WITH 10 pavilions named after local people who have made a big contribution to the city and the Royal Bathurst Show, AH&P secretary Brett Kenworthy is inviting the families of those people to create a figure in their honour for next year’s Peoplescape exhibition.
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People in Time – A Peoplescape is a joint project by the Bathurst Arts Council and Bathurst Regional Council.
The idea to use the pavilions as inspiration came when co-ordinator of the exhibition, Jan Page, decided to immortalise her great-grandfather James Howard by representing him on one of the life size cut out figures.
The Howard Pavilion at Bathurst Showground is named in his honour, so Ms Page turned to the AH&P Society for information.
Unfortunately in 1906/1907 a fire destroyed the early records of the show society, so there was very little on record about him.
There was, however, a leaflet published for the centenary of the show and it contained a little more information.
Ms Page said she learned that James Howard was associated with the Royal Bathurst Show for 70 years.
In 1882 her great-grandfather won an elegant cup for ploughing the straightest furrow. He was also a chief steward for the produce section.
“I guess he earned his pavilion,” she said.
The historic Howard Pavilion sits alongside the Trevitt Pavilion. Three generations of Trevitts were associated with the district display at the Royal Easter Show from 1890 to the 1950s.
Mr Kenworthy said there are great stories like these surrounding each of the pavilions and he would love to see the families of these people create a figure for the bicentenary.
He said he is happy to help provide any information the society has, and suggested people also contact the Bathurst District Historical Society and the Family History Group to assist with their research.
Mr Kenworthy said the historic pavilions were all named at around the same time in the 1950s and the tradition spread to the new pavilions.
“Those 10 pavilions were all named for people, and they all have families still living around the district,” he said. “We’d love to see them come forward and create a figure for Peoplescape.”
Mr Kenworthy said afterwards, the AH&P Society will use the information to create a permanent record of the their contribution.
Sixty-five nominations have been received for Peoplescape so far and they cover a broad range of people.