SYDNEY'S BRIDGE
r : T 1 A PROPHECY FULFILLED, f f / T --v • Forty-five .»y'ears iago—in 1890—Sir 'Henry I'urkes, the "father of Australia,'" ventured upon a bold proi In his appeal to electors when he sought election to the Parliament of' New he bade them stand beside him like Horatius and his companions on the. bridge at Rome, slightly, altering Macauley's word's:
In that straight path a thousand May cross as soon as three; Now who will stand at my right hand And .build the bridge, with me Out spoke the bold electors "Four thousand strong are we, We'll all abide on every side-, Atid build the bridge witli thee."
Sydney is now within sight' of witnessing the fulfilment of Sir Henry s phophdey. Five years hence —in 1930 —it is expected that the bridge which Sir -Henry visioned will b(j opened to span the deep waters of the' beautiful harbour of Sydney.
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Northern Advocate, 23 June 1925, Page 8
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152SYDNEY'S BRIDGE Northern Advocate, 23 June 1925, Page 8
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