BARBECUE IN SYDNEY

Shannon News, 22 March 1927, Page 4

BARBECUE IN SYDNEY

SYDNEY; .Feb. 17. A feature of an historic paegeai representing every phase of Austrc lia's development, to be staged at th Sydney Showgrounds on April 1 and will be a barbecue—the roastiil of whole bullocks. It .is propose that the beasts be killed, , seasons and roasted in the ring. More.than half a century ago -barbecue was held in Hyde Park i the city, but it was more or less private affair. The previous big on the first, ever held in Australia toe place at Vaucluse, when freeme ticket-of-ieave men, emancipationist soldiers and convicts, met and feastE off bullocks roasted whole, to cell brate the deposing of Governor. BUg 1 The" feast lasted a whole night ai a day. W. C. Wentworth, who orgai ised it, made certain of that. He su] plied such a quantity of beer and bu locks of such great dimensions, tin it took the assembled multitude""? hours to consume the ,-lot. But tl barbecue that is now being organise will be stripped of many of the fes tures that marred the one direct* by the great Wentworth. Several bu locks will be roasted and each visit< will be given a slice. While the . bullocks are being roasted over the fire-trenches, whic the Royal Agricultural Society hi given permission to make a pageai will parade around the ring! At diffe: ent positions in the grounds will 1 enacted poignant phases of Australia history, including the landing of Ca] tain Cook—as explained in the fol lore of the aborigines. Descendants those aborigines who witnessed tl actual scene will stage the tableau. The hard life of first settlers will 1 shown, and the discovery of gold wi be illustrated by numerous mine: working on an alluvial field. This wi be followed by the development < Australian industries." Pastoral, agr cultural and manufacturing work wi be depicted and each night a grei display of fireworks will be given.