1/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1968. Mrs. Yvonne Sivyer, of Campbelltown, grooms fluffy standard poodle Lorina the Jupiter in preperation for judging. Lorina is Australian champion in her class.
Magic memories from the Royal Adelaide Show
It’s been entertaining SA for nearly 200 years and will happen virtually in 2020, due to COVID-19. Take a look back at some magic moments in the history of the Royal Adelaide Show.
2/39Sheep walking down King William Street, for the start of Royal Adelaide Show week 1994. Photo Brian Webber
3/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1964. Scottish country dancing on horseback was performed by about 200 young riders from 10 pony clubs. Horses and riders are shown preparing to leave the ring. Photo: Dick Joyner.
4/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1965. Australian Wool Board models pose with champion merino sheep of the Royal show. From left, Jane Milne, Joan McInnes, Wendy Hill and Jill Buttery.
5/39Magic memories of the Royal Adelaide Show.
6/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1961. Beef cattle judging. Photo: Pat Crowe.
7/39Royal Adelaide Show, circa 1880. Farm implements outside the Exhibition Building.
8/39Cattle judging at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1953.. Herdsman' trophy for beef breeds won by Mr J. W. Spehr, Coongra, Furner, via Millicent. The Poll Herefords and their handlers, from left, Mr Spehr with breed champion Kildrummie Fossicker, Margaret Spehr, Michele Tiver, John Spehr and Alwyn Slape, on the main arena at Wayville Showgrounds in front of an Amscol ice cream billboard.
9/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1924. Royal Livestock Show advertisement.
10/39Guide dog Amanda with fundraiser golden retriever plush toys to be sold by the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association at the Royal Adelaide Show.
11/39Royal Adelaide Show, date unknown. Horse-drawn carriages trotting around the oval in the Grand Parade.
12/39One of the major attractions at the 1989 Royal Adelaide Show was an Army helicopter called Snoopy, from the Army School of Aviation based in Queensland. Pilot Major Steve Graham.
13/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1903. Men inspect livestock on show.
14/39Royal Adelaide Show 1986 ram sales sets a world record price of $102,000 with a Collinsville ram. From left Mr Luis Piquemal and Dr Hernan Baldassarre, representatives of the new owner, Argentinian company, Goyaike S.A., with Neil Garnett of Collinsville stud holding the sheep.
15/39Royal Adelaide Show. Penny Farthing Cycle Club of SA's race around the trotting track at Wayville Showgrounds 05 Sep 1981. From left winner Des McCallum, 15, of Rudall and fashion priz ewinner Clair Stuart Prosser of Melrose.
16/39Grocery pioneer Tom George manning a Home Service Stores sample bag stall at the Royal Adelaide Show in the 1950s.
17/39Royal Adelaide Show 1970. Only a week to go to the show and Mr. G. Blainey of Victoria has his clown face sideshow ready.
18/39SA Governor Sir Winston Dugan and and Lady Dugan were keen spectators during the ring events at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1938. They are seen entering the enclosure at Wayville Showgrounds with Mr. Walter Duncan, M.L.C., (president of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society). Captain Mortimer, ADC., is on the right.
19/39Royal Adelaide Show 1969. Illuminated ferris wheel at the Wayville Showground captivated these children. Pictured outside the showground are Mark Sierke, 11, and his brother Wayne, 7, of Ottoway, with Michael Rankin, 11, of Colonel Light Gardens.
20/39Royal Australian Navy band, 1965. Six members of the 70-strong RAN band in Adelaide for the Royal Show. Their .303 rifles became musical instruments by having mouthpieces inserted in the breeches, and a novel note was produced.
21/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1899. Horse-drawn carriages gathered at the Jubilee Oval on North Terrace, Adelaide.
22/39Royal Adelaide show, 1962. Three special stud Merino rams which brought a total price of 24,500 guineas at the Royal Show stud rams sales. From left Mr. J. Murray, of Cappeedee, Hallett, who bought the 3,500-gn. ram; Messrs. R. and A. L. Collins, of John Collins and Sons Ltd. the sellers; Mr K. G. Cook, of Melton Stud, Hallett, buyer of the 8,500-gn ram; Mr R. C. Duncan, of Wentworth, NSW, an unsuccessful bidder for the 12,500-gn ram, and Mr Max Rayner, of The Bluff, Hallett, the successful bidder.
23/39Royal Adelaide Show, circa 1950. Three boys enjoying fairy floss.
24/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1953. Thirty thousands people gathered in the grandstands.
25/39Royal Adelaide Show 1970. Taryn Garnaut, 4, at Greenacres, made friends with this three-weeks-old Murray Grey calf at the Show and decided to spend her lunch hour with her new friend. The calf is owned by Allengrove Pty. Ltd., of Freeling.
26/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1956. Officials deciding whether to cancel the horses-in-action event due to the muddy arena. (The event went ahead).
27/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1900. Display of fruit and vegetables in the Jubilee Exhibition building.
28/39Royal Adelaide Show, date unknown. Two children enjoying their showbags.
29/39Royal Adelaide Show 1969. Tasmanian axeman B. J. Youd makes the final stroke to win the third heat in the tree-felling contest. His time waa 2: 14 seconds. The event was won by P. E. Hillcoat, Queensland.
30/39Royal Adelaide Show 1969. Illuminated ferris wheel at the Wayville Showground captivated these children. Pictured outside the showground are Mark Sierke, 11, and his brother Wayne, 7, of Ottoway, with Michael Rankin, 11, of Colonel Light Gardens.
31/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1976. CPO Mitchell dives through a flaming hoop during the Navy team's practice session at the Wayville Showground.
32/39Miss South Australia Quest entrants Margaret Buring (left) and Maria Potiuch wave from the seat of a replica of Henry Ford's quadricycle at Wayville Showgrounds, September, 1963. It will be a feature of the Ford exhibit at the Royal Adelaide Show.
33/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1967. Children riding on the Mad Mouse ride.
34/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1960. Miss Virginia Jay with the champion Jersey cow, Alexandra Bells Junnette, entered by Mr. A. Kelly, of Strathalbyn.
35/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1924. Directory of automobile, truck and motor cycle exhibits.
36/39Royal Adelaide Show, 1935. Map of the new showground and details of special trains.
37/39Mounted police officers and police grey horses. Troopers negotiating a steep bank near the River Torrens in the West parklands while practising for the Royal Adelaide Show August 1959. Photo: Dick Joyner.
38/39Victorian poultry judge, Mr G. W. Powell, at the Royal Adelaide Show with the Silver Sebright pullet that became champion Bantam pullet, September 1954.
39/39August 1991. Chris Aitchison, 4, of Riverton with his week-old kid goat, which he lent the goat to the animal nursery at the Royal Adelaide Show.