Summary
A colour photograph of fireworks bursting over the Royal Exhibitions Buildings on the night of 27 September 1980 as part of the International Centenary celebrations surrounding the centenary of the Exhibition Buildings' first opening.
This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. The image shows fireworks bursting over the Royal Exhibition Buildings from a high vantage point in Melbourne's CBD looking north, on the evening on 27 September 1980. The Royal Exhibition Buildings are illuminated and firework have just exploded in the left of the image. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 Sep 1980
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
INTERNATIONAL CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS/ MARDI-GRAS AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY/ SEPTEMBER 27th, 1980.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Commemorative ceremonies, Exhibition building centenary 1980
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
241 mm (Width), 188 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Centenaries, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Fireworks, Melbourne Landmarks, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees
