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Kōrero: Exhibitions and world’s fairs

The colonial produce section of the Great Exhibition, 1851

This colour print of the interior of the Crystal Palace, one of the buildings housing the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, was produced by Dickinson Brothers in 1854. The New Zealand section can be seen on the left of the image, at the back wall. It was beside the South Australian display and near the Bahamas and Trinidad exhibits. A Māori waka (canoe) appears to be raised up in the centre of the display.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: IL:1854 DICK v.2

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Exhibitions and world’s fairs – The purpose of exhibitions and the Great Exhibition, 1851, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/45419/the-colonial-produce-section-of-the-great-exhibition-1851 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 30 May 2014.