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Images- The Rocks and the
Quay Walsh Bay Wharves |
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architect |
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location |
Walsh Bay |
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date |
1910 |
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style |
Federation Free Style |
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construction |
brick facade, timber wharf. |
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type |
Government wharf |
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These huge two storey timber wharves were part of
the massive reconstruction generated by the Sydney Harbour Trust (later the Maritime Services Board), set
up by the government in 1901 to ‘modernise’ Sydney’s chaotic and inefficient
waterfront and to clean it up after the outbreak of the plague.. The wharves were intended to be built in concrete, but
due to shortages of materials after World War 1 timber was used. The wharves and their associated
shore sheds form a rare group of industrial buildings and were built over a number of years after 1910. They mostly stood empty from the 60s to the 80s and were threatened with demolition. They have subsequently been restored and occupied by the Wharf Theatre Company and others. |
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