Roll up, roll up! Next week from the 19th to 21st May the Ipswich Show will be on again.
What an exciting time to be had with so much on offer for everyone including livestock, farm produce, young talent show, pet parades, dunny derby and even monster trucks.
Here is a blast from the past from the Ipswich Show.
Queensland Health Education Council display at the Ipswich Show, Ipswich, 1958 – Image Courtesy of Picture Ipswich
This is a Queensland Health Education Council display which they held at the Ipswich Show in 1958. Just like today the Ipswich Show has been used by companies to do displays and demonstrations of their goods and wares.
Queensland Health Education Council was established circa 1945 to educate Queenslanders on issues of public health. The aim of the Health Education Council was to encourage individuals to take responsibility for their health through campaigns that encouraged physical fitness, basic hygiene, immunisation and safety. It was also concerned with the care of teeth, maternal and child welfare, and health education in schools, churches and at public meetings.
The Ipswich Show was established by the Queensland Pastoral Society 144 years ago in 1873 when it was held on 2nd of April 1873 at a site located at Churchill.
Other past show exhibitors have included Cribb and Foote, Modern Motors Pty Ltd, Bank of New South Wales, Bearing Service Co., Beirne Pty Ltd, Boonah Junior Farmers and many more.
Boonah Junior Farmer’s Display, Ipswich Show, Ipswich, 1959 – Image Courtesy of Picture Ipswich
The Ipswich Show has always been popular with families and here we have some photos from the 1950’s .
Family at Ipswich Show, Ipswich, ca 1950 – Image Courtesy of Picture Ipswich
Children from the Trevis family riding the merry-go-round – Image Courtesy of Picture Ipswich
Information taken from :
Health Education Queensland Council Activities Explained, Cairns Post, 20 October 1945, Page 5
Ipswich City Council Time Line, Ipswich City Council
Ipswich Show Society Facts, Ipswich Show Society