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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 112176 Pittsworth cheese display in the Australian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.jpg en Pittsworth cheese display in the Australian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition 1924 The Exhibition was opened by King George V on 23 April 1924 The monster cheese topped by a model Ayrshire dairy cow was manufactured by Percy Farrington of the Pittsworth Queensland Dairy Company It weighed 3 360 pounds It was reported at the time to be the largest cheese manufactured by any factory in the world and took pride of place at Wembley At the end of the exhibition the cheese was sold to the Colonial Stores Limited in London where it was cut up and sold with the proceeds going to the Queensland Commission See Daily Mail 20 October 1923 and Queensland Agricultural Journal November 1924 p 367 1924 handle 10462/deriv/133876 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd PD-Australia StateLibQld-License British Empire Exhibition 1924 Black and white photographs Architecture of Australia Cheese from Australia | ||||
