008 Queensland Australia 4 April 1895 p 2 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Wirth s circus The Ballarat Star Vol XXXI no 274 Victoria Australia 23 November 1886 p 4 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Footlight flashes Referee No 515 New South Wales Australia 9 September 1896 p 7 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia a b c World s oldest showman dies The Courier Mail No 1247 Queensland Australia 30 August 1937 p 13 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia St LEON Mark Valentine 1990 Wirth Philip Peter Jacob 1864 1937 Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 9 January 2022 a b c Death at 74 of Mr G WIRTH The Herald No 20 102 Victoria Australia 17 October 1941 p 5 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Death of Mrs Wirth Cairns Post No 14 376 Queensland Australia 2 April 1948 p 5 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia a b c d e f Wirths Circus Collection Arts Centre Melbourne Retrieved 9 January 2022 Philip WIRTH Warwick Daily News No 5651 Queensland Australia 30 August 1937 p 4 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Mr Philip WIRTH Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate No 18 995 New South Wales Australia 30 August 1937 p 7 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia a b Andrew Stephens 24 October 2014 Heart of the Arts Arts Centre Melbourne revels in 30 triumphant years Sydney Morning Herald Obituary Freeman s Journal Vol LVII no 3499 New South Wales Australia 10 February 1906 p 21 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Mr Tom Fitzgerald Observer Vol LXIII no 3 369 South Australia 28 April 1906 p 36 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia a b c d BROWN Malcolm 27 January 2007 Last of a circus family was shy and quiet Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 9 January 2022 a b St Leon Mark Wirth s Circus eMelbourne net au Retrieved 5 September 2017 Untitled The Lorgnette No 235 Victoria Australia 2 October 1895 p 2 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Death of Philip WIRTH circus veteran Guyra Argus New South Wales Australia 2 September 1937 p 5 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia St LEON Mark Valentine 1990 Wirth Mary Elizabeth Victoria Marizles 1868 1948 Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 9 January 2022 It s safer to stand on the horse The Sunday Herald Sydney 12 March 1950 p 2 Supplement Features Retrieved 2 May 2013 via National Library of Australia Wirth Bros Circus The Kadina and Wallaroo Times Vol XXXIX no 4129 South Australia 20 August 1904 p 2 Retrieved 5 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Wirths Circus The Arena Sun Victoria Australia 2 April 1903 p 18 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Escape of circus animals National Advocate New South Wales Australia 9 July 1910 p 4 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Lions at large Daily Mail Brisbane No 4548 Queensland Australia 4 September 1917 p 7 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia On the road the wandering Wirth family John Oxley Library State of Queensland State Library of Queensland 30 May 2013 Retrieved 9 January 2022 Gold mounted whip Sydney Sportsman No 1740 New South Wales Australia 29 October 1932 p 16 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Gold whip to Cup winner The Argus Melbourne No 32 503 Victoria Australia 3 November 1950 p 22 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia BL Second Class Corridor Car www pjv101 net a b Our history Arts Centre Melbourne Retrieved 9 January 2022 Dog show at Wirth s Olympia The Argus Melbourne No 25 841 Victoria Australia 8 June 1929 p 23 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia 70 000 circus fire at Wirth s Olympia Macleay Argus No 10 121 New South Wales Australia 29 December 1953 p 1 Retrieved 9 January 2022 via National Library of Australia Capitol Theatre New South Wales State Heritage Register Department of Planning amp Environment H00391 Retrieved 13 October 2018 nbsp Text is licensed by State of New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment under CC BY 4 0 licence The travelling Wirth family A history of our ancestors as musicians miners and Wirths Circus including descendants 2008 researched and compiled by Gayle Speight with genealogical research by Gayle Speight Stephanie Wirth and Margaret Wright ISBN 0646446894 External links editWirth s Circus home movies National Film and Sound Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wirth 27s Circus amp oldid 1176421417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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