Maitland Showground is an multi-purpose outdoor recreational area located on Blomfield Street, Evans Street and Louth Park Road, in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

[4] The site is also a historic landmark for motorcycle speedway having been regarded as the birth of the sport on 15 December 1923.

New Zealander Johnnie Hoskins took a job as secretary of the West Maitland Agriculture Society and made the decision to introduce speedway.

[5] A man called Jim Cameron built the track and the sport boomed and was then introduced to the United Kingdom.

[1] Today it primarily takes place on Sundays and is a 775.60 metres circumference circuit.