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Sydney harbour and Museum of Contemporary Art 14 August 2009
Mark Sze
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Art Galleries Bridges
Circular Quay Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sze, Mark
Since opening in the old Maritime Services Board building at Sydney Cove in 1991, the Museum of Contemporary Art has taken its place among other Sydney's icons. Located on one of Sydney's, and indeed Australia's, most historically laden sites, the MCA brought contemporary art to the city at a moment when Sydney saw that the living dreams of present-day artists were part of its busy life.
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The largest arm of Port Jackson, which extends west from the Heads past Balmain and meets the estuaries of the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers.
Area of Sydney's central business district that surrounds the quays built on reclaimed land from the 1830s.
Steel through arch bridge from Sydney business district to the North Shore, constructed between 1923 and 1932.
Office block constructed for the Maritime Services Board which was converted in 1991 to house the new Museum of Contemporary Art.
Quay built between 1837 and 1855 and originally known as Semi-circular Quay, because of the shape of the stoneworks built with convict labour to stabilise the new shoreline reclaimed from mudflats.