Oatlands (Australia)

Type: City
Name: Oatlands (Australia)
Country: Australia
population: 2,036
First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

The show that must grow on

NEXT weekend's 175th Campbell Town show will be a chance to ask "what's next?" Participants in what is thought to be the longest running show in the British Commonswealth have seen their share of boom, bust and change.They have seen wool decline over ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - May 25 2013]

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...involved with Campbell Town show for most of its history, said the show hadn't deviated from the Midlands Agricultural Association's original aim: "The improvement of stock, agriculture and the rural economy in general." From the late 19th century until the 1980s, the show's primary activity had been judging competitions for wool sheep and their fleeces, as a way of guiding...
...That's probably quite true, but that the ABC is "finding it increasingly difficult to comply with their respective charters, thereby alienating constituents" is utterly untrue...

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