How the Melbourne International Exhibition changed history in Australia

Wikimedia/Original lithograph by C. Troedel & Co, 1880 / Public Domain

Wikimedia/Original lithograph by C. Troedel & Co, 1880 / Public Domain Source: Wikimedia/Original lithograph by C. Troedel & Co, 1880 / Public Domain

A new book by professor Piero Genovesi sheds some light on Australian history and the contribution of Italy into a more modern society.


"Melbourne International Exhibition 1880: Fifty Years of Commerce and Trade Between Italy and the Australian Colonies" is a new book by Piero Genovesi, Managing Director at the Italian Australian Institute at La Trobe University.

The book sheds some light on Australian History and the contribution of Italy into a more modern society.

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