Group of men standing on a metal dirgle during the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Herbert H. Fishwick (1882-1957) & Fairfax Corporation, Men standing on a metal girdle during the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney  1926, nla.obj-163013442

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