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Show Legend Award Winners
Show Legends 2001 to the present Since 2001 the Sydney Royal Easter Show has provided an opportunity for the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW to publicly thank a member of the Show family with the Show Legend award . The award recognises a person who has worked tirelessly...
Show Poster 1936
Poster advertising the RES (6-15 Apr, 1936). Features 3 children on Clydesdale saying "We're off to the Royal Show", 3 chickens under the hooves of the horse. Red background with white and black text. Also features the 'Dog on the Tucker Box - 5 miles to Gundagai'. Created...
Show Poster 1937
Poster advertises the RES 1937, 22-31 March. Double-sided poster features a Scots man lined up with his family at RES entrance, counting his pennies and the text "Adults 2/- children 6d". On reverse, boys lined up pushing a big boy through a hole in the fence, he's stuck,...
Show Poster 1970
Poster promoting RES attraction 'daring jet propelled Rocket Flyers', who fly using The Bell Rocket Belt from Bell Aerosystems. Sponsor QANTAS. One copy laminated. 4 copies, colour, 36 x 48cm
Show Poster 1998
Promotional poster for RES. Artwork depicts competitors, exhibits, carnival game, children with showbag, Dome in background. Slogan 'A new home for the bush'. Five copies. Colour, 30 x 42cm. Illustration by Frank Knight, design by Minale Tattersfield Bryce
Show Timing - RAS Times Feature
History demonstrates that the date of the Show has always been a flexible affair.
Show With No Beer - RAS Times Feature
The story of a beer strike that affected the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1948 is a beauty, but more broadly it highlights how tastes and attitudes towards alcohol have changed. Over the last 200 years there have been some big shifts...
Showbags - RAS Times Feature
What do showbags and Victa lawnmowers have in common? Both are great Australian inventions.
Showbags Heritage Highlights
Invented in Australia, the Showbag has become embedded in Australian culture. It’s a part of the Sydney Royal which is looked forward to by old and young alike. The precursor to today’s Showbag was the Sample Bag. First introduced as a form of advertising...
Showgirl / Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Woman Winners
Showgirl/Sydney Royal AgShows NSW Young Woman Winners The Sydney Royal Showgirl competition finds a young female ambassador for rural NSW and the agricultural Show movement and has done so dating back to 1962. Celebrating 50 years of Showgirls , the RAS Times ran a feature...