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| − | # {{colloquial|Australia|Queensland}} The [[w:Ekka|Royal Queensland Show]]. | + | # {{Australia|Queensland|colloquial}} The [[w:Ekka|Royal Queensland Show]]. |
| | + | #* '''1995''', ''[[w:The Bulletin|The Bulletin]]'', Issues 5977-5985, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BhYYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ekka%22+queensland+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22ekka%22+queensland+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kxFKT6vmKYbkmAWGrLyeDg&redir_esc=y page 98], |
| | + | #*: The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the '''Ekka''' (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity. |
| | + | #* '''2006''', Andrew Stafford, ''Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=I0zhglD9dcYC&pg=PA231&dq=%22ekka%22+queensland+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bxVKT5SGFOLnmAWSpoSgDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 231], |
| | + | #*: Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the '''Ekka''' (on Exhibition Day in August). |
| | + | #* '''2008''', Jennifer Clark, ''Aborigines & Activism: Race, Aborigines & the Coming of the Sixties to Australia'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3mXEaCorrKgC&pg=PA226&dq=%22ekka%22+queensland+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kxFKT6vmKYbkmAWGrLyeDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ekka%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 226], |
| | + | #*: At this point the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Associatio also refused permission, the Queensland Cabinet declared a State of Emergency in order to acquire the ground and to counter union boycotts which may have threatened the '''Ekka''', the agricultural exhibition to be held in August. |
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