Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia


Opened:
30 April 1988

Closed:
30 October 1988

Theme:
"Leisure in the
Age of Technology"

Participating
Countries:
37


Comemorated Australia's Bicentennial. Featured what would end up being the last USSR Pavilion.


The Expo '88 Official Souvenir Program

LINKS:
Foundation Expo '88 – Billed as "Everything you wanted to know about the 1988 World Exposition on 'Leisure in the Age of Technology,'"
World Expo '88 – an excellent overview, part of a greater site about Australian culture.
Brisbane's World Fair - Expo 88

Brisbane World Expo '88 - from new2brisbane.com.au

World Expo 88 - from Nancy Street Network
The Skyneedle
Expo 20th Anniversary - at Visit South Bank
Guide to the Sights of World Expo '88 - New York Times, 31 January 1988
Expo 88 - photos by obLiterated, on Flickr.com
Expo 88 (Queensland, Australia) Books and Items
Queensland Shows the World: Regionalism and Modernity at Brisbane's Expo '88
Expo 88 - Alaska reporting - video on Brightcove.tv
OZ Culture / Expo 88 / Brisbane - from ozbird.com
Alaska Day at Expo 88, Part 1 - from bellamyvideo on YouTube
Twenty years on from Expo 88 - by Heidi Ellis, 16 January 2008

 
 
 
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