Summary
Colour photograph of Centennial Hall's convention centre meeting room full of displayed exhibits during Pakprint '84, an International Packaging and Printing Exhibition exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings between 28 May and 1 June 1984.
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.
Description of Content
View across one of the Convention Centre meeting rooms in Centennial Hall during the Pakprint '84 event, held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings between 28 May - 1 June 1984, showing the displays by various exhibitors arranged along tables around the room.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Significance
The Exhibition Trustees' album containing this photograph provides an invaluable visual record of past maintenance and restoration work undertaken on the Royal Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.
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, circa May 1984
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Pakprint '84 held in annexes May 28th - June 1st./ Convention Centre meeting rooms use for dining.
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
250 mm (Width), 201 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Conferences & Conventions, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Printing & Packaging, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989