| Western Australia, Australia
Western Australia Day : 16 July 1988 Commissioner : Mr Len Hitchin Pavilion : 731 square metres |
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One of
the most memorable aspects of the W.A. pavilion was a 200 once
gold-brick bar, worth some $AUD250, 000 from Western Australia's famous gold fields.
The bar was ingeniously placed in a perspex triangular dome, with a small opening on the side large enough to put one hand in and lift it up - but not enough space to take it away with you!
You could also step on special scales to see the worth of your weight in gold - also popular - as well as view the impressive on-appointment-to-the-Crown Stuart Devlin Champagne Diamond Collection, of over 200 intricate works including a 10-carat champagne coloured diamond found and cut in Western Australia - the total collection worth some $AUD15 million dollars.
Displays of famous gold nuggets found in Western Australia also were on display - as well as a model of the revolutionary fuel and emissions efficient Sarich Orbital Engine.
Finally,
at the Pavilion Gift Shop, one could buy the best of Western
Australian handcrafts and produce from dried wildflowers to leather
stockmen's hats and precious jewellery. The bar was ingeniously placed in a perspex triangular dome, with a small opening on the side large enough to put one hand in and lift it up - but not enough space to take it away with you!
You could also step on special scales to see the worth of your weight in gold - also popular - as well as view the impressive on-appointment-to-the-Crown Stuart Devlin Champagne Diamond Collection, of over 200 intricate works including a 10-carat champagne coloured diamond found and cut in Western Australia - the total collection worth some $AUD15 million dollars.
Displays of famous gold nuggets found in Western Australia also were on display - as well as a model of the revolutionary fuel and emissions efficient Sarich Orbital Engine.
References:
Report
of the Commissioner-General of Expo 88 on the Australian Government's
Involvement in Expo '88 (1988), Published by Office of the
Commissioner-General of World Expo '88
World
Expo '88 - The Official Souvenir Program (1988), Editor Andrew Cowell,
Published by Australian Consolidated PressCommissioner-General of World Expo '88
Expo! an independent Review (1988), Written by Scott Jones, David Bray, Juanita Phillips, Published by Boolarong Publications
