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Women exhibitors at the first Australian international exhibitions
Citation
Orr, K, Women exhibitors at the first Australian international exhibitions, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 12, (3) pp. 1-10. ISSN 1532-5768 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Kirsten Orr and The Johns Hopkins University Press
DOI: doi:10.1353/cch.2011.0026
Abstract
In 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.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | women exhibitors, first international exhibition |
Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
Research Group: | Architecture |
Research Field: | Architectural history, theory and criticism |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Orr, K (Professor Kirsten Orr) |
ID Code: | 107508 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Deposited By: | Architecture |
Deposited On: | 2016-03-17 |
Last Modified: | 2016-10-24 |
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