The Society behind the Royal Show
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Sharing the good earth
Wednesday 14 May 2014
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with Rob Linn, Historical Consultants Pty Ltd
The Royal Adelaide Show is South Australia’s largest community event. Staged by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc. (RA&HSSA) and beloved by the community, it has been part of our State’s life for 175 years.
However, it is not just about the Royal Show, indeed the Society has played an important role in initiatives such as the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Roseworthy College, and the South Australian wine industry. Few would understand that the RA&HSSA has advanced the cause of rural industries beyond any other organisation.
In this lecture, Rob Linn will provide some tantalising insights into the story of the RA&HSSA and the Royal Adelaide Show, and reveal some of the Society’s extraordinary archive.
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Co-presented with the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA
Visit the complementary Kerry Packer Civic Gallery exhibition: Sharing the good earth: 175 years of influence and vision open from Monday 5 May – Wednesday 11 June.
Rob Linn
Rob Linn established Historical Consultants Pty Ltd in 1985. Since then over 40 books have been written, many articles published and major reports brought together for academia, government and the private sector.
The firm has been awarded major literary and publishing awards, among them the inaugural Lysbeth Cohen Award for biography and the ASA Mander Jones Award.
Rob is also an interviewer for the National Library of Australia's oral history program.
He believes that history should be active, engaging and entertaining.
While the views presented by speakers within the Hawke Centre public program are their own and are not necessarily those of either the University of South Australia or The Hawke Centre, they are presented in the interest of open debate and discussion in the community and reflect our themes of: strengthening our democracy - valuing our diversity - and building our future.
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