St Leon’s Circus in Australia

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St Leon’s Circus
Local name	St Leon’s Royal Victoria Circus, St Leon’s Royal Palace Circus
Type	circus
Founded	1875
Country	Australia
Related persons
Owner

Performers & Artists
1914-1915: Eliza Jane Sole 1914-1915: Mary Lindsay


Key People
Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2025-04-03: new location

Latest document update	2025-04-03 05:42:49

Description

St Leon’s Circus, Australia , was founded in 1875.

Comments / picturesOutside Kilmore, in May 1875, father John Jones and three sons, Gus St Leon (b.1851), Walter St Leon (b.1856) and Alfred St Leon (b.1859) parted company from Burton’s Grand United Circus Company and started on the road as St Leon’s Royal Victoria Circus.

References for records about St Leon’s Circus

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Koehl, Dan (2025). St Leon’s Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=4005. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://www.pennygaff.com.au/circus-history/the-st-leons/

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