Ekka
Appearance
See also: ekka
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened from exhibition; the show was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]the Ekka
- (Australia, chiefly Queensland, colloquial) The Royal Queensland Show.
- 1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5977-5985, 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[1], 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[2], page 226:
- At this point the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Association 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.