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Love of the Show Bush Tele Feature
For Doug and Barbara Nieass of Londonderry, NSW, the Sydney Royal Easter Show has been central to their lives for nearly 60 years. After meeting at the local dance hall in 1958, Doug took Barbara to the Show when they first started dating. “I started attending shows...
Machinery Avenue Heritage Highlight
Machinery Avenue & Mechanical Inventions at the Moore Park Easter Show Since f ounding member Edward Wollstonecraft presented General Beatson’s imported ‘agricultural cultivator’ to an RAS meeting at Parramatta in 1823 – compelling displays of...
Madge Keane High Jump Record
On April 22,1935 in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 eager showgoers, Madge Keane and the horse Domino, made newspaper headlines all around the country. A dappled taffy, the beautiful Domino owned by Mr E Nelson, was known for his remarkable jumping style and had been...
Magic Moments in the Main Arena - RAS Times Feature
Wonderful, wild and sometimes weird, the evening entertainment in the Main Arena has always been a spectacle.
Marriage Proposal at the Show Bush Tele Feature
Forget Paris - the Show was the city of love yesterday as Tony Wai proposed to his girlfriend Cindy Cheung in the Commonwealth Bank Arena. Entering the Arena in a horse-drawn carriage, Cindy was under the impression they had won a radio competition. Little did she know her...
Marville Margarine Showbag
Marville Margarine paper showbag with a string handle. [Acc No. 95/29] Click here to find out more
Maureen Walker
Since the early days of the Royal Easter Show the coming together of remarkable people from all walks of life and from all parts of the country has made the Show into the remarkable institution it has become . Maureen Walker competed at the Sydney Royal Easter Show from...
Medallion: Souvenir Easter Exhibition 1896
OBV: ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES *SYDNEY*/ W.J. AMOR. SYDNEY [embossed image of NSW State badge design] REV: STRUCK AT THE/ EASTER EXHIBITION/ 1896 [embossed image of an equestrienne, side-saddle, taking a horse over a fence jump] Size: 43mm. Metal: Bronze...
Medals, Museums & Mysteries - RAS Times Feature
As the proud custodian of the most important collection of agricultural medals and badges in the country, the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) was honoured to assist the Australian Museum with the loan of a medal designed by renowned 19th century scientific...