WONDERS OF THE WORLD
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
First stop: the iconic white sails of Sydney!
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Built: Construction began in March 1959, and was officially opened on October 20, 1973.
Famous for: Being Australia’s number one tourist destination, welcoming more than 8.2 million visitors a year!
Did you know?
★ The Sydney Opera House is built on land where the ‘knowledge and waters meet’. This is known to its Traditional Custodians, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, as ‘Tubowgule’.
★ The building’s design came about through an international competition, won by Danish
