With Sue Brown
The Inner Wheel Club of Cowra hosted the A50 District Business Meeting and luncheon at the J D Pridham Conference Centre recently. This building circa 1910 was known as Farrar’ s barn. It was constructed on the 1000 acres allocated from the Cowra Common in 1903 as part of the Cowra Experiment Farm. The instigator was the wheat breeding scientist William Farrar who in 1911 appointed J D Pridham as the Experiment Farm manager. The “Barn was refurbished in 2003 and renamed the J D Pridham Conference Centre. Following the official Inner Wheel meeting, Dr Gordon Refshauge, Senior Research Scientist, captured our interest in the history of the building and the purpose of the research scientists at the Station who now focus on pastures agronomy, animal production and meat science.
How proud our Cowra Inner Wheel members were to hear Dr G Refshauge inform us that our Cowra Agricultural Research and Advisory Station is a valuable resource for the farmers of Cowra, its surrounds and across NSW.
Inner Wheel is an international voluntary organization centered on Friendship and Service. The National Project of Inner Wheel Australia is raising funds for Australian Scientists in Cord Blood Research. On Monday 14th April, sponsored Cowra members will walk 2 km along the Lachlan River to help provide funds for further Cord Blood Research to ‘give a loved one another chance of life. ‘
