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Pavilion

2025 PAVILION SCHEDULE AVAILABLE HERE

Contact: pavilion@bungendoreshow.com.au


  • Entries via Showday. Entries close 19 October
  • ASC Rich Fruit Cake Competition recipe

Entry fees

All open sections: $1 per entry
16 years and under classes: Free entry

Major Pavilion awards

Community Bank Most Successful Exhibitor in all open sections (excluding Home Brew and Wool)
$200 Cash Prize Donated by Bungendore IGA

Community Bank Most Successful Exhibitor in all 16 years and under sections (excluding Home Brew and Wool)
$100 Cash Prize Donated by Bungendore IGA

MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR CALCULATION
Each 1st prize to count as 3 points; 2nd as 2 points and 3rd as 1 point.
The Exhibitor gaining the highest number of points will be the winner.
In the event of two or more Exhibitors gaining an equal number of points, the Exhibitor gaining the greatest number of first places will be the winner.
Should a tie still occur, the second and third prizes will be taken into consideration.


IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS

READ AND BE AWARE OF ALL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY. This is available in the Pavilion Schedule.

Payment of entries (where applicable) is through Showdayonline.
Open entries are $1 per class. 16 years and under competitors are welcome to enter open classes, but must pay the $1 per entry fee for open classes.
Entry to 16 years and under classes is free
Exhibitor tickets will be emailed to you upon entry. Please print out and attach these to the front of your exhibit upon delivery.


Delivery, staging and judging of exhibits

  • Delivery and staging of exhibits is on Saturday 25th October between 10am and 12 noon.
  • Delivery is to the Pavilion, Bungendore Showground, 71 Mathews Lane, Bungendore NSW.
  • Judging to occur at 1pm on Saturday 26th October. Judging is closed to exhibitors and to the public.
  • For 16 years and under classes, both the age of the exhibit and the exhibitor must align with the age group entered. For example, if the exhibit was made when an exhibitor was aged 12, but the exhibitor is now aged 13, then the exhibit must be entered in the 13 years and over class.
  • Each exhibit may be entered in one class only.
  • Any additional rules for a specific section are outlined in that part of the schedule.
  • While all care will be taken, the Bungendore Show is not liable or responsible for any damage to exhibits.
  • Bungendore Show Pavilion is primarily an amateur competition. If you are a professional, i.e. you hold a qualification in and/or make money from or have ever made money from your craft, please enter the professional sections.

Exhibition and Collection of Exhibits

  • The Pavilion will open at 9.00 am Sunday 26th October to Show patrons.
  • All entries to be collected between 4 and 5pm on Sunday 26th October. Entries will not be released earlier.
  • Stewards cannot take any responsibility for exhibits after 5pm. Items not collected will be disposed of at the close of show.

History of the Pavilion in Bungendore

The very first Bungendore Show was held in 1897, a year of growth and change for the burgeoning Bungendore community. It was a good season and the lake was full, community spirits ran high, the railway was being build and the public school was finished.

When it came to cookery, Recipes such as:

  • Cherry Preserves (1879), Cooking in America 1840-1945
  • Rock Cakes, from Twenty Five Cent Dinners published in 1879
  • Robert E. Lee Cake first written down in 1879
  • Sour Milk Cake, from Housekeeping in Old Virginia published in 1879
  • Minnehaha Cake, Border Watch, Mt Gambia SA, 15th March 1879

Other interesting pavilion type references from that year include:

  • Needlework sampler created in 1879
  • The Language of Flowers
  • Australian food time line
  • In Australian photography in 1879
  • Brewing in America in 1879

In the world of arts and crafts, 1879 was also the year that saw the first Sydney International Exhibition. This bought the world to Sydney, and subsequently Australia, at a time when the colony was prospering. ‘Thirty four countries and their colonies participated in the Sydney International Exhibition. They presented approximately 14,000 exhibits which included displays of glass, tapestries, fine porcelain, ethnographic specimens and heavy machinery.’

Although not in Australia, Impressionism was taking off in 1879 and many great works of art were being produced. Works from artists such as Degas, Manet, and Renoir, Radicals in their time, ‘Impressionists violated the rules of academic painting. They constructed their pictures from freely brushed colours that took precedence over lines and contours.’

The Pavilion display is a testament to the hard work of a dedicated group of volunteers. Without all the hard work of our community, the contributions from local businesses, and the tireless work of our volunteers, it would not be possible to have such a wonderful showcase of local produce and talent. If you would like to volunteer in or sponsor a section of the pavilion please contact us

Be part of the show by entering something in the Pavilion. For entry details see schedule below.
* Art  * Handicrafts  * Photography – Hints  * Needlework  * Cookery – Hints  * Vegetables, Fruit and Farm Produce  * Flowers   * Wool  * Jams, Pickles and Preserves  * Home Brew Beers & Wines

JUNIORS are encouraged to enter with age specific classes in almost every section.

Bungendore Show pavilion entries


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