Report - Despatches, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1879

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Summary:: Publication titled 'Despatches from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies relative to the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880', printed by John Ferres, Government Printer, in 1879. The despatches contain detailed correspondence concerning the establishment of the Exhibition and the diplomatic niceties of extending international invitations, etc.
Description:: Thirty page foolscap folio. Uncut and partly unopened, sewn as issued.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	345 mm (Height), 218 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	exhibitions melbourne international 1880-1881, commissioners, royal exhibition building history
Themes this item is part of:	Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection
Primary Classification:	PUBLIC EVENTS
Secondary Classification:	Melbourne International Exhibition 1880
Tertiary Classification:	publications
Inscriptions:	Printed on front cover: 1879./ VICTORIA/ MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880./ DESPATCHES FROM THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES RELATIVE TO THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880./ PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND./ By Authority:/ JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE./ No. 45.
Printer:	John Ferres, Government Printer, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Place Named:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1879-1880