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A maintenance worker painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1945, photo by Alec Iverson. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.

The Java, a warship of the Dutch East Indies, berthing with the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction in the background, photo by Ted Hood, c. 1930-32. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney...

This infographic illustrates the Eightfold Path (आर्याष्टाङ्गमार्ग", Āryāṣṭāṅgamārga), a core teaching in Buddhism, established by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, over 2,500 years ago as a way to overcome suffering...

Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction, photo by Ted Hood, 1931. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge, watercolour on 3 sheets of paper, on canvas lining, by Norman Selfe, c. 1903. Norman Selfe (1839-1922) was an Australian engineer, naval architect, inventor, urban visionary. In 1902...

The proposed bridge from near Dawe's Point, Sydney, to near Milsons Point, North Shore, sketch by P. E. Henderson, engineer, 1857. State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

The two arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge coming together. The photo was taken from the approach to the then-tram terminus at the wharf at McMahons Point, c. 1930. Royal Australian Historical Society.

Australian engineer John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943), glass plate negative, 1934. Bradfield was the visionary behind the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. National Library of Australia, Canberra.

Captain Francis De Groot (1888-1969), a member of the fascist New Guard group, rode a borrowed horse and slashed the ribbon with his cavalry sword at the opening ceremony for the Sydney Harbour Bridge (March...

Aerial view of Sydney, Australia and Circular Quay on the day of the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, photo by E. W. Searle, 19 March 1932. National Library of Australia, Canberra.