Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Amusement park built on the site of the Dorman Long workshops at Milsons Point after the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed in 1932. It closed in 1979 after a fatal fire on the Ghost Train ride, but reopened in 1982.

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Milestone
Opened
04 Oct 1935
Closed
1979
Opened
1982
Closed
1988
Opened
20 Jan 1995
Closed
Feb 1996
Opened
04 Apr 2004
Name
Commemorated by
Position
1935 - 1970
Property
Administered by
Type

Luna Park Ghost Train fire 1979

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2021

The fire that broke out in the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park on the evening of 9 June 1979 claimed the lives of seven people.