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| | Digital Travels: Sydney Royal Easter Show |
 | | Over the years the show has evolved from its humble beginnings in Parramatta, west of Sydney, where one William Bull was awarded a prize for “good conduct and faithful service,” to become one of Australia’s finest examples of public-inspiring celebration. |
 | | From here the show quickly developed its own persona; fireworks were used for the first time in 1884, and the first grandstand was erected in 1886. |
 | | Freak shows, rodeos, exotic performers, commercial exhibitors (yes, this was considered strange in 1935), “real” American cowboys, a flea circus, Ferris wheels and even the Queen of England made their appearance at the show. |
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