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Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter. Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network’s Sunrise. 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge […]
  • Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter. Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network’s Sunrise.
  • 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia
  • 2023 –  Mar 19 UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank agrees to buy its rival Credit Suisse (established 1856) for about $3.2 billion to help ease global financial panic, in deal brokered by Swiss government [1]

 

 


On 19 March 1932 the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened to the public. The event marked the end of almost a century of speculation and planning around a bridge or tunnel that would cross the harbour. In 1922 the New South Wales Parliament passed the Sydney Harbour Bridge Act and preparation for the building got underway.

 

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Construction began on the approaches to the span in 1923 and on the bridge itself in 1925. More than 1,600 people worked on the bridge during its construction.

In 2017 more than 200 trains, 160,000 vehicles and 1,900 bikes used the bridge every day.

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