Arthur Phillip Chapter of the Fellowship of the first Fleeters
  • Welcome
    • About Arthur Phillip Chapter
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    • Roll of members' First Fleeters
    • My Heritage, Colonial Family Stories >
      • Bellett, Jacob, First Fleeter
      • Hibbs, Peter & Pardoe, Mary
      • Weavers, James, 2nd Fleeter
      • Weavers, James Part 2
      • Wentworth, William Charles
      • Williams, James, FF Welsh Marine
      • Wright, James, FF Scarborough
    • Snippets of History >
      • Snippet in Brief
      • Our Flag - a poem
      • Captain Cook & Botany Bay
      • La Perouse and First Fleet Park, Matraville
      • It's a Scorcher on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
      • Australia's Secret Code-Breakers
      • Sydney Observatory
      • Sydney's first post offices
      • Charge of Australian Light Horse at Beersheva WW1
      • Battle of Waterloo
      • Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
      • South Head's history
      • Sir Henry Parkes
      • Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
      • Westminster Abbey Memorials & Citation
      • Wallabadah First Fleet Park, NSW
  • Meetings
    • About our Meetings & Activities
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    • Location, how to get there
    • Recent Events & Activities >
      • Report on Tasmanian Convict Heritage Tour 2018
      • Report on Wireless Centenary 22.9.18
      • Report on tour of Carisbrook House
      • Report on Susannah Place
      • The Big Dig, The Rocks
      • Report Excursion to Victoria Barracks
      • Report on FFF 50th Anniversary Lunch
      • Report on Ships & Shore cruise 2.11.17
      • Report on 3-chapter visit to Kiama
      • Report on Pioneer Park official opening
  • Fellowship of First Fleeters
    • About Fellowship of First Fleeters
    • About the First Fleet
    • HMS Sirius Flag Ship of the First Fleet
    • Dr John White, First Fleet Surgeon
    • Health of the First Fleet
    • Weather Secrets
    • Map of the First Fleet Voyage
    • How to write FFF biographical profiles
  • Governor Arthur Phillip
    • Phillip's Early Years
    • Arthur Phillip: Speech by Dr Stephen Cunneen
    • Exploration of Middle Harbour Creek
    • Exploration of Manly & Harbour
    • Governor Phillip Lookout & Memorial at Beacon Hill
    • Exploration of Lane Cove River
    • The Phillip Bricks
  • Research & Study
    • Research Guidelines
    • Websites & Facebook for Family History Research
    • Government Websites for Social History Research >
      • Australian Constitution
    • Websites for Historical & Family Heritage Societies
    • Overseas Websites for Family History Research
    • Free Build Your Own FamilyTree Websites
    • Chapter Library & Catalogue
    • MORE >
      • Chapter Policies
      • Acknowledgements
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Two sides of the bridge nearly joined
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The joining
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Sydney Harbour, the Bridge, the Bicentennial celebrations in 1988
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE – a great story of engineering and enterprise.
 
Click on the link below to view this movie, an old one but so interesting.  It was great to see the harbour with no bridge, and the trams at Circular Quay       
http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jy5cZ-IO0Eg?feature=player_detailpage
 
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A SNIPPET:   From “Granny’s Column” from some years ago:
 
Murray Gosper was the Uncle of the contributor who is believed to be one of the first editors of the Sydney University Newspaper the "Honi Soit" and Gosper Lane at Sydney University was named after him.  He was studying Civil Engineering when he discovered the "Bridge Ghost".
 
Courtesy of R. Ford, Member, 2nd Fleeter.


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