The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition was organised to celebrate a century of European settlement in Australia.

The Centennial Exhibition focused on Australia itself, and emphasised music and painting that attracted many visitors.

[2] However the Exhibition was not recognised by the Bureau of International Expositions as a "world's fair".

Parer & Higgins Co. paid £1250 to operate the bar and light refreshments, one of only three areas where the sale of alcohol was permitted.

[3] Dora Elizabeth Armitage was at the Exhibition, where she won a medal for her typing.