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  2. Finger Wharf - Wikipedia

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    The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. Of historical significance as the only surviving finger wharf built and rebuilt at Woolloomooloo, 1880s – 1920s, and for its association with both World Wars as the soldiers' embarkation point and its ability to demonstrate ...

  3. Walsh Bay - Wikipedia

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    Much of the precinct is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. [3] The bay was first named in 1918 on drawings of a major new ‘wharfage scheme’ to modernise all Sydney's docks to handle steamships and motor vehicles. The rejuvenation was planned by Henry Deane Walsh as engineer-in-chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust.

  4. Time in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Queensland – Standard Time Act 1894 [14] New South Wales – Standard Time Act 1987 [15] Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory – Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 [16] Victoria – Summer Time Act 1972 [17] Tasmania – Standard Time Act 1895 [18] and the Daylight Saving Act 2007 [19]

  5. List of piers - Wikipedia

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    The pier in Płock at Vistula River in Poland Sopot, Poland. The longest wooden pier in Europe - 450 metres from bank, 650 whole. Gdańsk Brzeźno; Gdynia Orłowo Pier; Jurata Pier (the part of the town of Jastarnia) Kołobrzeg Pier; Międzyzdroje Pier; Płock Pier; Puck; Sopot Pier - the longest wooden pier in Europe; Miedwie

  6. Nautical time - Wikipedia

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    Time on a ship's clocks and in a ship's log had to be stated along with a "zone description", which was the number of hours to be added to zone time to obtain GMT, hence zero in the Greenwich time zone, with negative numbers from −1 to −12 for time zones to the east and positive numbers from +1 to +12 to the west (hours, minutes, and ...

  7. Victoria Bridge, Penrith - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Bridge is a continuous iron through-bridge (the deck is between the girders rather than on top of them). The three main girders, each spanning a clear 56.7 metres (186 ft), were designed and constructed as one 181-metre (594 ft) long continuous structure (no separations over the piers), a novel structural feature for 1867 (Maw and Dredge).

  8. Circular Quay - Wikipedia

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    Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping terminal, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern edge of the Sydney central business district on Sydney Cove, between Bennelong Point and The Rocks.

  9. Date and time notation in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The date and time in Australia are most commonly recorded using the day–month–year format (13 February 2025) and the 12-hour clock (7:21 pm), although 24-hour time is used in some cases. For example, some public transport operators such as V/Line [1] and Transport NSW [2] use 24-hour time, although others use 12-hour time instead.