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Woolwich Dock c2005-9

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Woolwich Dock c2005-9

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Jacobs, Andrew

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust was set up by the Australian Government to plan for the future of former Defence and special Commonwealth lands around Sydney Harbour.

Hunters Hill

Originally home to the Wallumategal people, Hunters Hill has long been considered a retreat from the city. While the tension between conservation and development has been played out many times, it remains an outstanding garden suburb with many old and architecturally significant buildings.

Ship building

Woolwich

Inner north-western residential suburb named after the town on the River Thames in England, located on the end of a peninsula separating the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers. Now one of Sydney's wealthiest suburbs, it is the site of Kelly's Bush, subject of the first 'Green Ban' in 1972.

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