Sydney International Exhibition
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Not to be confused with Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition.
The Sydney International Exhibition was established headed by Lord Augustus Loftus and took place in Sydney in 1879, after being preceded by a number of Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibitions through the 1870s in Prince Alfred Park.
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1879 Sydney | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | Sydney International Exhibition |
Building(s) | Garden Palace |
Area | 6.1 hectares (15 acres) |
Invention(s) | Elevator |
Visitors | 1,117,536 (paid = 850,480) |
Location | |
Country | Colony of New South Wales |
City | Sydney |
Venue | The Domain |
Coordinates | 33°51′52.56″S 151°12′46.55″E |
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Awarded | |
Opening | 17 September 1879 (1879-09-17) |
Closure | 20 April 1880 (1880-04-20) |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris |
Next | Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) in Melbourne |
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MIDI render composed 1879 by William Henry Smith (1859-1929) dedicated to Patrick Jennings for the Sydney International Exhibition[1]
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