Jørn Utzon’s masterpiece tested engineers and public opinion during its construction but since opening in October 1973 it has become a symbol of Sydney and of modern Australia.
Building an icon: cranes rise above the harbour during the construction of the Sydney Opera House. Photograph: Keystone/Getty ImagesShare on Twitter
‘Sorry’ drifts in the sky on 28 May 2000 as hundreds of thousands of people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for a national apology to Indigenous people for the stolen generations.No war: Protestors paint the sails red after then prime minister John Howard committed Australian troops to war in Iraq.Leaders from the 21 nations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in September 2007 during a summit that took place under the tightest security cloak in Australian history.
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