The Annual Show is two days of activities at Albion Park Showground that highlights the agricultural, horticultural and industrial activities in our region and provides community entertainment including entertainers, rides and showbags with a carnival and popular highlights such as the Demolition Derby and Fireworks.
In 1876, ploughing matches were held at Albion Park and in 1887 the staging of a provisional show was held in a paddock on land owned by John Russell in Terry Street.
A meeting to establish an Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held at Condon’s Commercial Hotel Albion Park on 26 July 1887. Mr. John Russell gave 8 acres of his land to the newly formed Association for a Showground and the Association purchased a further three acres.
Many notable breeders of cattle and descendants of pioneer family names were supporters and committee members over the years. Mr. William Mathie was the first president.
The first show at the new Showground was held on Thursday and Friday 18 and 19 January 1888 with 49 exhibitors in the dairy cattle section. The Albion Park Band was in attendance, and special trains transported patrons from Kiama and Wollongong. The railway was opened through Albion Park Rail in 1887.
The Albion Park Show is affectionately known as the ‘Biggest Little Show on the Coast’.
Venue: Albion Park Showground, Tongarra Road, Albion Park
4257 5203 or visit www.albionparkshow.org.au
Albion Park Show 1911
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Betty Martin on her pony Silver Rose in 1946
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