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These text resources can be found at the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, and may be able to be viewed at your local Australian Library via a participating Australian Library Inter-Library Loan Request.
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note:
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with
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The
biggest event of Australia's bicentenary : World Expo 88
in Brisbane
Publication:
Bowen
Hills, Qld. : Queensland Newspapers, 1988
Call
Number: P 607.34 big
» World Expo 88 Brisbane Australia 30
April-30 October 1988 : opening ceremony speeches,
national day speeches, closing
ceremony
speeches
Publication:
Brisbane
: World Expo 88 Commissioner General
Call
Number: Q A825.3 wor
»
Report of the Commissioner General of Expo 88 on the
Australian Government's involvement in Expo 88
Publication:
Brisbane
: World Expo 88 Commissioner General
Call
Number: Q 607.34 rep
World
Expo
88 Report
Publication: Brisbane : World Expo 88,
Publication: Brisbane : World Expo 88,
Call
Number: Q 607.34 wor
World
Expo
88 : media guide
Publication:
Call
Number: P 909.828 wor
Showing
off
: Queensland at World Expositions 1862-1988
Publication: Central Queensland University Press and the Queensland Museum 2004
Author: Dr Judith McKay, Queensland Museum
Call Number: Q 381.1 M'KA
Some world cities old and new : administrative aspects : a report on overseas study tour July-August 1988 led by Sir Llewellyn Edwards, chairman of Expo 88 /
Publication: Central Queensland University Press and the Queensland Museum 2004
Author: Dr Judith McKay, Queensland Museum
Call Number: Q 381.1 M'KA
Some world cities old and new : administrative aspects : a report on overseas study tour July-August 1988 led by Sir Llewellyn Edwards, chairman of Expo 88 /
Call
Number: Q 352.9418 san
World
Expo
88 : landscape
Publication:
Brisbane
: Australian Print Brokers, 1988
Call
Number: P 607.34 wor
Business
news
/ World Expo 88 Business Visitors Programme
Main
Author: World Expo 88 Business Visitors Programme
Publication:
Brisbane
: World Expo 88
Call
Number: S 338.09 001
The
Courier-Mail World Expo 88 report
Publication:
Brisbane
: Queensland Newspapers Pty. Ltd., 1988
Call
Number: F 607.34 cou
World
Expo
88 : the official souvenir program
Publication:
Sydney
: Australian Consolidated Press,
Call
Number: Q 607.34 wor
World
Expo
88 : Australia host nation : official souvenir
Publication:
Brisbane
: Sydney G. Hughes, 1988
Call
Number: P 994.064 wor
Intergovernmental
co-operation
[videorecording] : World Expo 88
Publication:
Brisbane
: Telemission, 1988
Call
Number: HVC 351.943 int
World
Expo
88 : River Stage / compiled by the Entertainment
Division, World Expo 88
Publication:
Call
Number: P 792 wor
That's
Entertainment
: World Expo 88
Publication:
Brett
Cochrane (Photographer), 1988
Call
Number: GSB 790.209943 1988
World
Expo
88 : entertainers' handbook
Publication:
Call
Number: J 607.34 wor
World
Expo
88 [videorecording] :
Publication:
Brisbane
: TVQ Channel 10, 1988
Call
Number: HVC 607.34 wor
Publication:
:
Queensland Tourist & Travel Corporation, 1989
Call
Number: P 338 exp
Publication:
West
End, Qld : Southside Urban Research Group,
Call
Number: Q 306.48 all
Publication:
St.Lucia,
Qld. : Dept.of Social Work, University of Queensland,
1988
Call
Number: P 306.48 day
World
Expo
on stage : April 30-October 30 1988, Performing Arts
Complex, Brisbane Australia / edited by Di Buckley
Publication:
Sydney
: Patrick L. Vitch & Company,
Call
Number: P 790.2 wor
Now
it is all over : paper / by Lola Brownell
Main
Author: Brownell, Lola
Publication:
1989
Call
Number: VF 607.34 bro
EXPO
'88 Act Amendment Act 1987
Is
in: Queensland No.62 1987 Laws, etc.
