1/53Aerial view of the Expo 88 site
Mega gallery: 35 years since World Expo 88
It was the event that put Brisbane on the map and set it on the path to becoming a new world city. This was World Expo 88, 35 years ago.
2/53Aerial view of the Expo 88 site
3/53Aerial view of the Expo 88 site
4/53Opening day of Expo 88
5/53Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Expo 88 opening day
6/53Aerial picture of Expo 88
7/53The Expo 88 stage
8/53The Butterfly Lady during a lunchtime parade at Expo 88
9/53Aerial view of Expo 88
10/53Aerial view of Expo 88
11/53Crowds on the riverwalk at Expo 88 for the opening ceremony
12/53Superstar Michael Jackson meets Expo 88 mascot Expo Oz
13/53The Expo 88 opening
14/53The Expo 88 monorail
15/53Crowds on Victoria Bridge for Expo 88.
16/53World Expo 88 pavilion
17/53Expo 88 mascot Expo Oz and chairman Sir Llew Edwards cutting the 500 days cake in Queen Street Mall
18/53Australia represented at Expo 88
19/53NASA astronauts and the monorail above the crowds at Expo 88
20/53Crowds at the end of Expo 88
21/53Michael Butler and Elizabeth Bowly model Australian pavilion uniforms designed by Ken Done.
22/53The Malaysian pavilion at Expo 88
23/53Russian models parade in the pavilion's movie hall at Expo 88.
24/53Crowds at Expo 88
25/53The monorail passes over crowds at Expo 88
26/53Melinda McKenna celebrates her 18th birthday with the help of musicians at the Russian pavilion at Expo 88
27/53One of Expo 88’s most popular walkway entertainers, comedian Fred Garbo
28/53New Zealander Diane Fraser was the one millionth person through the Expo gates and won an IBM personal computer.
29/53US aerobic champions Deborah McGee, Diane Teresi-Thomas and Andrew Miller at Expo 88
30/53Fifi the clown at Expo 88
31/53Expo Oz the platypus entertains the crowds at Expo 88.
32/53Expo 88 by night
33/53Tony Miles, performing as Billy Blue, sings Australian numbers at Expo 88.
34/53Sculptures “rescuing of Captain Bligh” at Expo 88
35/53Aerial view of Expo 88
36/53Expo 88 parade
37/53Russian models parade in the pavilion's movie hall at Expo 88.
38/53Performers at Expo 88
39/53Chad Morgan performs at the Queensland Day Royal Expo concert in front of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
40/53Fireworks in an explosion of color over the World Expo 88 site
41/53Pagoda in a park, all the way from Nepal for Expo 88
42/53A lunchtime parade featuring Norm from “Life. Be in it” at Expo 88
43/53Six hundred sailors march through Expo 88
44/53The boardwalk area at Expo 88
45/53Munich festhaus at Expo 88
46/53World Expo 88
47/53An Expo attendant helping Sascha Carlyon, 5
48/53Expo city marching band
49/53Expo 88 Aquacade
50/53The water ski show at Expo 88
51/53Expo chairman Sir Llew Edwards and model Karen Cameron with some of the Expo Oz souvenirs
52/53An amusement ride at Expo 88
53/53The giant sunflower in the Expo 88 lunchtime parade
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