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The Bridge

by State Library of New South Wales

The journey to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge would take almost 100 years. In this 5-part series, travel through history to experience the story of realising a city’s dream. The building of the bridge was a modern marvel of its time; a feat uniting Sydney.

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TRAILER: The Gatherings Order

In 1918-19 an influenza pandemic took an estimated 15,000 Australian lives, and millions more around the world. One hundred years on, as we grapple with COVID-19, this fi

Sep 3 2020
1 min

Episode Five: A Bridge to the World

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is more than a harbour crossing. It’s a place of celebration, protest, adventure and inspiration.

Oct 11 2018
14 min

Episode Four: Symphony in Steel

The opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 19 March 1932 was shared by a million people. Although it was a celebration, it was not without politics and drama.

Oct 3 2018
15 min

Episode Three: Six Million Rivets

Building the Harbour Bridge was no easy feat, taking over 8 years, 6 million hand-driven rivets, 1400 labourers and the lives of 16 people.

Sep 20 2018
17 min

Episode Two: Visions for a Bridge

Floating bridges, swing bridges, span bridges, subaqueous bridges, even filling in the harbour were all proposals to join a growing city.

Sep 12 2018
15 min

Episode One: A City Divided

An ever-expanding colonial city in need of a harbour crossing that would take 100 years to realise.

Aug 30 2018
13 min

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