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Links & Resources for more information about the Royal Exhibition Building (REB) & International Exhibitions.

Online Resources:

The Great Exhibition, London 1851, http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/victorians/exhibition/greatexhibition.html

The Crystal Palace, or The Great Exhibition of 1851: An Overview, http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/history/1851/index.html

The Royal Exhibition Building, http://museumvictoria.com.au/reb/

Nomination of Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, 2002, http://www.environment.gov.au/node/19803

Online Exhibitions:

A Treasury of World's Fair Art & Architecture: a digital archive 1851-1986, http://digital.lib.umd.edu/worldsfairs

London 1851, The Great Exhibition of the Industry of all nations, 1851, http://liblamp.vm.ku.edu/spencer/exhibits/greatexhibition/

Philadelphia 1876, The Centennial Exhibition, http://libwww.library.phila.gov/cencol/

Chicago 1893: The World's Columbian Exposition, http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo.html

Chicago 1893, Opening the Vaults: Wonders of the 1893 World's Fair, http://worldsfair.fieldmuseum.org/

St Louis 1904: The 1904 World's Fair: Looking Back at Looking Forward, http://mohistory.org/node/87

 

Books:

1882, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880-1881: Official record containing introduction, history of exhibition, description of exhibition and exhibits, official awards of Commissioners and catalogue of exhibits, Melbourne, Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon

1890, Official record of the Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888-1889, Melbourne, Sands & McDougall

Darian-Smith, Kate (ed), 2008, Seize the day: exhibitions, Australia and the world, Melbourne, Monash University ePress

Dunstan, David, 1996, Victorian Icon, Melbourne, The Exhibition Trustees

Smith, Charlotte & Benjamin Thomas, 2014, Visions of Colonial Grandeur: John Twycross at Melbourne's International Exhibitions, Melbourne, Museum Victoria

Willis, Elizabeth, 2004, The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne: a guide, Melbourne, Museum Victoria

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