The Greater Britain Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Earls Court in 1899[1] and opened by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
[2] on 8 May 1899.
[3] Exhibits included a mineral exhibition from Victoria colony,[3] a 120m cyclorama of the Arrival of the Hungarians known as the Feszty Panorama,[4][5] a model gold mine,[6] and a twice-daily equestrian show called Savage South Africa[6] directed by Frank E. Fillis which inspired the 1899 silent film Major Wilson's Last Stand.
One of the gold medals awarded by the exhibition was won by Hans Irvine.
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