City of Sydney Historical Association presents: Surviving the 20th Century – The Rocks from 1900-2000 The Rocks and adjacent areas of Sydney Harbour fell under the ownership of the NSW Government after 1900. Plans to redevelop the area were achieved with limited success up to World War 1, and thereafter events such as the Great Depression, the Harbour Bridge and the Green Bans left their mark. Wayne Johnson will focus on some of the people, places and policies that shaped the … Read More
Free February Day Lecture at History House
RAHS Day Lecture – The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House In February 1966 Jørn Utzon spectacularly resigned from the Sydney Opera House project, never to return. His successor, Peter Hall, was faced with the near-impossible task of completing the building by steering the project thought the gridlock of problems that had defeated Utzon. Drawing on extensive original research this lecture explores the many dilemmas that Hall faced, the circuit-breaker solutions that facilitated progress – and suggests that … Read More
‘What Sydney might have been: the city that could have been…’
CITY OF SYDNEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION presents ‘What Sydney might have been: the city that could have been…’ There were many dreams in early colonial Sydney for a world standard city and many ambitious plans were made by the Governors and architects of the time, only to be dashed by interference from the old Country and the representatives who arrived out here. Ken Hall will tell you all about the buildings roads and other structures that might have been. Date and … Read More