Show Time: Faces of the Past

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Memories of fun time

When the centenary celebrations at the Benalla Agriculture Show rolled around in November 1978, then 17-year-old bank clerk Carol McFadzean (nee Wright) found herself becoming a little part of history at the show. The then Young Farmers Group member...

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Little time to prepare

When she returned home from teachers’ college in Bendigo for the weekend, 18-year-old Kay Wearne (nee Yeaman) expected a quiet weekend spent with her family, yet found herself caught off-guard. Unbeknownst to Mrs Wearne, her uncle had entered...

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Journey of a Miss Show Girl

When 20-year-old Glenda Stanyer (nee Peel) arrived at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1981, she was full of excitement for the statewide Miss Show Girl competition. It was a long road for the young woman. Having taken out the 1980 Miss Show Girl...

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Unique experience

The Euroa Show has been a beloved experience for Karen Dethomas (nee Telford) and her family. Each year as the show rolled around in the spring, Mrs Dethomas and her family prepared for the day and arrived in the morning, ready to enter the...

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Helped pass the time

As a young woman Judy Hipwell (nee Walker) spent many an hour at the local agricultural shows. Wandering through the showgrounds, meeting friends and spending time with her mother and father who often showed their sheep, Mrs Hipwell found herself...

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Casual stroll leads to sash

It was the year Darwin was officially recognised as a city, Qantas launched its first service from Sydney to San Francisco and for then 19-year old Anne Falconer (nee Visser), it was the year a casual stroll around the 1959 Numurkah Show took an...

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Paraded in the ring

It was the year that Australia’s biggest reservoir, Lake Eucumbene, was completed, the Menzies Government won a fifth term in office and Baystone won the Melbourne Cup,but 1958 was also the first time regional winners met in Melbourne for the...

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Past winner loved her show experiences

In 1959, at just 18 years old, a young Heather Hargreaves (nee Moresi) was awarded the title of 1960 Boort Miss Showgirl at the October show, qualifying to travel to Melbourne and compete the following year to become the Victorian Miss Showgirl. It...

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Calling all former showgirls

The Shepparton Agricultural Society has shared these pictures of 17-year-old Numurkah student Tracy Woolcock, who won the 1981 Miss Sun Showgirl title at the Shepparton Show. A former Miss Junior Show girl winner in 1979,it was Tracy’s unaffected...

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‘Bit of fun’ rewarded

Former Strathmerton resident Elizabeth Porter was no stranger to agricultural shows when she and her girlfriends decided to enter the 1989 Miss Showgirl competition at the Numurkah Show. Having been competing with her horses for a number of years...

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Pillbox hat a winner

The year was 1967 and for former Dingee resident and then 17-year-old Heather Watson (nee McCormick), it was a year that one of her fondest memories happened. Dressed to the nines in a handmade ensemble, she was crowned Miss Showgirl at the Bendigo...

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Former show girls sought

The search for former show girls is on as the competition nears its 60th anniversary, with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria looking to wind back the clock and reconnect with previous entrants in the competition to celebrate the...

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