The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (RASWA) was established 1831 in Western Australia.
It held its first annual agricultural show, the Fair and Cattle Show, at Guildford on 7 November 1834.[1][2][3]
The show was moved to the Claremont Showground in 1905,[4] when it became the Perth Royal Show.[5][6]
In 1907, a range of other agricultural societies merged.[7] Despite the action, separate agricultural societies remain throughout the state.[8]
The RASWA, as it has also been known,[9] has survived substantial change in agriculture and agricultural practices in Western Australia in its history, and was able to celebrate with a history in 2004.[10]
Publications
Newsletter
- Showtalk WA : official newsletter of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, 1988–2001[11]
- RASWA link : official newsletter of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, 2002–2018[12]
Catalogues and rules
References
- ^ "THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. II (97). Western Australia. 8 November 1834. p. 386. Retrieved 4 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "We've Been Showing Off Since 1834". Daily News. LXVII (23, 237) (FINAL ed.). Western Australia. 3 October 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE FIRST SHOW—AND TODAY". The Mirror. 14 (753). Western Australia. 3 October 1936. p. 31. Retrieved 4 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vigilans et Audax (3 November 1905). "The West Australian". p. 4. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW". The West Australian. XXI (6, 122). Western Australia. 31 October 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 4 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE FARMER'S DAY". Sunday Times (Perth) (409). Western Australia. 5 November 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "In August 1907, representatives of 19 societies met and decided to affiliate. The government was approached to pass a bill investing the Royal Agricultural Society with the necessary powers to direct affiliation of any other society in the state." – from text of library listing at Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (1864), Records, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Clifton, A.R.C (1935), Irrigation in Western Australia : resume of address ... to meeting of Agricultural Societies' Association of WA on 5.4.1935, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (2002), RASWA link : official newsletter of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, The Society, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Cooper, W. S. (William S.); White, Michael; Moore, Garrick; Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (2004), Adversity and achievement : a history of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, The Society, ISBN 978-0-646-43968-6
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (1988), Showtalk WA : official newsletter of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, The Society, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (2002), RASWA link : official newsletter of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, The Society, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (1864), Records, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (1921), Rules of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia : revised 11th May 1921, The Society, retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (1951), The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (Incorporated) rules : as revised – March 1951, The Society, retrieved 4 May 2019
External links
- Official website
- Official website of the Perth Royal Show