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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.

State Library of New South Wales


    • Sep 3, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 6 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from The Bridge

    TRAILER: The Gatherings Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 1:05


    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 five-part series rakes through the archives of the State Library of NSW with historians, public health experts and scientists to trace the path of the 1918-19 pandemic. An eerily familiar story of loss, resilience and discovery in a world turned upside down.

    Episode Five: A Bridge to the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 14:42


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

    Episode Four: Symphony in Steel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 15:48


    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.

    Episode Three: Six Million Rivets

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 17:13


    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.

    Episode Two: Visions for a Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 15:06


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

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