Garden Palace

33°51′53″S 151°12′47″E / 33.86460°S 151.21293°E / -33.86460; 151.21293

Garden Palace at the Sydney International Exhibition (1879)

The Garden Palace was a large, purpose-built exhibition building constructed to house the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879 in Sydney, Australia. In 1882 it was completely destroyed by fire. It was designed by James Barnet and constructed by John Young, at a cost of £191,800 in only eight months.[1] This was largely due to the importation from England of electric lighting, which enabled work to be carried out around the clock.

  1. ^ Shirley Fitzgerald (2008). "Garden Palace". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2016.