proprietors such as thorpe mcconville, plus the outstanding buckjump riders; lance skuthorpe, the gill family, bibby bros and colin mcleod ran travelling roughriding shows. these shows increased the popularity of roughriding throughout much of australia. the travelling rodeos provided displays of riding bucking horses and bullocks, whipcracking, performing dogs and ponies and rope-spinning. by 1930 the great depression left only a few of these travelling shows on the road.