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Heritage Centre - Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre is the maritime museum of the Royal Australian Navy. The centre opened on 4 October 2005 and is located within the Public Access Area on the northern end of Garden Island Naval base. The The need for such a facility was first recognised in 1922, by Vice Admiral Sir William Creswell who suggested the building of a museum to permanently display the Australian Navy’s already rich and unique heritage.

Circular quay - Circular Quay is located on the northern edge of the Sydney central business district on Sydney Cove. It is is a major Sydney transport hub, with a large ferry, rail and bus interchange and made up of walkways, pedestrian malls, parks and restaurants.

Railway station - Circular Quay is a major Sydney transport hub, with a large ferry, rail and bus interchange and made up of walkways, pedestrian malls, parks and restaurants. It hosts a number of ferry quays and a train station. Circular Quay is a focal point for community celebrations, due to its central Sydney location between the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In this photo is the Circular Quay Railway system, Australia.

Buildings - View of Dendy Cinemas and Aboriginal Art Galleries along the Circular Quay at Sydney Cove, not far Sydney Opera House, NSW, Australia

Blues Point - Blues Point is a harbourside locality of North Sydney, Australia. Named after local mariner Billy Blue in the 19th century, a convict who arrived in Sydney on the Minorca on 14 December 1801, transported for stealing a bag of sugar. Blues Point is at the very southern tip of the McMahons Point peninsula and has spectacular views of Sydney Harbour. In 1817, Governor Macquarie granted Billy Blue 80 acres (320,000 m2) at what is now Blues Point.

Harbour Control Tower - The 87 metres - Harbour Control Tower is located in Kent St at Millers Point, Moors Wharf and is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Millers Point - Millers Point is an urban locality within Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Millers Point is located on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Millers Point lies on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, beside Darling Harbour.

Milsons Point - Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Milsons Point was named after James Milson (1785-1872), one of the earliest settlers. Milsons Point is also the geographical feature that juts into Sydney Harbour from the northern side, directly opposite Sydney Cove, the spot where the first European settlement was established in 1788.

Farm Cove - Farm Cove is a tidal inlet and shallow bay in Sydney Harbour, separated from Sydney Cove by Bennelong Point (site of the Sydney Opera House). Known to the indigenous inhabitants of Sydney as Woccanmagully, Farm Cove was used by them as an initiation ground and for the 'Kangaroo and Dog Dance'.

Walse bay - At the end of the 19th century, new double-decked finger wharves were built with a series of bridges, which connected the upper levels to the high roads of Millers Point. In 1919, the wharves between Dawes point and Millers point were named Walsh Bay after the Trust's Engineer In Chief, H.D.Walsh. They are the Wharf Theatre and Bangarra Dance Theatre,located on Piers of the former Sydney port facility in Walsh Bay at Dawes Point.

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Pseudo: Greg - Contact - 2007-02-10 :: Street, shops and commercial center downtown Sydney, state capital of New South Wales, Australia (View 14460)

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