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The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), colloquially referred to as Jeff's Shed, is a group of three adjacent buildings next to the Yarra River in South Wharf, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The venues are owned and operated by the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust.
The Royal Exhibition Building is used to this day as an exhibition venue for various festivals and fairs such as Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and Brickvention. During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the building was used as a mass vaccination centre, operated by St Vincent's Hospital. [30]
The Melbourne International Exhibition was held from 1 October 1880 until 30 April 1881. It was the second international exhibition to be held in Australia, the first being held the previous year in Sydney. 1.459 million people visited the exhibition, made a profit of £1,570. [3] The exhibition was also opened for entertainment and tourism.
The first Melbourne Motor Show was started on 30 April 1925. [1] Until 1996 it was held at the Royal Exhibition Building then moved to the new Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre complex, in Southbank. [1] The 2009 show was the last to operate under the "Melbourne International Motor Show" title.
[a] [2] The convention was inaugurated in 2016 and held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre as a two-day event from the 3–4 September 2016 in Melbourne. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The convention was later expanded to Perth and Brisbane in 2017 after a successful inaugural event, with each event held a few months apart, [ 5 ] and to Sydney in 2019.
Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre 2–3 April Adelaide Adelaide Showground 9–10 April Melbourne Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre 11–12 June Robert Patrick: Sydney Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island 10–11 September Robert Englund, Joe Flanigan, Charles Martinet, Queenie Chan, Katee Sackhoff, Karl Urban [18] Brisbane