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• Research material for commentary topic "How the bridge changed Sydney during and after construction"
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• Research material for commentary topic "Joining the Arches"
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The epic story of an Australian icon — the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Written by Peter Lalor

CONTENTS
1      Closing the arch
2      A bridge too far
3      Bradfield’s big plans
4      The first sod
5      Work starts
6      The price of progress
7      Tenders
8      Building the bridge
9      Characters and calamities
10    Design controversy
11    Lennie Gwyther’s great adventure
12    Lang robs the bank … de Groot steals the show
13    The people’s bridge
14    Bridge lives
        Bridge facts
        Endnotes
        Illustration credits
        Bibliography
        Acknowledgements
        Index