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Women exhibitors at the first Australian international exhibitions
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 17:58 authored by Orr, KIn 1879 the British colony of New South Wales hosted the first international exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. Never before had an international exhibition been held so far from the cultural and commercial centres of Europe. Exhibits and visitors from all the great nations of the world made the daunting sea journey to the remote and little-known colony that, less than forty years before, had been the destination mainly of convicts and their keepers. The Sydney International Exhibition was immediately followed by the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880 in the neighbouring colony of Victoria, approximately six hundred miles to the south. The success of these exhibitions inspired the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, held in 1888 to celebrate one hundred years of white settlement in Australia. All 3 exhibitions were magnificent events to which almost everyone was welcome. These were events where visitors surveyed the greatest achievements of the age and participated enthusiastically in the festivities, the pomp and the ceremony.
History
Publication title
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial HistoryVolume
12Pagination
1-10ISSN
1532-5768Department/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
The Johns Hopkins University PressPlace of publication
United StatesRights statement
Copyright 2012 Kirsten Orr and The Johns Hopkins University PressRepository Status
- Open