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Sydney Opera House - More than 8.2 million people visit the Opera House every year to see this iconic building.

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New Years! - The Sydney Opera House is located at Bennelong Point, next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. On New Year's Eve they have the annual fireworks along the bridge.

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Lottery - The estimated cost for the Sydney Opera House was originally $7 million. However, it ended up costing $102 million.

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Staple - Visiting the Sydney Opera House is a staple when arriving in Sydney. So is grabbing a coffee!

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Aussie icon - The Sydney Opera House is an Aussie icon. It is so large it can be seen from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, sitting at 67m in height and 182m in width.

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VIVID - Colourful projections lit up the Sydney Opera House during VIVID, an annual light festival held throughout Sydney.

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Construction - Sydney Opera House opened in 1973 after 16 years of construction. It was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007.

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Royal Exhibition Building - Royal Exhibition Building is one of the oldest buildings in Melbourne, having been built in 1880. It is located in the beautiful and spacious Carlton Gardens.

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White Night - During White Night Melbourne, the Royal Exhibition Building has one of the most popular digital visualisations in the whole city.

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2004 - In 2004 it became the first building to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage in Australia. It has often been called the Sistine Chapel of Melbourne.

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Festivals - Royal Exhibition Building holds many festivals including Dog Lovers Show, Pinot Palooza and Melbourne's International Flower and Garden Show.

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Bigger - When it was first built the Royal Exhibition Building was ten times bigger than it is today, at 152m in length, covering 7,000 square metres.

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Fountain - The building only took 1.5 years to build, however the restoration took 12.

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History - It is also a part of Australia’s history. The first Parliament of Australia was opened in the Royal Exhibition Building in 1901. The new Australian flag was first flown here later that same year.

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UNESCO World Heritage buildings in Australia - Joseph Reed designed the building and between 1879 and 1880 construction began by David Mitchell, in time for the Melbourne International Exhibition.

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Port Arthur Historic Site - Port Arthur Historic Site is located in Tasmania and became a UNESCO World Heritage listed site in 2010, along with 10 other Australian Convict Sites.

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Port Arthur Historic Site - These sites portray the conditions in which convicts live and died during the colonial development project.

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Port Arthur Memorial Garden - The site is also known for the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre, in which 32 people were killed, and 25 wounded. Now there resides a Memorial Garden in honour of the tragic event.

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Old Great North Road - Old Great North Road was built as a link from the then 'Colony of New South Wales', now Hunter Valley to the north.

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Coal Mines Historic Site - The first functional mine in Tasmania was the Coal Mines Historic Site, which the convicts worked on.

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Darlington Probation Station - Darlington Probation Station is located on Maria Island and was set up as a convict penal settlement.

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Hyde Park Barracks - In 1818, Hyde Park Barracks was designed by Francis Greenway, a convict architect.

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House - It housed the convict men and boys after 1819.

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Cockatoo Island Convict Site - To alleviate overcrowding on Norfolk Island Governor Gipps built the penal establishment which was the Cockatoo Island Convict Site.

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Fremantle Prison - Fremantle Prison was opened in 1855 as Fremantle Gaol and spanned over 6 hectares.

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Brickendon and Woolmers Estates - Woolmers Estate and Brickendon Estate were settled in the 1820s and were adjoined for convicts to work on.

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Old Government House - Between 1800 and 1847 this building was a "country" residence for ten governors of early colonies in New South Wales, and is located in Parramatta Park.

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KAVHA - Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA) was known as one of the penal settlements with the harshest and cruellest in Australia.

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Cascades Female Factory - Located in Hobart, the Cascades Female Factory was a workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land during 1828 and 1856.

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