Author: Cooke, Anne; Birkl, Joanne (with).
Title: Going to the Show? Images and Memories of Sydney's Royal Easter Show.
Description: Sydney Historic Houses Trust of NSW / Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, 1996. Paperback wide octavo (with flaps), very good condition, colour & black & white text-photos. 80 pp. Anne Cooke describes The Royal Easter Show in Sydney that has attracted millions of visitors since its inception in 1823, and held at Sydney Showgrounds Moore Park (until the recent move to Homebush). Covers posters & advertising, historical development, entertainment in the arena, the sideshows, the country comes to town, the woodchop, the district exhibits, arts and crafts exhibitions, industrial & commercial exhibitions, and the past and the future. ISBN: 0949753602

Keywords: rural, agricultural shows, australian society, performing arts, new south wales (nsw), sydney 0949753602


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