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Expo 88 Public Art sculpture, Brisbane, October 1988 Flickr
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 Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive. Expo 88: Revisiting memories of Brisbane's defining moment 30 years on ABC Radio Brisbane / By Annie Pappalardo Posted Sun 29 Apr 2018 at 8:07pm, updated Sun 29 Apr 2018 at 11:44pm Loading. abc.net.au/news/expo-88-30-year-anniversary-revisiting-memories/9702588 Link copied Share article The pavilions. The performers. The people. World Expo 88 was held in Brisbane between April 30 and October 30, 1988. Over 15 million visitors experienced the fun of Expo, which included pavilions from international and local participants, laser displays, fireworks, parades, concerts, the Aquacade, water skiing show, a monorail and much more. Brisbane won the right to hold the event and Expo 88 was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 30 April 1988. By the time it closed, it had changed the way the world saw Brisbane and helped shaped the city as we know it today. Butterfly stilt-walker in the Lunchtime Parade, ITM1108530 Closing day crowds leave Expo 88, ITM1102874
Brisbane's Expo 88 celebrates 30th anniversary ArchitectureAU
Expo 88 was conceived hastily after Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games. The success of the Games had impressed Queensland's pro-development leadership who were keen to reposition their. Expo 88 was a temporary event but it changed Brisbane culturally and physically. It redefined the city as one oriented towards culture and leisure, turning citizens into cosmopolitan consumers. The expo also helped to create South Bank Parklands - a 40-hectare site that is now the city's most popular leisure precinct. The Expo, which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, was the event organised in 1988 to celebrate the bicentenary, with organisers keen to give the Expo a unique Australian character. A total of 18.6 million visitors attended the Expo, higher than Australia's total population at the time, which was 16 million. Leisure as the expression of culture World Expo 88, also known as Expo '88, was a World's Fair held in Brisbane, during a six-month period between Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988. The theme of the Expo was "Leisure in the Age of Technology", and the mascot for the Expo was an Australian platypus named Expo Oz.
China pavilion at the Brisbane Expo 88. Brisbane, Queensland Australia Stock Photo Alamy
Brisbane, 30 April 1988. Uniforms have been fitted, performers have rehearsed, and construction has been completed for the 1988 World Exposition. The average temperature is a cool twenty-two degrees. People pour through the gates, into the pavilions or onto the monorail. More than 77,000 will visit by the end of the day. 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 Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive. The theme of the Expo was "Leisure in the Age of Technology", and the mascot for the Expo was an Australian platypus named Expo Oz.
Expo 88 was Australia's World Fair and it was a roaring success. Hosted in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland, a lot was riding on. But then he took sick leave with a bad back. Acting prime minister Doug Anthony took the opportunity to sanction Brisbane's bid for the 1988 Expo, and Fraser was reportedly furious.
Brisbane Expo 1988 Dave Winfield
Blowing into what was then known as South Brisbane in April of 1988 and blowing out again in October of the same year, it was the ultimate, winter-long party - six months of cross cultural exchange and food and live entertainment. When Expo wrapped, the enormous riverside precinct it left behind sat empty. The sign at Expo '88 in Brisbane, 1988. (Supplied: Brisbane City Council) The two weatherbeaten signs had been stored on a plot of land at Deception's Bay's Arethusa College and pupil Kurt Jones became intrigued. "In 2016 I started at the college and everyday I would walk past the signs," he said.
