The 1908 Interstate rugby league series was the first series of matches between the then newly formed New South Wales and Queensland rugby league football teams. In what was rugby league in Australia 's first year, three matches were played in July and all were won by New South Wales. These matches began the tradition of annual series between New South Wales and Queensland that would go on to form the basis of the State of Origin series .
30-792: The former Sydney Showground (Moore Park) at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales , Australia from 1882 until 1997. The Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics . 24.3 hectares of the Moore Park site was then leased by the Royal Agricultural Society and the Government of Bob Carr on 27 September 1996 to Fox Studios Australia for
60-720: A period of 40 years with a option to renew for another 10 years. A move which Clover Moore, member for Bligh in the New South Wales Parliament , opposed at the time. In 1811, Governor Macquarie proclaimed Sydney's second common , an area of 1,000 acres (4.0 km). In 1882, The Agricultural Society established its grounds within the site, which henceforth became the venue of the Sydney Royal Easter Show—an annual expression of national pride in Australian produce and industry. The period from 1902 to 1919 saw
90-500: Is a retail, dining and entertainment precinct beside the studios. It contains cinemas, live venues, restaurants, cafes, pubs, and retailers of fashion and homewares. The Farmer's Market operates every Wednesday and Saturday in the old showground showing. The south-western corner of the suburb boasts the Supa Centre Moore Park on South Dowling Street . It specialises in showrooms for home furnishings and home renovations. This
120-469: Is the former location of the Royal Agricultural Society's Sydney Showground , which hosted the annual Sydney Royal Easter Show until 1998. It moved to Homebush Bay (the site of the 2000 Olympics ). The old showgrounds have since been redeveloped as Fox Studios, now Disney Studios Australia , a commercial venture designed at supporting Australia's film industry. The Entertainment Quarter
150-714: Is the land on which the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium are sited; these stadiums are managed by the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust . Originally known as the Sydney Common it covered some 153 hectares to the South East of the town and was designated as one of Australia's earliest parks in 1866, the following year it was named after Charles Moore, the Mayor of Sydney City Council. In 1867 several of
180-560: Is their home ground. The Moore Park Magpies are a local junior rugby league team. The Hordern Pavilion is a multipurpose entertainment venue, while next door the Royal Hall of Industries (fondly remembered as the old Showbag Pavilion during the Royal Easter Show days) has hosted a range of exhibitions, social and commercial events and shows. Moore Park also houses Kippax Lake, an artificial lake named after William Kippax, an alderman of
210-564: The CBD , in the state of New South Wales , Australia. It is part of local government area of the City of Sydney . Moore Park is also a large area of parkland that is part of Centennial Parklands , a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queen's Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust , a NSW government agency. The only exception
240-586: The Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Football Stadium , and the Hordern Pavilion , a multipurpose entertainment venue. From 1926 until 1996 the Showground's main arena also doubled as the Sydney Showground Speedway , a motorcycle speedway track. Officially known as Speedway Royale, the speedway attracted large spectator attendances throughout the summer months. Claimed to be the fastest speedway in
270-731: The Tramway Oval (previously known as Lakeside Oval), located adjacent to the Sydney Cricket Ground , during the non-football season. The oval completed an extensive redevelopment in April 2019 and has identical dimensions to Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. In April 2020 the Swans pulled out of the agreement with the Government and Swifts, citing the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic . The agreement
300-681: The first-ever Kangaroo tour to England . Still some months away from having their own competition, Queensland traveled to Sydney to play rugby league football against New South Wales for the first time. Queensland : 1. E Baird , 2. W Abrahams, 3. W Heidke , 4. M Bolewski , 5. A O'Brien , 6. O Olsen , 7. M Dore (c), 8. W Hardcastle , 9. J Fihelly , 10. V Anderson , 11. R Tubman , 12. E Cartmill , 13. J Thompson New South Wales : 1. C Hedley , 2. F Cheadle , 3. H Mssenger , 4. A Morton , 5. T Anderson , 6. S Deane , 7. A Butler , 8. L O'Malley , 9. W Cann , 10. T McCabe , 11. L Jones , 12. R Graves , 13. A Hennessy (c) With
