Budget boost for crumbling Sydney heritage sites
The federal government has allocated more than $45 million to preserve and protect sites around the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust manages sites including Wareamah (Cockatoo Island), which has been allocated about half of the total funding.
For 60,000 years, the Wallumedegal, Wangal, Cammeraygal and Gadigal peoples used the island as a meeting place. In 1839,