| Year | Place | Title | Opening-closing date |
| 1851 | London | Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations | 1 May-15 October 1851 |
| 1854 | Melbourne | Melbourne Exhibition 1854 in connection with the Paris Exhibition, 1855 | 17 October-12 December 1854 |
| 1855 | Paris | Exposition Universelle (Universal Exhibition) | 15 May-15 November 1855 |
| 1861 | Melbourne | Victorian Exhibition | 1 October-29 November 1861 |
| 1862 | London | International Exhibition | 1 May-15 November 1862 |
| 1865 | Dublin | International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures | 9 May-10 November 1865 |
| 1865 | Dunedin | New Zealand Exhibition | 12 January-6 May 1865 |
| 1866–67 | Melbourne | Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia | 24 October 1866-23 February 1867 |
| 1867 | Paris | Exposition Universelle (Universal Exhibition) | 1 April-1 October 1867 |
| 1870 | Sydney | Intercolonial Exhibition | 30 August-30 September 1870 |
| 1871 | London | First Annual International Exhibition | 1 May-30 September 1871 |
| 1872 | London | Second Annual International Exhibition | 1 May-19 October 1872 |
| 1872–73 | Melbourne | Victorian Exhibition | 6 November 1872–8 January 1873 |
| 1873 | London | Third Annual International Exhibition | 14 April-31 October 1873 |
| 1873 | Sydney | Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition | 22 April-3 May 1873 |
| 1873 | Vienna | Vienna Universal Exhibition (Weltausstellung 1873 Wien) | 1 May-1 November 1873 |
| 1874 | London | Fourth Annual International Exhibition | 6 April-31 October 1874 |
| 1875 | Melbourne | Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition | 2 September-16 November 1875 |
| 1876 | Philadelphia | Centennial Exhibition | 10 May-10 November 1876 |
| 1876 | Brisbane | Intercolonial Exhibition | 22 August-28 August 1876 |
| 1878 | Ballarat | Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition | 15 February-1 June 1878 |
| 1878 | Paris | Exposition Universelle (Universal Exhibition) | 1 May-10 November 1878 |
| 1879–80 | Sydney | International Exhibition | 17 September 1879–20 April 1880 |
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| 1879–80 | Melbourne | Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition | 23 December 1879-3 April 1880 |
| 1880–81 | Melbourne | Melbourne International Exhibition | 1 October 1880-30 April 1881 |
| 1883 | Amsterdam | International and Colonial Exhibition | 1 May-31 October 1883 |
| 1883–84 | Calcutta | Calcutta International Exhibition | 4 December 1883-10 March 1884 |
| 1883–84 | Parramatta | Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition | 19 December 1883-? |
| 1884 | Melbourne | Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed | 17 March-April ? 1884 |
| 1884–85 | Melbourne | Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition) | 1 November 1884-31 January 1885 |
| 1884–85 | New Orleans | New Orleans Universal Exposition and World's Fair | 16 December 1884-1 June 1885 |
| 1886 | London | Colonial and Indian Exhibition | 4 May-10 November 1886 |
| 1887–88 | Adelaide | Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition | 21 June 1887-7 January 1888 |
| 1887–88 | Geelong | Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition | 22 November 1887-9 April 1888 |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition | 28 March 1888-? |
| 1888–89 | Melbourne | Centennial International Exhibition | 1 August 1888-31 January 1889 |
| 1889 | Paris | Paris Exposition Universelle | 6 May-6 November 1889 |
| 1889–90 | Dunedin | New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition | 26 November 1889-19 April 1890 |
| 1891–92 | Launceston | Tasmanian International Exhibition | 25 November 1891-22 March 1892 |
| 1893 | Chicago | World's Columbian Exposition | 1 May-30 October 1893 |
| 1894–95 | Hobart | Tasmanian International Exhibition | 15 November 1894-15 May 1895 |
| 1895–96 | Ballarat | Australian Industrial Exhibition | 20 December 1895-4 May 1896 |
| 1898 | Dunedin | Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition | 22 March-4 June 1898 |
| 1899 | London | Greater Britain Exhibition | May? 1899 |
| 1900 | Adelaide | Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (Victorian representation not verified) | 15 March-16 April 1900 |
| 1900 | Paris | Paris Exposition Universelle | 14 April-12 November 1900 |