330-741: The 1860s and grandfather of the cricketer Alan Kippax , the ES Marks Athletics Field , the Moore Park Golf Course , the Parklands Sports Centre and a number of sports fields. In October 2018, the Swans and the Government of New South Wales announced an intention to upgrade the Pavilion and Hall of Industries. The Hall was to be equipped with indoor sporting and rehabilitation facilities and an international-standard netball court, providing permanent indoor training facilities for
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#1732855688115360-1218: The Blues raced to a 43-0 win. New South Wales selected a completely new team for the second match. This is regarded as an exhibition match and is not included in official interstate rugby league totals. Queensland : 1. M Bolewski , 2. A O'Brien , 3. W Evans , 4. O Olsen , 5. W Abrahams, 6. E Anlezark , 7. M Dore (c), 8. J Fihelly , 9. V Anderson , 10. W Hardcastle , 11. P Dwyer , 12. E Cartmill , 13. J Thompson New South Wales : 1. H Bloomfield , 2. A Broomham , 3. E Fry , 4. A Conlon (c), 5. D Frawley , 6. J Leveson , 7. L Hansen , 8. E Courtney , 9. J Abercrombie , 10. S Carpenter , 11. V Harris , 12. P Moir , 13. H Brackenreg Queensland : 1. M Bolewski , 2. W Abrahams, 3. A O'Brien , 4. W Evans , 5. O Olsen , 6. J Baird , 7. W Heidke (c), 8. J Fihelly , 9. V Anderson , 10. R Tubman , 11. E Cartmill , 12. J Thompson , 13. P Walsh New South Wales : 1. H Bloomfield , 2. A Broomham , 3. E Fry , 4. A Conlon (c), 5. B McCarthy , 6. J Leveson , 7. L Hansen , 8. H Glanville , 9. H Brackenreg , 10. L Jones , 11. P Moir , 12. D Green , 13. E Courtney The last game of
390-471: The Lachlan Swamp in what is now known as Moore Park. Moore Park, was also the site of Sydney's first Zoo. The Moore Park Zoological Gardens opened in 1884, and was run by less than a dozen people. Built in the area known as Billygoat Swamp, it was subject to flooding and creating problems for both keepers and the animals. As Sydney grew, so did the demand for a larger zoo. It was eventually closed down and
420-483: The NSW Government announced a commitment to build a $ 1.6 billion light rail from Circular Quay down George Street to Central station , then across to Moore Park and down Anzac Parade . South of Moore Park the line splits into two branches – one continuing down Anzac Parade to the nine ways at Kingsford , and the other heading to Randwick via Alison Road. Construction commenced in 2015 and services commenced on
450-708: The Randwick branch to Moore Park in December 2019. Moore Park is the location of two of Sydney's largest sporting venues, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Sydney Football Stadium (SFS). The Sydney Roosters Rugby league team in the National Rugby League , The Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League , Sydney FC A-League football team, NSW Waratahs rugby union team have their administration offices at Moore Park and Sydney Football Stadium
480-468: The Swans and professional netball club the New South Wales Swifts . The Hordern Pavilion would retain its live music scene and undergo a significant restoration to improve facilities for patrons and performers. The two precincts would also be joined closer together with barriers between them removed and cafes and other community facilities installed for use by the general public. The Swans train on
510-666: The Sydney Showground in February 1972 as part of their 1972 Australasian Tour . Footage from the show is featured on disc two of the Led Zeppelin DVD released some thirty years after the event. Bob Dylan performed here on April 1, 1978. The Sydney Showgrounds was also the venue for the annual Sydney Big Day Out music festival held in January between 1992 and 1997. The 1997 event was titled 'Six and Out - Big Day out' then indicating
540-538: The animals were moved to the Taronga Zoo , when it opened in 1916. Sydney Girls' High School and later Sydney Boys High School also occupied this site. The Moore Park Toll House appears to have been built in 1849 and still exits on the corner of Anzac Parade and Cleveland Street . It is the only two story toll house in New South Wales. Moore Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Moore Park
570-534: The expansion of the showgrounds to the south. From 1920 to 1937, the grounds were further expanded to the north, with the addition of new squares and judging rings. The dominant visual elements of the complex by this time were the peripheral walls, the Members' Grandstand clock tower and the tower of the Anthony Hordern building . The country's sesqui-centenary celebrations of 1938 led to a further building program at
