On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most identifiable of Australia’s icons - ranking with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, the koala and kangaroo - and is considered by many to be among the world's great architectural masterpieces.

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As a teenager in 1950 Brooklyn, all Saul wanted to do was hang out with his friends and go to the be...

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An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty y...