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The Queensland National Agricultural Association was a significant movement in the promotion of colonial trade, and was marked by the first Queensland Intercolonial Exhibition, with the grounds and building opening on 22 August 1876. During the twentieth century it transmuted into a ‘state fair’ (as in the United States mid-West), ten days in August, during school holidays, more as mass entertainment with the addition of ‘country’ visitors on trade and agricultural business.
Citations
Cohen, Kay. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Margaret Kowald, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas 1860-1960. Volume 1. RHSQ. 2014. page 228-229
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Map References
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 5 chains to the inch. City of Brisbane. 5 chains to the inch. Government Engraving, and Lithographic Office, Brisbane. 634496