Visitors 2,000,000 City Melbourne Venue Carlton Gardens | Country Colony of Victoria Start date August 1, 1888 | |
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BIE-class Unrecognized exposition Name Melbourne Centennial Exhibition Opening August 1, 1888 (1888-08-01) Nexts Paris, Exposition Universelle Previous Melbourne, Melbourne International Exhibition | ||
The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition was organised to celebrate a century of European settlement in Australia. The Exhibition Building, constructed in 1880 for the Melbourne International Exhibition, was extended and reused. The Centennial Exhibition focused on Australia itself, and emphasised music and painting that attracted many visitors. However the Exhibition wasn't recognised by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) as a World's Fair.
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