Record
no:
87714
Australian
pavilion
World Expo 88
Publication:
,
1988
Call
Number: P 607.34 aus
Publication:
New
Farm, Qld : Philip Bacon Galleries, c1988
Call
Number: Q 735.23 scu
The
human factor of World Expo 88
Publication:
Brisbane
: Australian Print Brokers,
Call
Number: P 735.23074 hum
The
Vatican collections : the pavilion of the Holy See at
World Expo 88
Publication:
Call
Number: P 708.5634 vat
* Please note: Foundation Expo '88 has it's own collection of World Expo '88 digital internet resources located on this site's Academic Forum
National Libraries of Australia
View the some 200 listings for Australia-wide collections on World Expo '88
Visit
the
Wikipedia listing for World Expo '88
Picture
Australia
- National Library of Australia
Search
the
national database of images concerning "expo 88" -
over 100 photos are on record.
Search
Brisbane
Images
- Brisbane City Council
Some
66
photos in the archives however not as convenient to
view as Picture Australia.
State
Library
of Queensland
Visit
the
John Oxley Library at the State Library of
Queensland (Level 2), Queensland Cultural Centre,
South Bank (just next to the former expo site) and
ask to see the "World Expo '88" photo collection.
There are some several dozen boxes of archived
photographs at the Library - in Pavilion and
Attraction alphabetical order - the majority of
which are in black & white - and some in colour.
Every aspect of World Expo '88 - its construction,
day-to-day operations, and de-construction was
captured by State Photographer, Ms Reina Irmer of
the State Library of Queensland. Some of these
photographs have also been digitised and are
viewable at the State Library of Queensland website.
Stefan
Hairdressing - a local Queensland legend - and home
of the Expo Symbol Tower - 'Night Companion' - now
known as the 'Stefan Sky Needle'
The iconic symbol tower of the Exposition - the 88-metre high 'Night Companion' - now known as the 'Stefan Sky Needle', was purchased by prominent Brisbane businessman Stefan Ackerie, of the Stefan Hairdressing empire at the conclusion of the Exposition, and was moved 500m down the road to his hairdressing mecca HQ at South Brisbane, where it continues to play a prominent role as one of the only high-rise structures in Brisbane City's South Brisbane and West End districts, and, with the addition of the Stefan trademark rainbow rings at the tower's top, a prominent advertisement for Stefan, and of World Expo '88, in today's Brisbane. The slender platinum-coloured tower's copper and gold top dome and spire light up the night sky most evenings, and on special occasions, one can also view the majestic sweep of the Brisbane skies horizons as the xenon-eye beam of the tower surveys the Brisbane night sky. Stefan's website tells a bit about his empire and his purchase of the Needle. Foundation Expo '88 is lobbying Stefan, Brisbane City Council and other government and private enterprise players for a greater presence at the tower's base, including a possible Museum/Cafe. Keep watching this site for more information.
The iconic symbol tower of the Exposition - the 88-metre high 'Night Companion' - now known as the 'Stefan Sky Needle', was purchased by prominent Brisbane businessman Stefan Ackerie, of the Stefan Hairdressing empire at the conclusion of the Exposition, and was moved 500m down the road to his hairdressing mecca HQ at South Brisbane, where it continues to play a prominent role as one of the only high-rise structures in Brisbane City's South Brisbane and West End districts, and, with the addition of the Stefan trademark rainbow rings at the tower's top, a prominent advertisement for Stefan, and of World Expo '88, in today's Brisbane. The slender platinum-coloured tower's copper and gold top dome and spire light up the night sky most evenings, and on special occasions, one can also view the majestic sweep of the Brisbane skies horizons as the xenon-eye beam of the tower surveys the Brisbane night sky. Stefan's website tells a bit about his empire and his purchase of the Needle. Foundation Expo '88 is lobbying Stefan, Brisbane City Council and other government and private enterprise players for a greater presence at the tower's base, including a possible Museum/Cafe. Keep watching this site for more information.
