The Farmyard Nursery – Bringing the Country to the City With a range of cute and furry baby animals on show, waiting to be petted by delighted showgoers of all ages, the ‘Animal Nursery’ had debuted at the Royal Easter Show in 1965. An initiative of late...

RAS Field Wheat Competition In 1916, Mr E Field submitted to the Council of the RAS his report in connection with the running of the first Field Wheat Competition that year. There were 55 entries, and awards were given for the best 50 acres (20 hectares) of growing wheat...

The evolution of the Sydney Royal Fine Foods Show had its beginnings in the early to mid-1990s. During that period various food competitions became independent, separating from the somewhat miscellaneous groupings under which they had previously competed. In 1992 for example,...

Tthe 1870s – that enterprising decade when agriculture embraced science to give us... the first frozen dinner.

The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW has a long history of running flower and garden competitions. A Horticulture Committee was established in January 1869 and its first competition was held later that same year. A steward for the event commented, ‘As a new experiment,...

Everybody loves a story about the old days when competitions were still evolving and regulations were rough and ready. Some of the best of those  tales can be found in the history of the Woodchop Section.

The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW is one of Australia’s most venerable institutions. It is timely to reflect on the colonial conditions which gave rise to it.

On the twentieth anniversary of the death of international woodchopping legend George Foster, the Sydney Royal Easter Show hosted the George Foster Memorial World Championship Double Handed Sawing. Yesterday his son and grandson, David and Stephen Foster, competed for Foster...