South African and International Exhibition
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South African and International Exhibition | |
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Henry Loch, High Commissioner for Southern Africa who opened the exhibition
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | South African and International Exhibition |
Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
Visitors | 400 000 |
Location | |
Country | Cape Colony |
City | Kimberley |
Venue | Public Gardens |
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Timeline | |
Opening | 8 September 1892 |
Closure | 10 January 1893 |
The South African and International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Kimberley, Cape Colony in 1892 to promote trade and labour.
The exhibition
The exhibition was opened by Henry Loch, High Commissioner for Southern Africa on 8 September 1892[1] and closed 20 January 1893.[2]
Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, decided that the exhibition should be held in Kimberley. It was held in the Public Gardens of Kimberley[1] (now Queen's Park)[3] on a 30-acre site, with corrugated iron buildings[2] designed D. W. Greatbatch.[1]
There were art displays including paintings from the Royal Collection, mineral displays of diamonds, coal, crocidolite, diamonds, gold and silver, mining machinery,[2] and sheep shearing equipment.[4]
400 000 people attended, and the fair lost £14,195,[2] with the loss being covered by Rhodes.[1]
Legacy
The De Beers exhibit was taken to be displayed at the 1893 Chicago exhibition.[2] The art hall was converted to be used by the Kimberley Rifles, and subsequently used as a typhoid hospital during the Boer war.[1]
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