Bradleys Head
Harbourside headland with a warship's mast that every passing naval vessel must salute.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Bradleys Head in Sydney follows the tripod mast of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney, which stood aboard the ship on the ninth of November 1914 when it hunted the German raider Emden near the Cocos Islands, the Royal Australian Navy's first sea battle. It traces the ship's later decade of service, its breaking up at Cockatoo Island, and how a man named William Rankin brought the salvaged mast to Mosman's returned servicemen in 1934. Listen for the story behind the stone column standing beside it, salvaged from Sydney's old post office.
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