Balmoral Shire Show

Balmoral Shire Show

Stage Number: MBSH.03.04.02

Group: Southern

Local Study Area: Murrarie-Cannon Hill

Epoch: Late 20th Century

Street Address: Cannon Hill school grounds, Wynnum Road, Cannon Hill

Latitude & Longitude: -27.46886111,153.08338889

Time Link: 1916

Map Link: TBA

Image Time Point: TBA

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The existence of the Balmoral Show reflected the agricultural nature of the Shire of Balmoral, which stretched from Bulimba to the western boundary of Wynnum during the early 20th century. Prizes were awarded in competitions for horses and sulkies, needle and fancy work, farm produce, dairy produce, fruit, vegetables, artisan and amateur work, cookery, poultry, bantams and pigeons. The last show was held in 1926, shortly after the Shire of Balmoral was amalgamated into the newly-formed Greater Brisbane, a time when suburban settlement was also increasing in the local area.

Citations

Brisbane Courier, 18 October 1926.

Image Citations

Advertisement for the Balmoral Show. The Telegraph, 13 October 1926.

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