Queanbeyan Showground. In the 1. 9th century names associated with Aboriginal groups in the district around Weereewaa Lake George were the Kamberri, Kgamberry, Nganbra and the Nganbra Pialligo Jackson Nakano xviii. In the 1. 82. 0s the first Europeans travelled beyond Weereewaa Lake George in search of the Murrumbidgee River and discovered the Molonglo Plains. Id Card Workshop 3 9 0 Cracked'>Id Card Workshop 3 9 0 Cracked. Severe drought during the 1. Major H. C. Antill from Picton sent his cattle and sheep to Molonglo Plains. The town of Queanbeyan grew up on the lands owned by innkeeper Timothy Beard, who had a collection of huts on the banks of Molonglo River. The town centre later shifted to Queanbeyan River about one mile east and was officially proclaimed as a township in 1. Queanbeyan Museum. From 1. 86. 1 onwards new waves of British and European migrants arrived in the district to take advantage of Robertsons Free Selection Act and take up small allotments. Cowra Show Society. Cowra Wine Show. Spring Show. RAS Crop Competition. NSW Dorset Championships. ANSVWS. Schools Out Queanbeyan West Before and after school. Schools Out Holiday program consists of half and full day options available to all. Free Magic Show. Where Is All Programs In Windows 10Queanbeyan Aboriginal groups continued to host regular gatherings and corroborees and began to align these events with the annual government distribution of blankets. Archaeological evidence and historical records show that the Queanbeyan Showground site was a traditional gathering place and burial place for Aboriginal people. Aborigines are first recorded camping on the site some time in the period 1. The memoirs of W. Davis Wright describe a group of Aboriginals camping on lands in Farrer Place across the street from the showground. Records show blanket distribution took place in 1. The 1. 86. 1 gathering took place in early April and is specifically associated with the annual distribution of blankets to the Aborigines in preparation for winter The Golden Age 1. QBN-Show-2015-398.jpeg' alt='Queanbeyan Show Program' title='Queanbeyan Show Program' />A larger gathering is recorded in Queanbeyan in 1. The showground is specifically mentioned as the site of an 1. Braidwood, Yass and Bland Plains The Golden Age 1. The gatherings of 1. June and April respectively were probably also connected with blanket distribution. Up until 1. 86. 1 the blankets were distributed from the police station and court house located across Queanbeyan River this seems to indicate the gatherings and camping took place at the showground site because it was a traditional location rather than for access to blankets AHIMS Site Card 5. Show Programs RunningThe available evidence suggests that the gatherings served a much more significant purpose than the acquisition of blankets. The visits of large numbers of Aborigines from distant areas and the holding of corroborees are recorded in connection with the 1. XL4Xt258kvddwefqBQyREL/64825f3e-820a-4aab-8f3c-b374c240d7b8.JPG/r82_0_935_576_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg' alt='Show Installed Programs Windows 10' title='Show Installed Programs Windows 10' />The Golden Age. Local tradition maintains that corroborees were held on the current showground reserve around this time. Indeed, the reserve was the site of the last Aboriginal corroboree held in the Queanbeyan district in 1. Held over many weeks, the corroboree was attended by many hundreds of Aborigines. Tribes gathered from as far as the coast and the regions of the lower Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers Australian Heritage Database. Visiting groups included the Moolingoolah from Captains Flat and the upper Molonglo, Queanbeyan and Shoalhaven River districts, the Tinderry Mountains and Bungendore Ngambri and Ngurma groups from Tumut, Brungle, Tuggeranong, Wanniassa, Pialligo, Yarralumla, Ginninderra, the Murrumbidgee regions and other parts of their extensive country and even groups from Parramatta and Liverpool Jackson Nakano. The tribes congregated at or around the same time each year for celebratory and ceremonial purposes, with the current showground reserve serving as one of the important sites for these events. Among local Aboriginal people there is an oral tradition that the showground was formerly a camping ground for their ancestors AHIMS Site Card 5. Part of the showground and some land to the south of it was also reputedly an Aboriginal burial ground. In his memoirs W. Davis Wright described the death of an Aboriginal man in a fight at a gathering on the current reserve in the period 1. According to AHIMS Site Card 5. Queanbeyan resident discovered an Aboriginal skull, bones, a spear, a carved parrying shield and other Aboriginal implements on the showground artefacts of a kind that were customarily buried with their deceased Aboriginal owners. The shield is said to have been given to the Historical Society. The site card also refers to an incident in 1. Aboriginal person buried in a sitting position on the northern side of West Avenue, approximately 8. AHIMS Site Card 5. In the Queanbeyan Showground Heritage Study historian Brendan OKeefe refers to the 1. West Avenue as well as the discovery of a burial during construction of the grandstand in 1. OKeefe. Most of the present showground reserve was included in a large area that was designated by 1. Recreation Ground for the people of Queanbeyan. The ground was located on the south western edge of the original square mile grid of streets laid out by Government Surveyor, James Larmer, in 1. Descargar Peliculas Gratis Espanol Latino. In 1. 88. 3 the Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association succeeded in having part of the Recreation Ground resumed and a 3. Lot 4, Section 5. Agricultural shows were held on the ground from this date. By 1. 90. 6 the showground was expanded by approximately 4 hectares Lot 6, Section 5. This area had also been part of the original Recreation Ground. A segment of the showground reserve on its north eastern side part of Lot 6, Section 5. Catholic Church in 1. With the money realised by this sale a 1. In 1. 93. 9 the Council became the trustee of both the body of the showground and of the extension along Glebe Avenue. Local Government Heritage Inventory Sheet. From its inception in 1. Queanbeyan Show developed into one of the most important community events in the Queanbeyan social calendar. Over the years the showground also became the venue for a variety of other activities. Trotting having become one of the main attractions of the annual shows, it was decided to construct a proper harness racing track on the ground in 1. Until 1. 96. 8 the showground track was one of New South Waless most important venues for regular trotting meetings up. The showground also hosted carnivals, circuses and poultry exhibitions. Greyhound racing commenced in the early 1. At the outbreak of World War Two, the showground was used as the drill ground by the Canberra troop of light horse. On many occasions, the showground has served as an emergency caravan park when the Queanbeyan River has been in flood. Local Government Heritage Inventory Sheet. At the Lowe Street entrance to the reserve there is a set of memorial gates erected in March 1. Thomas Collett, a Queanbeyan businessman, council alderman and founding member of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association. The annual show continued to be a popular after World War Two and continued to be a successful event until at least the early 1. After this time the shows fortunes began to decline and pressure to develop the showground increased. The site was seen by a majority of Quanbeyan City Council, the New South Wales Department of Lands and some local businesspeople as a valuable and under utilised piece of real estate close to the commercial heart of the city. In 1. 98. 8, the council issued development plans for the showground. Canberra Show. 23  2. FEBRUARY 2. 01. 8EXHIBITION PARK, CANBERRAOUR SHOW IS YOUR SHOW.