Garden Palace fire 1882 Fire Fire which destroyed the Garden Palace on 22 September 1882, three years after its construction for the International Exhibition. image Locate -33.864647906397, 151.21349170642 Milestone Date of event 22 Sep 1882 {"name":"Date of event","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>22 Sep 1882<\/span>"},"date_start":"1882-09-22","date_end":"1882-09-22"} Type Fire {"name":"Fire","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Garden Palace by Shirley Fitzgerald , 2008 Whilst the Garden Palace was a brief and fiery addition to the Sydney landscape, the decision to hold an International Exhibition in 1879 was to place the city on the world stage. more » image image