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Sydney Opera House: 40th Birthday

2013

Sydney Opera House: 40th Birthday

2013

  • NFSA ID5KFK849Q
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormSeries
  • GenresMulticultural, Sport, Indigenous as subject, News
  • Year2013

Birthday celebrations for the Opera House in 2013 – celebrating 40 years since the opening of this beloved icon.

NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir calls it 'one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity'. Jimmy Barnes sings 'Happy Birthday'.

Jan Utzon, son of the Opera House's architect Jørn Utzon, pays tribute to his father, who died in 2008.

Reporter Heather Walsh for National Nine News in Perth. Broadcast on 20 October 2013.

Notes by Beth Taylor

Courtesy of
Nine Network

Birthday celebrations for the Opera House in 2013 – celebrating 40 years since the opening of this beloved icon.

NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir calls it 'one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity'. Jimmy Barnes sings 'Happy Birthday'.

Jan Utzon, son of the Opera House's architect Jørn Utzon, pays tribute to his father, who died in 2008.

Reporter Heather Walsh for National Nine News in Perth. Broadcast on 20 October 2013.

Notes by Beth Taylor

Courtesy of
Nine Network
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