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An Apollonaut travel guide
The harbour behind the bridge.
Warrane, a great steel arch and the people who built and climb it offer several ways into the story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Warrane
BridgeClimb names the harbour Warrane / Sydney Harbour. Its Burrawa climb, led by a First Nations storyteller, shares stories of the Gadigal people and Australia’s First Peoples.
The bridge is one recent chapter in a much longer history of this harbour.
A landmark of steel
The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened on 19 March 1932. Known as the Coathanger for the shape of its arch, it is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register and, since 19 March 2007, on the Australian National Heritage List.
The south-eastern pylon holds a museum and a lookout, with exhibits on the engineers, tradespeople and labourers who built the bridge and the sixteen workers who died.
Climbing the arch
BridgeClimb began on 1 October 1998 and was described as the first tourism operator to offer bridge climbing as an experience.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
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