1967 – Griffiths

It was 1967, and the Griffith Cage Bird Club staged a meeting between Sydney and Melbourne budgerigar fanciers at the Griffith Annual Show. The Griffith Show had exhibitors from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia competing for budgerigar awards and this prompted the Griffith members to suggest a meeting be held to discuss the running of a National Show.

People present at the meeting were:-

• Pat Rogers                –  President of the BSA (NSW)
• Kevin Kelly              –  Secretary of the BSA
• Harold Lemming      –  BSA
• Bruce McCleod        –  BSA
• Lester Harris            –  BSA
• Frank Gardiner         –  President of the BCA (VIC)
• Evan Stafford          –  Vice President of the BCA
• Harold Heath           –  Secretary of the BCA
• Len Vines                 – BCA
• Ted Wilson               –  BCA

The conference was chaired by Harry Nesbet president of the Griffith Club, with John Lane also from Griffith taking the minutes.

Many points were discussed ranging from the written standards of the various states, (five different ones were in existence) difference in show cages, and the difference in the scale of points allocated to the bird from state to state.

All agreed that a national show was possible but felt that these differences would need to be resolved first.  The resolving of these differences would pave the way for a national show.

Ron Hunt, 1967
ANBC Historian