AdelaideShowGround.com.au - Convention center in downtown Adelaide, Australia
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Royal Adelaide Showground
Description
In 1839 the South Australian Agricultural Society was formed "for the advancement of agricultural and pastoral knowledge, and to promote the development of the natural resources of our noble colony."
The Society merged with an early horticultural organisation in 1844 and staged its first combined exhibition in a marquee in Botanic Park - this was the birth of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society. The Royal prefix was granted by Queen Victoria in 1869.
Night shows at the Showground and the Jubilee Building on Frome Street, became very popular in the 1890's when electricity was introduced to South Australia.
