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Suspension Bridge Parsley Bay N.S.W. c1940

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Suspension Bridge Parsley Bay N.S.W. c1940

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National Museum of Australia

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Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’

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Beach Culture Bridges Swimming

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Parsley Bay

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Parsley Bay suspension bridge

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Parsley Bay Kiosk

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National Museum of Australia

The National Museum of Australia is a social history museum that explores the land, nation and people of Australia. The museum focuses on Indigenous histories and cultures, histories of European settlement and our interaction with the environment.

Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’

Parsley Bay is an inlet of Sydney Harbour bordered by Point Seymour and Village Point, and is the traditional land of the Birrabirragal people. In 1907 the bay and immediate surrounds became a public reserve, and it has remained ‘one of the people’s playgrounds’ ever since.

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Beach Culture

Parsley Bay

Narrow bay in the eastern suburbs with parkland and suspension bridge that is thought to have been named after the profusion of a native plant resembling parsley growing there.

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Parsley Bay suspension bridge

Single wire cable suspension bridge across Parsley Bay designed by Vaucluse Council Town Clerk and civil engineer Edwin S Sautelle in 1910.

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Parsley Bay Kiosk

Refreshment rooms and caretaker's residence at Parsley Bay reserve.

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Vaucluse

Eastern suburb located on South Head named after Vaucluse House. It is one of Sydney's most expensive suburbs.

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Parsley Bay Reserve

Public recreation ground at the head of Parsley Bay in Sydney's eastern suburbs that was created by the NSW State Government in 1907 after resuming the land, formerly part of the Wentworth Vaucluse estate, in 1906. The reserve is adminstered by Woollahra Council.

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