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Horse ferry Milsons Point 1908

Horse ferry Milsons Point 1908

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Harold Cazneaux

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National Library of Australia

Cazneaux family

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Cazneaux, Harold

National Library of Australia

Cazneaux family

Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 it was the epitome of modern bridge design and engineering ingenuity. The iconic design was the creation of Dr JCC Bradfield, of the New South Wales Department of Public Works, Ralph Freeman, consulting engineer for the builders, Dorman, Long and Co, and thousands of workers who toiled on it through the Great Depression.

Horses as transport

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Milsons Point

Located on Sydney Harbour, adjacent to the northern approaches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Milsons Point played an important role in the development of the lower north shore.

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