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  2. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION OF 1854.

    The building erected for the purposes of the first Melbourne Exhibition, on the site where the Mint stands at present, marked an epoch in the history of this colony. The structure ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 479 words
  3. MR. G. C. LEVEY, C.M.G., SECRETARY.

    Mr. George Collins Levey, the secretary of the International Exhibition, is a gentleman who, from his experience and natural abilities, was admirably qualified to assume the onerous ...

    Article : 558 words
  4. MR. REED, ARCHITECT.

    Mr. Reed, the architect of the Exhibition building, was born in Cornwall, England. He went to London while yet a young man, and there acquired his professional training. He ...

    Article : 428 words
  5. SCENE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

    The main entrance to the Exhibition is from the south, and is approached from Spring-street by a spacious promenade 80 feet wide with velvety lawns, dotted with flowering or ...

    Article : 292 words
  6. M. LEON CARON, THE COMPOSER.

    M. Caron, the composer of the cantata, is another of those singular individuals who, after years of struggling in the hard battle of professional existence, suddenly awakes and ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. INTERIOR OF THE MAIN HALL.

    The nave of the main building when crowded with visitors during the day presents a very animated scene. Our artist has selected for his illustration the view of the interior ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. MR. MITCHELL, CONTRACTOR.

    Mr. Mitchell, the contractor for the erection of the main building of the Exhibition, has on several occasions shown his trustworthiness in large undertakings of this nature. He was ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. MR. W. M. K. VALE, TREASURER.

    Mr. W. M. K. Vale, treasurer of the International Exhibition, has evinced characteristic energy in promoting this great national undertaking. Though regarded as brusque in ...

    Article : 310 words
  10. MR. W. J. CLARKE, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION.

    Mr. W. J. Clarke, M.L.C., and President of the Commission of the International Exhibition, is a native of Tasmania, and arrived in the colony of Victoria in 1850. He in the first ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. MR. J. W. MEADEN, AUTHOR OF THE CANTATA.

    "The world," says the author of Philip Von Artevelde "knows nothing of its greatest men." Until quite recently Victoria knew nothing of it greatest poet. Mr. J.W.Meaden, ...

    Article : 631 words
  12. MAORI CANOES LOADING FOR MARKET.

    The elements of interest in the scene before is are not numerous, but there is at least one which gives it value. It is a memento of a race which is rapidly passing away; and as we ...

    Article : 298 words
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