‘It stirred the people to breathless wonder and scalding abuse’: The tumultuous history of the Sydney Opera House

The building of the Sydney Opera House began on 2 March 1959. But when BBC Tonight visited the construction site in 1965, it was plagued by technical problems, soaring costs, vacillating public opinion and political infighting.

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