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60  INTRODUCING SY DNEY

Sydney Cove to Walsh Bay Conservatorium
of Music
It is estimated that over 70 km (43 miles) of harbour
foreshore have been lost as a result of the massive
land reclamation pro jects carried out since the 1840s.
That the 13 islands existing when the First Fleet arrived
in 1788 have now been reduced to just eight is a
startling indication of rapid and profound geographical
transformation. Redevelopments around Circular Quay
and the Walsh Bay area from the 1980s have opened
up the waterfront for public use and enjoyment,
as has the opening in 2015 of Barangaroo Reserve,
a reclaimed six-hectare (15-acre) foreshore park
adjacent to Walsh Bay.

1857 Man
O’War Steps

The Sydney Opera House was
designed to take advantage of
its spectacular setting. The roofs Government House, a
shine during the day and seem Gothic Revival building,
to glow at night. The building can was home to the state’s
appear as a visionary land scape governors until 1996
to the pedestrian onlooker.

Harbour cruises regularly depart from The Sydney Harbour
Circular Quay, taking visitors out and about Bridge was also known as
both during the day and in the evening. the “Iron Lung” at the time
Along with the public ferries, they are a of its construction. During
great way to see the city and its waterways. the Great Depres sion it
provided on-site work for
approximately 1,400, while
0 metres 250
many more were employed
0 yards 250 in the specialist workshops.

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