Heritage

At the beginning of the 80s the NSW government had announced the transformation of the Darling Harbour train sheds into what is now the Darling Harbour tourist and shopping precinct.

Unexpectedly a large coalition of concerned citizens amalgamated to form the “Save the heritage Pyrmont Train Sheds coalition” (or something like that).

The solution, as provided by the Premier of the day, Neville “Nifty” Wran himself, came in the public offer by Nifty to the concerned coalition: the government would dismantle the train sheds and reassemble them anywhere the coalition nominated.

Needless to say, the sheds went straight to the metal recyclers.