LG McIntosh, Champion axeman 1920

Woodchop prize winners (with sashes) plus judges, stewards, some children.  Saw pictured is identified as 'Peg & Raken saw - mostly used for general bushwork'. Identified people include: LG McIntosh, Tom Payne, Dan Payne, Garfield Robbins (handicapper), Manny McCarthy,...

Woodchop Prize presentation 1930s

Winner Vic Summers of Queensland pictured competing in a tree felling contest, RES 1940.

Woodchopping Woodchop - standing cut. Competitor believed to be Tom Kirk.

The sport of woodchop has its origins in 1870 in Tasmania, where legend has it a wager of £25 was made between two men, Joseph Smith and Jack Biggs. In the backyard of the Sprent Hotel in Ulverstone they chopped three-foot tall standing blocks, but a dispute broke...

The Stylish Ways of Wool at the RES     Wool, either on the sheep’s back or in the form of fleece or fibre, has been part of RAS proceedings since the S ociety’s first show at Parramatta in October 1823,   when prizes were awarded for the best...

Woolworths at the RES In 2024 Woolworths Ltd celebrates its centenary in Australia and for many of the last 90 years, the famous Woolworths brand has been associated with another great Sydney tradition - the Royal Easter Show. In 1931, Class 127 in the horse jumping events...

Woodchopping was first staged at the Royal Easter Show in 1899, in a paddock which doubled as a cow-judging ring.  Four heats were held in the morning and the final was held in the afternoon. By 1938 an official woodchopping ring was constructed and axes (handles and...

Woodchopping was first staged at the Royal EasterShow in 1899, in a paddock which doubled as a cow-judging ring.  Four heats were held in the morning and the final was held in the afternoon. By 1938 an official woodchopping ring was constructed and axes (handles and...