Picture Trails: Architecture

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Relive the building of Australia’s famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. Meet the engineers, builders and politicians behind its construction, witness the lavish opening in 1932 and see how it has become one of Australia’s most beloved and celebrated icons.

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Built environment

Understanding and valuing our built heritage invites a sense of pride and ownership. Well designed cities, landscapes and buildings are an important aspect of a healthy society and a legacy for generations to come.

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Historic public buildings

The architecture of historic public buildings reflects the economic and social perspectives of their time. These buildings provide our communities with their unique identities.

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Theatres and concert halls of Australia

Few of the original grand cinema buildings erected in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s still stand. However, you can still have a box office seat on this trail of theatres and concert halls and sigh over the decorative cornices, stuccoed parapets and theatre organs.

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Lighthouses and beacons

Safeguarding the Australian coastline, lighthouses and beacons stand to attention, a distant memory of days when ships once navigated the shores by their lights.

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