The Bridge Between the English and the Australians

The big story brewing in Australia at the moment is the revelation that the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the most famous, easily recognizable sites in the city (you may know it as “the coathanger” if you’re from around those parts), might have been, gasp, originally designed by, gasp again, an Englishman, specifically Ralph Freeman, not John Bradfield who is often credited as such. Here’s the start of the whole story from the Australasia edition of The Independent:

Controversy about whose input was more important has simmered since the bridge opened in 1932.

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