Unique IDAG-0245DescriptionThe Sydney Eisteddfod is a community based, non-profit making organisation and registered charity. It organises and runs what is now known as the Macdonald’s Performing Art Challenge, which runs annually from June to September and draws approximately 26,000 entrants.
On 7 December, 1949, the intention of the Eisteddfod to incorporate was advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald. In January 1950, the Sydney Cultural Council’s Memorandum and Articles of Association were approved by the Department of Justice and the Registrar-General. Its preceding agency, The Citizen’s of Sydney Organising Committee, was placed into liquidation.
The Sydney Eisteddfod was organised by the Sydney Cultural Council until 2007, when the company was renamed the Sydney Eisteddfod. Since 1950, the Sydney Eisteddfod itself has been known as the Macdonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod (1988 to 1992) and the Macdonald’s Performing Arts Challenge (from 1993 onwards).
In 1987, the State Government of New South Wales withdrew its funding for the event, which the Sydney Eisteddfod had principally relied on. Emeritus Professor Alfred H. Pollard provided funding to keep the Eisteddfod running, and then established the Sydney Eisteddfod Foundation. After some promotion and appeals, the food outlet chain MacDonald’s Australia became the principle sponsor in 1988.
In 2005, the City of Sydney Archives received a portion of the archives of the Sydney Eisteddfod (CRS 326: S041774). CreationFormally incorporated under the Companies Act 1898 in January 1950
Start date qualifierbyStart date30th January 1951End date30th January 1951Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee AG-0244
RELATED TO: Sydney Eisteddfod FN-0032 (30/01/1950) Source System ID245
