‘Bloody beautiful’: This Sydney landmark with a dark past gets the Glastonbury

It arose out of a need for a short-cut across the narrow peninsula that straddled The Rocks and Millers Point. In 1843 convict chain gangs began to carve a deep channel connecting the two sides of the spit, near where engineer John Bradfield would plant the giant feet of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Summary by Glance · Brisbane Times