| Ashton's British-American Circus | ||||||
| Movements through Australia in 1872-7 | ||||||
| Ashton's Circus, which is still in existence to day, is Australia's oldest circus, having been in almost continuous operation | ||||||
| since 1851. The original 'Ashton', James Henry Ashton (c1824-1889) first appeared in Hobart Town in 1848 as | ||||||
| the 'renowned British horseman. The original Ashton's Circus rarely visited the | ||||||
| large cities and instead preferred to play the backblocks and outback of New South Wales and Queensland where it | ||||||
| established a strong reputation. It was promoted for a long time as Ashton's British-American Circus, but it was the | ||||||
| Ashton family that mostly carried the bill. Today, Ashton's Circus is one of Australia's best known circuses. | ||||||
| Reference | Day | Date | Location | Source | Notes | |
| 25031 | 13-Jul-72 | Glen Innes | AE | |||
| 25035 | 17-Jul-72 | Grafton | AE | |||
| 25123 | 13-Oct-72 | Nanango | - | |||
| 25206 | 4-Jan-73 | Rockhampton | RMB | |||
| 25409 | 26-Jul-73 | Ravenswood | PDT | |||
| 25416 | 2-Aug-73 | Bowen | - | |||
| 25442 | Thu | 28-Aug-73 | Bowen | PDT | ||
| 25451 | 6-Sep-73 | Mackay | DM | |||
| 25512 | 30-Nov-73 | Rockhampton | RMB | |||
| 25647 | 21-Mar-74 | Toowoomba | - | |||
| 25670 | 13-Apr-74 | Tenterfield | - | |||
| 25678 | 21-Apr-74 | Glen Innes | - | |||
| 25695 | 8-May-74 | Armidale | - | |||
| 25705 | 18-May-74 | Uralla | - | |||
| 25723 | 5-Jun-74 | Inverell | - | |||
| 25757 | 9-Jul-74 | Glen Innes | - | |||
| 25762 | 14-Jul-74 | Grafton | CRE | |||
| 25796 | 17-Aug-74 | Lawrence | - | |||
| 25799 | 20-Aug-74 | Grafton | - | |||
| 25872 | 30-Nov-74 | Gunnedah | - | En route from Narrabri | ||
| 25933 | 1-Jan-75 | Scone | - | |||
| 25937 | 5-Jan-75 | Muswellbrook | - | |||
| 25941 | 9-Jan-75 | Singleton | TCJ | |||
| 25945 | 13-Jan-75 | Jerry's Plains | TCJ | |||
| 25947 | 15-Jan-75 | Denman | TCJ | |||
| 25951 | 19-Jan-75 | Gammon | TCJ | |||
| 25954 | 22-Jan-75 | Cassilis | TCJ | |||
| 25987 | 24-Feb-75 | Uralla | AE | |||
| 25992 | 1-Mar-75 | Armidale | AE | |||
| 26013 | 22-Mar-75 | Tingha | AE | |||
| 26038 | 16-Apr-75 | Inverell | AE | |||
| 26127 | Wed | 14-Jul-75 | Grafton | CRE | Thence Richmond River | |
| 26137 | Sat | 24-Jul-75 | Wilcannia | WT | ||
| 26146 | Mon | 2-Aug-75 | Lawrence | - | ||
| 26155 | Wed | 11-Aug-75 | Casino | RRE | ||
| 26158 | Sat | 14-Aug-75 | Lismore | RRE | ||
| 26167 | Mon | 23-Aug-75 | Grafton | - | ||
| 26216 | Mon | 11-Oct-75 | Narrabri | - | En route from Moree | |
| 26223 | Mon | 18-Oct-75 | Boggabri | NH | ||
