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Dawes Point

Sydney's Dawes Point. Formerly a cemetery, an observatory, a powder magazine and a castellated fort by Francis Greenway. And of course, the superb Dawes Point Battery.
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Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Dawes Point (Tar-ra) Park, under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Formally recognised as a recreational area in 1878.

Named for Lieutenant William Dawes (1762-1836), astronomer with the First Fleet. Tar-ra is the original local aboriginal name for the area.

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This particular structure is one of the Sydney Harbour Bridge's 'Cable Saddles'. Two U-shaped trenches, 40m deep, containing 128 steel cables, held the two bridge spans in place until they met in the middle.

Uncovered during archaeological works in 2001.

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