The
Japan Pond & Garden from the Japan Pavilion
joins with the Nepal Peace Pagoda, the Stefan Sky
Needle, and South Bank Parklands as one of the
city's most significant gifts from World Expo '88. A
place of quiet respite amidst the buzz of the World
Exposition, the Garden was re-located to the
Brisbane City Council Mt Cooth-tha Botanic Garden at
the conclusion of Expo, where one can now visit
every day from 8.30a.m. to 5.00p.m. The Japan Pond
& Garden are also venue for the Annual Japan
Culture Week in Brisbane, co-ordinated by the
Japanese Consulate-General Brisbane, and held
annually in August.
Click
on
the"Japanese Garden" to see a 360 degree tour of the
re-located Japanese Garden from the Japan Pavilion.
The
company
that brought you the opening and closing ceremonies
of the XIIth Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982, as
well
as of the L.A. Olympics 1984, Barcelona Olympics
1992, and Sydney Olympics 2000. Run by entertainment
wizard,
Mr
Ric Birch, Birch also was the head of the
Entertainment Division for World Expo '88,
administering and developing
the
division's $AUD25 million budget.
Some
of
the flags and banners designed for World Expo '88
A
history of car number plates in Queensland -
including special editions done for World Expo '88
and the Bi-Centenary
Visit
the
designers of the USA Pavilion, World Expo '88 - The
Douglas Group
Visit
Vista
Arts - designers of the UN Pavilions at Expo '86 and
Expo '88. Nice photos.
Visit
the
Bureau of International Expositions' (B.I.E. Paris)
web-page on World Expo '88 - from the horse's mouth
Designers
of
the Queensland Pavilion, World Expo '88 can be found
at this address.
This
is
the Queensland Government Corporation that took over
running of the Exposition site after the expo's
closure, originally as part of B.E.S.B.R.A. - the
official title of the Expo Authority - the Brisbane
Exposition and South Bank Redevelopment Authority.
Managing the beautiful South Bank Parklands, and its
diverse designer elements of tropical rainforest and
formal gardens, BBQ-areas, rock pools, a
magnificient man-made salt water beach, coffee
shops, restaurants, at the Parklands 'eastern
corridor' engagement with the Brisbane River
foreshore, and leading to medium and high-rise
residential, office and hotel space at the site's
western corridor, parallel with the QR City Train
network, the Parklands is one of the most popular
parks in Queensland, and hosts, amongst other
features, in a new re-situated site facing the
Brisbane River, one of the only Participant-made
Pavilions of the Expo still remaining at the former
Expo site - the popular Nepal Peace Pagoda - a
pemanent sentinel of the good will and cheer of
World Expo '88 - and one of Brisbane City's most
significant World Expo '88 heritage items. Visit the
South Bank website, and visit South Bank today!
Official
web-site
of the formed in 1928 Bureau of International
Expositions, B.I.E., Paris.
Some
interesting
archival material as well as visiting the HQ of all
expositions - it's worth a visit
.
Commemorative
home
of the first Exhibition in London in 1851. Queen
Victoria
presiding.
An
interesting
site on Expo '58 with nice interactive map of the
fair.
A
history of electricity at World's expositions
Everything
you
wanted to know about the New York's World Fair of
the 60s.
The
definitive
guide to Vancouver's Expo 86 - well designed and a
pleasure to browse.
English
version
of the Expo '92 web-site developed and run by Expo
aficionado and Expo author of "Seville Expo '92 -
The Stories
Never
Told" - the young and talented Mr Angel Arumburu
Gordon. Extensive links and photos.
Link
to
the Wikipedia listing for Expo '93.
Another
interesting
link to Taejon Expo '93 - a Japanese site with
pre-opening computer images of the Expo site - quite
authentic.
Another
interesting
site by Angel Arumburu Gordon - this time on
Lisbon's International Exposition of 1998 with the
oceans as
it's
theme.
A
veritable warehouse of Expo references from the
Smithsonian Institute intern Cathy Serafica,
entitled "Revisiting World's Fairs
and
International Expositions:A Selected Bibliography,
1992 - 1999."
An
excellent
overview of the World exposition system by two Expo
veterans. Some in depth papers also make good reading.
