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Helen Pitt

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So he traced all around Sydney and found this five-acre lot on the former warehouses, the site where, as you said, the Harbour Bridge was put together, the workshops.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

It was completely dismantled.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

It was just a set of weeds and old bricks.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

And so the Phillips brothers signed a lease of agreement with the Department of Main Roads, who owned the land at that time.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

And...

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

You can imagine, can't you?

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Like it was not paying its way, the Harbour Bridge.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So they needed to find ways to get people to come to the north side because everyone was going to the city.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So the local North Sydney Council and New South Wales government teamed together to do these twin projects, the North Sydney Olympic Pool and the amusement park.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So they were both begun in 1935.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

No, they made a brand new one.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

There was no face in Adelaide.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

There was only the face in Melbourne.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

It was quite a sinister looking Mr Moon.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

And this was also a very sinister looking, the first one made by Rupert Brown, the first

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

artist in Melbourne.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

He was brought up to Sydney and it didn't last very long because it was paper mache and canvas and horse hair and all sorts of things.

Conversations
The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

It was slapped together very quickly.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So once