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Sydney Agrodome Heritage Highlight
Sydney Agrodome Agrodome was Australia’s first live ‘Theatre of the Land’ and attracted over 18,000 people in its first six months. Opened in the middle of the Sydney Showground in the remodelled Dairy Hall during the Easter Show in April 1976, the Agrodome...
Sydney Royal Stand Unveiling Bush Tele Feature
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of NSW and Patron of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, yesterday officially announced the name of the Main Arena’s new grandstand, the Sydney Royal Stand. As Patron of the RAS since 2001, Her Excellency was...
Television at the Show Heritage Highlight
The Introduction of Television Since the 1920s, showgoers were drawn to displays of the latest communications technology at commercial and government stands in the exhibition halls at the Sydney Royal. In the post-war years radio was still king, but the talk of the 1956...
Temple of Beauty Heritage Highlight
Temple of Beauty – An Unusual Wartime Highlight With World War II raging in Europe and part of the Moore Park showground occupied by the army – threats to abandon the staging of the Royal Easter Show in 1941 were met by howls of protest. But eventually, in a...
The Chromosome Research Foundation Heritage Highlight
The Chromosome Research Foundation Formally launched on July 29 th , 1974, the Chromosome Research Foundation was established under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW and the University of Sydney with the aim of promoting research into human and animal...
The Daffodil Theatre Heritage Highlight
The Daffodil Children’s Theatre When the new Daffodil Children’s Theatre opened at the 1972 Royal Easter Show, Humphrey Bear was the star of the show, supported by a group of ‘Daffodil Junior Australians’ aged from 5 to 15. The aim of the Theatre...
The First Show - RAS Times Feature
What was the first Show like, 190 years ago, in colonial times? No fairy floss or rides, but all the important aspects we value today were established from the outset.
The First Show Bush Tele Feature
Beginning at Parramatta Park in 1823, the Show’s aim was to reward and promote agricultural excellence and 14 generous prizes of silver plates and cash were awarded to the best of the best across limited categories including best colonial-bred stallion, Merino sheep...
The Show at Night Bush Tele Feature
Long after the bright lights and the roar of the carnival die down each night, the grounds at the Sydney Royal Easter Show are still humming with life. Among city folk, it’s a little known fact that for the two weeks of the show, hundreds of exhibitors and thousands...