Search
the
photographic archives of the American National
Gallery of Art. Some excellent images, well
presented. Quite nostalgic.
Well
worth a visit.
Canada
at
World Expositions - also a peek at Canada at 2005
Aichi Japan.
Australia's
representation
at Aichi 2005 Japan.
"The
Worlds
Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide
- General World's Fair and Exposition References" -
makes
interesting
surfing...
A
commemorative foundation for the 1990 International
Flower Exposition "Hana-haku", sited in Osaka, Japan
Who
could
miss out on a visit to "World's Fairs", once the
pre-eminent published magazine by expo expert
extraordinaire Alfred
Heller
on everything in the World Exposition system, now
relegated to the Internet.
Another
excellent
link to another mammoth exposition bibliography -
“International Exhibitions, Expositions Universelles
and
World’s
Fairs, 1851-1951: A Bibliography". Viewable as a PDF
file - light summer reading!
Part
of
a site on international exposition flags - features
the B.I.E. flag (and others)
A
german language site - Exposeum - the Museum of
Hannover Expo 2000
https://www.expo2005.or.jp/en/index.html
Official site for Aichi 2005 Japan
https://www.bie-paris.org/main/index.php?p=339&m2=291
View some of the spectacular images of the B.I.E.'s collection of Expo 2005
https://www.bie-paris.org/main/index.php?p=310&m2=284
Read the BIE Day at Aichi 2005 page - and the Awards given for Pavilions, and adherence to the Exposition Theme
https://www.zaragoza2008.com
Official site for the 2008 World Exposition - Water and Sustainable Development - in Zaragoza, Spain
https://www.expozaragoza2008.es/EN/noticias/noticia_detalle.asp?id=819
Meet Mascot for Zaragoza Expo 2008 - 'Fluvi'! (Jan 26, 2006)
Official site for Aichi 2005 Japan
https://www.bie-paris.org/main/index.php?p=339&m2=291
View some of the spectacular images of the B.I.E.'s collection of Expo 2005
https://www.bie-paris.org/main/index.php?p=310&m2=284
Read the BIE Day at Aichi 2005 page - and the Awards given for Pavilions, and adherence to the Exposition Theme
https://www.zaragoza2008.com
Official site for the 2008 World Exposition - Water and Sustainable Development - in Zaragoza, Spain
https://www.expozaragoza2008.es/EN/noticias/noticia_detalle.asp?id=819
Meet Mascot for Zaragoza Expo 2008 - 'Fluvi'! (Jan 26, 2006)
Official
site for Shanghai 2010 P.R.C.
https://www.expo2010china.com/expo/english/eu/eh/userobject1ai32754.html
Press-Release: Shanghai World Expo 2010 HQ site established (June 29, 2006)
42-story chimney toppled for the new Building
https://www.expo2010china.com/expo/english/mf/rtr/userobject1ai29516.html
View the International Communication & Promotion Plan for Shanghai World Expo 2010
https://www.expomuseum.com/2012-2013/
Who Should Get Expo 2012? The list is growing longer and longer! Tangier, Morocco; New York, U.S.A.; Trieste, Italy, amongst others line up....Visit ExpoMuseum's line-up.....
https://www.worldexpo2012.go.kr/
The official site for the Yeosu, Korea, bid for 2012
https://www.expo2010china.com/expo/english/eu/eh/userobject1ai32754.html
Press-Release: Shanghai World Expo 2010 HQ site established (June 29, 2006)
42-story chimney toppled for the new Building
https://www.expo2010china.com/expo/english/mf/rtr/userobject1ai29516.html
View the International Communication & Promotion Plan for Shanghai World Expo 2010
https://www.expomuseum.com/2012-2013/
Who Should Get Expo 2012? The list is growing longer and longer! Tangier, Morocco; New York, U.S.A.; Trieste, Italy, amongst others line up....Visit ExpoMuseum's line-up.....
https://www.worldexpo2012.go.kr/
The official site for the Yeosu, Korea, bid for 2012
Istanbul,
Turkey;
San Francisco, USA, and Turin, Italy are all
fighting it out for 2015.
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