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The great park grab.The story of Sydney Common and Centennial and Moore Parks began in October

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Unique IDA-00274236SeriesNewsclippings BooksDate13th July 1964FormatNewscuttingDescriptionThe great park grab.The story of Sydney Common and Centennial and Moore Parks began in October 1811, when Governor Macquarie and his wife were not long out from England. This story tells how 1276 acres of parkland in the Centennial Park area has in the past 153 years been whittled down to 745 acres by a succession of grabs. (Aerial photograph of Moore Park and Centennial Park areas showing the original land set aside and the later carving up of the original Sydney common.) (D T) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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The great park grab.The story of Sydney Common and Centennial and Moore Parks began in October