| 26225 | Wed | 20-Oct-75 | Burburgate | NH | ||
| 26226 | Thu | 21-Oct-75 | Gunnedah | NH | ||
| 26235 | Sat | 30-Oct-75 | Gunnedah | TCJ | ||
| 26206 | 31-Oct-75 | Moree | - | En route for Narrabri | ||
| 26243 | Sat | 7-Nov-75 | Gunnedah | TCJ | ||
| 26250 | Sat | 14-Nov-75 | Coonabarabran | TCJ | ||
| 26252 | Tue | 16-Nov-75 | Coolah | MM | ||
| 26255 | Fri | 19-Nov-75 | Cassilis | MM | ||
| 26256 | Sat | 20-Nov-75 | Coolah | TCJ | ||
| 26258 | Mon | 22-Nov-75 | Merriwa | TCJ | ||
| 26261 | Thu | 25-Nov-75 | Merriwa | MM | ||
| 26237 | 30-Nov-75 | Coonabarabran | TCJ | |||
| 26273 | Tue | 7-Dec-75 | Muswellbrook | MM | ||
| 26298 | Sat | 1-Jan-76 | Tamworth | - | ||
| 26301 | 4-Jan-76 | Murrurundi | MM | Ashton's Band at local races | ||
| 26305 | Sat | 8-Jan-76 | Wallabadah | TCJ | En route for Mudgee & Orang | |
| 26312 | Sat | 15-Jan-76 | Tamworth | TCJ | ||
| 26316 | Wed | 19-Jan-76 | Inverell | - | ||
| 26317 | Thu | 20-Jan-76 | Inverell | - | ||
| 26319 | Sat | 22-Jan-76 | Bendemeer | TCJ | ||
| 26326 | Sat | 29-Jan-76 | Glen Innes | - | ||
| 26326 | Sat | 29-Jan-76 | Inverell | TCJ | ||
| 26343 | Tue | 15-Feb-76 | Armidale | - | ||
| 26344 | Wed | 16-Feb-76 | Armidale | - | ||
| 26356 | Mon | 28-Feb-76 | Bendemeer | - | ||
| 26358 | Tue | 1-Mar-76 | Tamworth | - | ||
| 26364 | Mon | 7-Mar-76 | Murrurundi | - | ||
| 26366 | Wed | 9-Mar-76 | Murrurundi | - | ||
| 26371 | Mon | 14-Mar-76 | Tamworth | - | ||
| 26379 | Tue | 22-Mar-76 | Armidale | AE | ||
| 26358 | 31-Mar-76 | Uralla | - | |||
| 26358 | 31-Mar-76 | Wallabadah | - | |||
| 26405 | Mon | 17-Apr-76 | Stanthorpe | - | ||
| 26412 | 24-Apr-76 | Stanthorpe | TW | |||
| 26413 | Tue | 25-Apr-76 | Warwick | - | ||
| 26417 | Sat | 29-Apr-76 | Allora | - | ||
| 26419 | Mon | 1-May-76 | Toowoomba | - | ||
| 26421 | 3-May-76 | Warwick | TW | |||
| 26427 | Tue | 9-May-76 | Ipswich | - | ||
| 26430 | Fri | 12-May-76 | Ipswich | - | ||
| 26434 | Tue | 16-May-76 | Brisbane | CM | ||
| 26436 | Thu | 18-May-76 | Brisbane | CM | ||
| 26487 | Sat | 8-Jul-76 | Mt Perry | Q | ||
| 26504 | 25-Jul-76 | Gayndah | - | |||
| 26572 | 31-Oct-76 | Clermont | Q | |||
| 26572 | 31-Oct-76 | Dalby | Q | |||
| 26572 | 31-Oct-76 | Rolleston | Q | |||
| 26572 | 31-Oct-76 | Springsure | Q | |||
| 26606 | 4-Nov-76 | Rolleston | Q | |||
| 26637 | 5-Dec-76 | Copperfield | TW | En route for Clermont | ||
| 26725 | Sat | 3-Mar-77 | Rockhampton | RMB | ||
| 26773 | Fri | 20-Apr-77 | Mackay | DM | ||
| 26805 | Tue | 22-May-77 | Bowen | PDT | ||
| 26806 | Wed | 23-May-77 | Bowen | PDT | En route for Charters Towers | |
| 26860 | 16-Jul-77 | Charters Twrs | - | |||