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Great Victoria and ferry Waratah at Circular Qu...

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Great Victoria and ferry Waratah at Circular Quay 1866

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Richardson & Wrench

Real estate agency founded in 1858, floated as a public company in 1889, acquired by Lend Lease in 1962 and in 1982 by Neil Collins.

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Circular Quay

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Area of Sydney's central business district that surrounds the quays built on reclaimed land from the 1830s.

East Circular Quay

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Area on the eastern shore of Sydney Cove to Bennelong Point.

Circular Quay

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Quay built between 1837 and 1855 and originally known as Semi-circular Quay, because of the shape of the stoneworks built with convict labour to stabilise the new shoreline reclaimed from mudflats.