The founding of the Toodyay, Northam and Victoria Plains Agricultural Society (1852-3) [1853-4], compiled by Robyn Taylor.
Extract from Duidgeeana, the newsletter of the Toodyay Historical Society (Inc.), Issue No. 6, Nov Dec 2008, pp. 5-6. [Subsequent research revealed the correct years of foundation. Corrected 5 Dec. 2021]
On 15 November 1853, the Toodyay, Northam and Victoria Plains Agricultural Society was formed at a meeting at John Herbert’s Royal Oak hotel in old Toodyay. On 28 October 1854, the first Agricultural Show and Annual Meeting of the Toodyay, Northam and Victoria Plains Agricultural Society was held on a Saturday at old Toodyay. Joseph Strelley Harris was Chairman of the Meeting, held in Herbert’s Hotel.
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