600-657: The final Big Day Out Festival before its new beginning at the new Sydney Showground Homebush in 1999. The former Sydney Showground is featured in the Rage Against the Machine video clip for " Bulls on Parade ", from when they performed live at the Big Day Out Festival on 25 January 1996. Moore Park, New South Wales Moore Park is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from
630-581: The first game of rugby football sanctioned by the breakaway New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership , essentially the first game of rugby league in Australia . Played by a New South Wales team against New Zealand's rebel 1907 tourists , it attracted a sellout crowd of approximately 20,000. After that the Agricultural Ground hosted the first ever interstate matches between New South Wales and Queensland. Sydney's Royal Agricultural Showground
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#1732855688115660-422: The likes of the great Dally Messenger, Billy Cann, Jersey O'Malley and skipper Arthur Hennessy in their ranks the Blues represented the cream of the newly established NSWRFL, whilst Queensland had done well to assemble a team as they had not yet established a club competition. It was no surprise, then, that NSW proved far superior in this inaugural meeting, with South Sydney winger Tommy Anderson posting four tries as
690-556: The other being the Harold Park Paceway , located only 4 km from Moore Park in the suburb of Glebe . Since the departure of the Sydney Royal Easter Show to the new showground, the old showground has been redeveloped as Fox Studios, and later Disney Studios Australia , a commercial venture designed at supporting Australia's film industry. It is in close proximity with some of Sydney's largest public venues, namely
720-461: The sandhills were levelled and three years later nearly half of the park was covered with grass. The straight lines of Randwick Road, which passes through the park, was fenced in and replaced the old curved road. In 1837 a new water supply was built to replace the polluted 'Tank Stream' which had to that time been the colonists main supply of water. The new line connected the Busby Bore with water from
750-607: The showground, including the Government Pavilion and the Commemorative Pavilion. Aside from the Royal Easter Show and rugby league matches, the venue was used for World Series Cricket games in the late 1970s as the nearby Sydney Cricket Ground was unavailable. At its peak, the old showground could hold over 90,000 people. The Main Arena at the Sydney Showground was also used as one of two Sydney Harness racing venues,
780-555: The success of the 1907–08 All Golds tour , the Queensland rugby league team went on to arrange three games against New South Wales at the Sydney Agricultural Ground . Although remaining winless, thrashed 43-0 and 37-8 in the first two games, the tight 12-3 result in the third match gave Queensland its first-ever rugby league stars, with Mick Bolewski , Bill Hardcastle , Bill Heidke and Jack Fihelly all being selected for
810-457: The world in 1937, the 509 metres (557 yards) long "egg shaped" track was also the site of some spectacular crashes and some tragic deaths. Although solo motorcycles were first to race at the Showgrounds they were soon joined by sidecars , speedcars and later Super Modifieds . In the 1950s stock cars began to appear joined much later by demolition derbies . The showground was the venue for
840-523: Was renegotiated in August 2021, and completed in late 2022. Moore Park, served by the Department of Education , is the location of Sydney Boys High School , Sydney Girls High School (both of which are selective high schools ). At the 2021 census , the population of Moore Park was 18. The 2016 census showed that Moore Park had a population of 28. 1908 Interstate rugby league series Following
870-494: Was the site of the former Dowling Street depot for trams . The Eastern Distributor and Anzac Parade are major arterial roads on the western border of the suburb. Transdev John Holland operate frequent bus services to Moore Park from the Sydney CBD. Special services for sporting events from Central railway station have been replaced by services on the CBD and South East Light Rail from December 2019. On 13 December 2012,
900-738: Was then venue for the first Ashes test on Australian soil . The showground also became the venue for the NSWRFL 's grand finals until the late 1920s, and eventually hosted 183 first grade rugby league games. The final ever Rugby League match played at the ground was on 11 April 1987 between North Sydney and St George in front of 24,000 spectators. Norths won the match 18–16. The venue hosted concerts by many famous artists, including Led Zeppelin , ABBA , David Bowie , AC/DC , The Police , Alice Cooper and KISS , among others. Alice Cooper played to over 40,000 fans at this venue on 26 March 1977. English rock band Led Zeppelin played to over 25,000 fans at
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