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Bubonic plague kills 103 people in Sydney's overcrowded and unhygienic slums; as a result, large
areas of substandard housing, particularly around The Rocks, are cleared and rebuilt.
1902
Women are granted the right to vote; the same right isn't extended to indigenous Australians until
almost 70 years later, the result of a referendum.
1932
Sydney's second-most-famous icon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, opens to traffic; the vast struc-
ture is immediately loved by Sydney residents for both aesthetic and practical reasons.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
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