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- Historical photographic collection Ryde Library
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- Hunters Hill Council
- Hunters Hill Historical Society
- Lane Cove Bushland and Conservation Society
- National Trust of Australia
- Nature Conservation Council NSW
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- Sydney Living Museums
Tag Archives: Windsor Bridge
Australia’s oldest public square faces the bulldozers
For the past 5 years, community members have been protesting at Thompson Square in Windsor: every single day, 24 hours a day, Christmas Day included. The aim of this extraordinary vigil is to stop the NSW government from constructing a massive bridge and road right through the nationally significant heritage square – Australia’s oldest public […]
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RMS backs away
Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) has withdrawn its application for legal costs from members of the Community Action for Windsor Bridge committee. RMS knows it could not have won costs as a judge has to consider if: 1. The litigation raises one or more novel issues of general importance 2. The litigation has contributed, in a material way, to the proper […]
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Plan to destroy Australia’s oldest public square and demolish Windsor Bridge
The Roads and Maritime Services plans to bulldoze Windsor bridge and send massive trucks into Australia’s oldest public square. This precinct of State Significant Heritage dates back to 1795 and has numerous items of built, cultural and natural significance. A permanent conservation order was declared over the entire Thompson Square Heritage Precinct in 1982. BUT ‘State Significant Infrastructure’ legislation […]
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1814 ‘Smuggler’s Tunnels’ to be destroyed