david manson cut the ribbon on the sydney harbour bridge.
who cut the ribbon on the sydney harbour bridge?
david manson
however, just as lang was about to cut the ribbon, a man in military uniform rode up on a horse, slashing the ribbon with his sword and opening the sydney harbour bridge in the name of the people of new south wales before the official ceremony began. he was promptly arrested. the ribbon was hurriedly retied and lang performed the official opening ceremony and game thereafter inaugurated the name of the bridge as 'sydney harbour bridge' and the associated roadway as the 'bradfield highway'. after they did so, there was a 21-gun salute and an raaf flypast. the intruder was identified as francis de groot. he was convicted of offensive behaviour and fined £5 after a psychiatric test proved he was sane, but this verdict was reversed on appeal. de groot then successfully sued the commissioner of police for wrongful arrest, and was awarded an undisclosed out of court settlement. de groot was a member of a right-wing paramilitary group called the new guard, opposed to lang's leftist policies and resentful of the fact that a member of the royal family had not been asked to open the bridge. de groot was not a member of the regular army but his uniform allowed him to blend in with the real cavalry. this incident was one of several involving lang and the new guard during that year.
sydney harbour bridge
bullet::::- [cc-by-sa]. features 'sydney harbour bridge' by jim poe, 2014 and 'building the sydney harbour bridge' by laila ellmoos and lisa murray, 2015, with images.





















































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bullet::::- sydney harbour bridge turns 75 – feature from daily telegraph





















































bullet::::- men at work: sydney's harbour bridge – australian geographic





















































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bullet::::- nsw bike plan – bicycle information for new south wales





















































bullet::::- sydney harbour bridge – news and events





















































bullet::::- description of shb project in 1924 newspaper, including statistics and dimensions.





















































bullet::::- account of an illegal bridge climb in 1961
sydney harbour bridge