<P> The fair has many competitions, including arts and crafts, photography and cookery, as well as tests of strength and skill such as wood chopping . The show also has shopping, restaurants, commercial stands, such as a showbag pavilion and exhibits, a horticultural display, a nationally accredited breed based conformation dog show and cat show, and stage and arena shows . In 2017, 922,000 people attended the show . </P> <P> The Sydney Royal Easter Show is the largest event held in Australia, and the sixth largest in the world . The first Easter Show was held in 1823 by the newly formed Agricultural Society of New South Wales, with the aim of encouraging the colony's rural industries . The site was at Parramatta Park, 24 kilometres west of the town of Sydney, and the display included horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry . </P> <P> In 1869, the venue was moved from Parramatta to Prince Alfred Park until 1881 when the Government of New South Wales provided land for the Royal Agricultural Society at Moore Park where the show was held for 116 years . In 1998, the show moved to a new showground within the Sydney Olympic Park precinct at Homebush Bay . The former Sydney Showground at Moore Park has since been converted into Fox Studios Australia with associated development known as The Entertainment Quarter . </P> <P> The show has been held every year since 1869 except during the severe outbreak of the Spanish flu in 1919 and between the years of 1942 and 1946 when it was interrupted by World War II . Traditionally, the show began on the Friday before Easter, was closed on Sundays and Good Friday and packed up the Tuesday following Easter, the Tuesday being "Children's Day" when goods such as showbags were reduced in price . </P>

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