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Sydney Harbour Bridge - Australia's Culture PortalSydney Harbour Bridge at sunset. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of Australia's most well known and photographed landmarks. It is the world's largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbo...
Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler have contributed significantly to modern Australian architecture by applying modernist-style principles to Australian homes. Another group of architects, such as Glenn Murcutt, Tina Engelen and Ian Moore, and Trop...
Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way - in culture, population, climate, geography, and history. For articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture visit our Australian Stories Index. Australia's population is concentrat...
Grace Cossington Smith (1892-1984) was a leading Sydney painter in the Australian modernist movement, and her painting The Sock Knitter (1915) is generally regarded as Australia's first modernist work. Grace Cossington Smith, The Bridge in-Curve, c.1930, ...
Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing them Home report. The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. Aborigines Welfare Board, children doing exercises at...
Margaret Preston was an Australian painter and printmaker who was a leading example of early Australian modernism. Her essays and articles were published in Australian journals including Art in Australia , Undergrowth, Jindyworobak Review and Australia N...
Sydney Opera House from the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon - the ...
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Self Guided Walking Tours provide digital audio commentaries for walks around the Sydney region, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi to Bronte and the Rocks. Each commentary is accompanied by a map providing directions and further information.
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SIMPLY AUSTRALIA » Australian history - articles - poetry - song. » Happy Birthday Sydney Harbour Bridge (website Simply Australia )This year marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Jim Low has produced a special podcast to mark the occasion. North Sydney was the suburb where Jim lived as a child. ...
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge is considered the world's greatest arch bridge and is one of Australia's best known and photographed landmarks. The opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 was a momentous occasion, drawing crowds of nearly 1 million people...
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a feat of engineering, an important link in the Sydney's integrated transport system, and a popular and distinctive Australian icon. Some documents are available as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on y...
Known by locals as the 'Coathanger', the Sydney Harbour Bridge is considered the world's greatest arch bridge and is one of Australia's best-known and photographed landmarks. You can climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge to take in breathtaking views of the ha...
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