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Spectacle Island c1920

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Spectacle Island c1920

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a106260 / PXA 635/837]

(Mitchell Library)

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Armed forces

Parramatta River

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Major tributary of Sydney Harbour, which flows east from Blacktown Creek to meet Port Jackson between Greenwich and Birchgrove. The river is tidal to Charles Street Weir at Parramatta, 30 kilometres from Sydney Heads.

Spectacle Island

Island in the Parramatta River, off Drummoyne, used by the Royal Australian Navy to store naval heritage items.

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Sydney Harbour islands

Originally 14 sandstone outcrops in the harbour. Five former islands, Garden, Bennelong, Darling, Glebe and Berry Islands, have been joined to the mainland. Two more were joined to form Spectacle Island in the 1860s. The other remaining islands are Shark, Clark, Fort Denison, Goat, Cockatoo, Snapper and Rodd Islands.

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