THE SYDNEY HARBOUR FEDERATION TRUST 2001-2011 ARBOUR H THE SHAPING Copyright © Sydney Harbour Federation Trust 2011 First published 2011 This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction should be addressed to the Director Publications, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, PO Box 607, Mosman, NSW 2088 or email to
[email protected] For more information about the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, visit the website at www.harbourtrust.gov.au Text: Patrick Fletcher Design: Trademark Design Consultants ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Paintings, illustrations, drawings: Nick Hollo, Rod Simpson, Richard Leplastrier Photographs: Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Ashley Mackevicius, Simon Kenny, Chris Gleisner, Andrew Jacobs, Robert Edwards, Muscle Marketing, The Tea Room, Leading Initiatives Worldwide, Land’s Edge, The Daily Telegraph, State Library of New South Wales, Australian War Memorial. ISBN: 978-0-9757842-8-0 SYdneY HARBOUR and Its FOReshoRes HAVE BEEN CONTESTED GROUND SINCE the ARRIVal OF EUROPeans. We may speculate that the In 2007, the Government, with resources of the harbour and the bipartisan support, extended the shelter provided by its headlands, life of the Trust from 2011 to 2033. beaches and bays were contested At the same time, the Trust has by Aboriginal clans of the Sydney become a self funding agency, region over great expanses of time. dependent for its operational costs on revenue from leasing and When the Sydney Harbour licensing activities. Federation Trust was established as an interim body in 1999 to The future holds many challenges manage former defence and other for the Trust.