| Australian
Capital Territory, Australia Canberra
Day : September 11, 1988
Agreement
to Participate : 3 March 1988
Commissioner
: Mr Fulton Muir
Pavilion
: 275 square metres
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| Australian
Capital Territory, Australia Canberra
Day : September 11, 1988
Agreement
to Participate : 3 March 1988
Commissioner
: Mr Fulton Muir
Pavilion
: 275 square metres
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The
A.C.T., being one of the last Australian Governments to
confirm representation
at the World Exposition, had to be relegated far away
from
the flag-ship Australian Pavilion and other states, and
was placed at the very eastern part
of the Expo site, bordered by Nepal and Kenya.
Being
the year that the monumental new Australian Parliament House
was to be completed in Canberra, the ceiling of the pavilion quite
memorably was adorned by a life-size replica of the enormous
12m x 6m Australian Flag that was to grace the top of the
'flag-pole' above the centre of the new Parliament House building.
Visitors
to the Pavilion could also view a theatrette audio-visual on the
new building, as well as a scale model.
Highlight
of the Pavilion was the brilliant and controversial work by Jackson
Pollock, 'Blue Poles', on special loan from the National Art Gallery.
The
new Parliament House was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II in May, 1988.
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