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Traffic flowing smoothly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge after two new lanes were opened, July 1959. Credit: National Archives of Australia (A1200, L32700) Since it first started in 2009, over 1.5 million words have been published on the Dictionary of Sydney…

Sydney's rainbow crossing

Rainbow Crossing, Oxford Street at Railway Square. By Hicks, Megan. Contributed by Megan Hicks Around this time in 2013 the business of the Rainbow Crossing on Oxford Street at Taylor Square came to a head. It followed a decision in 2012…