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The monarchy of Australia is a key component of Australia's form of government, by which a hereditary monarch serves as the country's sovereign and head of state. [1] It is a constitutional monarchy, modelled on the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy, while incorporating features unique to the constitution of Australia.
The Sydney Harbour Trust began operations on 1 November 1900 with responsibility for the Navigation Department and Marine Board of Sydney Harbour. [1] The Trust, as governed by an act of the New South Wales Parliament consisted of three commissioners (including one titled as President) appointed by the Governor of New South Wales.
The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust ("Harbour Trust") is an Australian Government agency established in 2001 to preserve and rehabilitate a number of defence and other Commonwealth lands in and around Sydney Harbour. [1] The Trust has been focused on the remediation of protected islands and make the islands accessible to the public.
Captain de Groot declares the Sydney Harbour Bridge open in March 1932. The Australian far right rose out of the monarchist and anti-communist movements. Formed in Sydney on 16 February 1931, the New Guard was the first and largest fascist organisation in Australia.
The Georges Head Battery is in fact 1 km to the south west. This is the oldest remaining colonial fortification in Australia and was built to defend the entrance to Sydney Harbour during the Napoleonic wars. The fort was isolated from Sydney town and was abandoned a few years after construction.
A proposal from the Australasian Steam Navigation Company for the construction of a wharf at Jones Bay was published in the Government Gazette in 1854, [4] but the wharf was not built until much later; it does not appear on the City of Sydney 1903 map. [5] The Sydney Harbour Trust took over responsibility for waterfront planning and built out ...
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Walsh Bay is a bay within Port Jackson, about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) south of the suburb McMahons Point.It is named after Henry Deane Walsh, Engineer-in-chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust. [1]