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Ekka

The Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane each August, where the tropical cattle of the north come to the city.

Sideshow Alley at the Royal Queensland Show sourced from Maki's Art
Photo: Cozzie1996, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cattle at Ekka

The Royal Queensland Show, known to all as the Ekka, from Exhibition, has been held at the Brisbane showgrounds since 1876. For nine days in August, with a public holiday in Brisbane on its Wednesday, the state's farming families bring cattle, horses, sheep, poultry and produce to the city. Queensland's cattle country runs from the subtropical south-east to the tropical north, and the beef classes are full of the zebu-cross and composite breeds that suit it, alongside the dairy breeds of the coastal valleys. The Ekka is also known for its strawberry sundaes and showbags.

The breeds

BrahmanThe humped breed of the northern herds. Australian Milking ZebuA tropical dairy breed developed in Australia.

Also part of it, and being written: Droughtmaster (A Queensland composite bred for heat and ticks.), Belmont Red (An Australian tropical composite.).

About this page

Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "Ekka" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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