Annual Show, Wagga Wagga, Aug. 31 & Sept. 1, 1887 - First Prize

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Type: Prize certificates
Materials: Card, Textile - non specific
Collection: Jim Maple-Brown collection
Accession number: 2012.0002.0161.006

Description

A prize card and ribbon with the following text, 'MURRUMBIDGEE / Pastoral & Agricultural Association / ANNUAL SHOW, / WAGGA WAGGA, AUG. 31 & SEPT.1,. 1887'. 'FIRST PRIZE' awarded to A. L. Faithfull.

About the collection

The Jim Maple-Brown Collection complements and extends the existing holdings of material relating to the extended Faithfull family of 'Springfield' Station south of Goulburn. It comprises about 360 individual and groups of items, including drafting equipment, family photograph albums, framed portraits of Springfield Merino Stud rams and various items of family correspondence. It also includes an extensive collection of archival material relating to the Fonthill Merino Stud which was developed and managed by Jim Maple-Brown from the early-1950s to the early 2000s. 'Springfield' Station has grown from a 1280 acre (518 hectare) land grant promised to William Pitt Faithfull in 1827 and granted to him in 1837 to the current 3183 hectares with ownership largely still remaining within the family. William Pitt Faithfull established the Springfield Merino Stud in 1838 with ten rams selected from the Macarthur Camden Park stud. It evolved over the years until the early 1950s when, under the management of Jim Maple-Brown, William Pitt's great grand-son, a strictly scientific approach to wool-growing was adopted and the stud's name was changed to Fonthill to reflect this. The extended Faithfull family have been actively involved in wool-growing, the medical and legal professions, land-surveying and in horse sports.

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