[3][4] The Thursday is a public holiday in the south of the Tasmania, known as Hobart Show Day.

In many ways it can be considered similar (although smaller) to the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

The first edition of the show was in 1822, and it was held near Salamanca Place.

At the 1968 show, stuntman Adrian Labans fell 50 feet (15.2 m) to his death from a high wire act.

[7] In June 2020 that years show was cancelled due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.