Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
| World Exhibition Melbourne 1880 International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations |
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 Exhibition grounds and Royal Exhibition Buildings at the 1880 World's Fair in Melbourne |
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| General | |
| Exhibition space | 25.5 ha |
| Number of visitors | 1.3 million |
| BIE recognition | Yes |
| participation | |
| countries | 32 countries |
| Exhibitors | 12,791 exhibitors |
| Place of issue | |
| place | Melbourne |
| terrain |
Carlton Gardens Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′ 22 ″ S , 144 ° 58 ′ 13 ″ E
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| calendar | |
| opening | October 1, 1880 |
| closure | April 30, 1881 |
| Chronological order | |
| predecessor | Sydney 1879 |
| successor | Glasgow 1888 |
The World Expo 1880 in Melbourne ( en: International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations ) was the eighth of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) recognized World Expo . It took place between October 1, 1880 and April 30, 1881. Today's Carlton Gardens , which had been converted from a bare plain into a green area especially for the exhibition, were used as the exhibition grounds.
history
The state of Victoria became the historic center of the Australian gold rush after the discovery of gold in 1851 . Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, experienced an exponential increase in population and in 1865 it became the most populous city in Australia .
In 1879 an official application for a world exhibition was submitted to the Victoria Parliament in Melbourne. Sydney , the oldest city in Australia and the capital of New South Wales , felt ignored and organized its own world exhibition in record time: the Sydney International Exhibition opened in September 1879. The exhibition in Sydney focused on agriculture and livestock. In historical retrospect, it remained a rather insignificant world exhibition and did not meet the criteria for BIE recognition. The Sydney exhibition reached 1.1 million visitors and recorded a loss of £ 100,000.
Melbourne decided to hold their world exhibition shortly after the exhibition in Sydney so that foreign exhibitors would not have to make the long journey to Australia twice. The Melbourne exhibition drew 1.3 million visitors and achieved considerable international participation with 18 participating States and 14 British colonies. 12,791 exhibitors were represented, 17 percent of them from the state of Victoria. The exhibit posted a loss of £ 277,292.
Reuse
The exhibition building, the " Royal Exhibition Building ", was expanded for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888 , the centenary of the first European settlement in Australia in 1788. The Royal Exhibition Building is now part of the Melbourne Museum and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Picture gallery
Exhibition area
Exhibition building with main entrance
Front view of the Royal exhibition building
Royal exhibition building and the modern designed entrance of the Melbourne Museum
North entrance of the Royal exhibition building
Interior of the Royal exhibition building
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Web links
- Melbourne International Exhibition 1880. Bureau International des Expositions (English). Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
literature
- Winfried Kretschmer: History of the world exhibitions . Campus, 1999, ISBN 3-593-36273-2 .
- Erik Mattie: World's Fair . Belser, 1998, ISBN 3-7630-2358-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Findling (Ed.): Appendix B: Fair Statistics. In: Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions . McFarland & Company, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9 , p. 414.