I've just been reading the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) page on World Expositions and am overall pleased with it's content.
It is a succinct summary of Australia's representation at and hosting of World Expositions, however lists Australia as only ever hosting two World Expositions, Melbourne 1880 and Brisbane 1988.
This is quite common in many of the Australian Government publications on World Expositions, and even the Queen, when giving her Opening Ceremony speech at World Expo '88, also said that Brisbane's was Australia's second World Exposition.
The correct figure however is probably 4 - counting the very first Australian International Exposition - Sydney 1879, Melbourne 1880, Melbourne 1888, and Brisbane 1988.
In the interim periods there were also numerous Australasian or Inter-Colonial Expositions, which which had international aspects to them, but were limited in scope.
To read the DFAT page on World Expositions, (DFAT by the way is the Australian Government Department responsible for Australia's representation at World Expositions), read further here:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/world_expositions.html
The DFAT page includes a summary of Australia's representation at Shanghai Expo 2010, and was updated in December 2010.
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