Sydney International Exhibition

1879 Sydney
The Sydney International Exhibition
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 / 33.8646000°S 151.2129306°E / -33.8646000; 151.2129306
Timeline
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

Australian Exhibition Schottische

MIDI render composed 1879 by William Henry Smith (1859-1929) dedicated to Patrick Jennings for the Sydney International Exhibition^[1]

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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.