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    World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised Expo held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, during a six-month period between...
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    A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These...
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  • World Expo Park was an amusement park built for Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia. It was positioned on the corner of Melbourne and Glenelg Streets in South...
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    Nepalese Peace Pagoda (category World Expo 88)
    Brisbane World Expo '88 site, South Bank Parklands. It is one of the most significant heritage items in Brisbane from the hosting of the Expo. It is the...
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  • Horticultural Exhibitions. Bold text denotes World Expo. List of world's fairs Colonial exhibition Human zoo "About World Expos". bie-paris.org. Bureau International...
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    The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May...
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    chosen for World Expo 88, the event lasted from 30 April to 30 October 1988 and brought in 18 million visitors during its run. After Expo 88 the land where...
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    Following the conclusion of World Expo 88 in Brisbane, at least one of the monorail trains was relocated to Sea World in 1989. In 2022 the ride closed...
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    Liberal Party leader for Queensland. He was Chair and CEO of Brisbane's World Expo '88. Llew Edwards started his working life as an electrician in his family's...
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    Brisbane (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    Brisbane has hosted major events including the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo 88, the final Goodwill Games in 2001, the 2014 G20 summit, and will host...
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    original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2006. "About World Expo '88". Foundation Expo '88. 1988. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved...
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    The Skyneedle, Brisbane (category World Expo 88)
    specially for World Expo 88. The 88 m landmark was earmarked for relocation to Tokyo Disneyland (following the completion of Expo '88). However, hairdresser...
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    South Bank Parklands (category World Expo 88)
    Queensland, Australia. The parkland, on the transformed site of Brisbane's World Expo 88, was officially opened to the public on 20 June 1992. The South Bank...
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    Bank Parklands, the transformed World Expo 88 site by the Brisbane River, as part of the 20th anniversary of World Expo 88 and the 150th anniversary of the...
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    College of Art (a part of Griffith University), is based on the former World Expo 88 site at South Bank, and the QUT Art Museum (a part of the Queensland...
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  • Australia – Expo '88 (World Expo '88) – Skyneedle 1989 – Nagoya, Japan – World Design Exhibition 1989 1991 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Second World Exhibition...
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    role. In April 1988, Jones presented a report on the opening day of World Expo 88 for Network Ten. Post-Neighbours in 1990, Jones played Lorna Jackson...
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    on 3 July 1988, while the experiment was on display at Brisbane's World Expo 88. However, apparently no one witnessed the drop fall itself; Professor...
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    the 1988 World Exposition, Brisbane's World Expo '88, the Brisbane Nepal Peace Pagoda is now a permanent commemorative structure of the Expo. It is located...
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    Expo '90 (国際花と緑の博覧会, Kokusai Hana to Midori no Hakurankai) or The International Garden and Greenery Exposition, organized as a part of the International...
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    26 January. World Expo 88 in Brisbane, the largest event of these celebrations The Great Australian Camel Race, from Uluru to the Expo Australian Bicentennial...
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    Ken Done (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    at World Expo 88, that he became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1988. That Statement became one of the most iconic parts and memories of Expo 88. In...
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  • also in operation during World Expo 88 held in Brisbane, Australia, with a loop around the expo site at Southbank. After Expo it was dismantled and three...
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    A set of collectable teaspoons from World Expo 88...
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  • (1988) World Expo 88: The Songs; EMI Records, EMP 8801 (1988) LP: The Les Patterson Long Player (music and dialogue from Les Patterson Saves The World); WEA...
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  • an Australian television presenter. Biggar's career began in 1988 at World Expo 88[citation needed] on a show called The Breaky Bash with Sean James as...
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    troops were stationed in Brisbane during World War II. The city hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo 88, and the 2014 G20 Brisbane summit. The...
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  • 9th (Projeto Sp. São Paulo, Brazil) [LP:A3, A4] [CD:3,4] August 23rd (World Expo 88, Brisbane, Australia) [LP:A5] [CD:5] August 27th (Yomiuriland Open Theater...
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  • keyboardist James Roche (Jamie Paddle) performed at the opening of World Expo 88 in Brisbane on 30 April. They were joined by the Eagles' Glenn Frey...
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  • Queensland Maritime Museum (category World Expo 88)
    It is housed in the building used for the “Pavilion of Promise” at World Expo 88, and the South Brisbane Dry Dock which was built in the 1870s and was...
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