Lawrence Hargrave Drive

Part 1 - Living on the Edge

This oral history project discusses the background and significance of Lawrence Hargrave Drive to the local community and records the history, lives, aspirations and occasional frustrations of some of the local people who rely so heavily on this road for access.

Living on the Edge was based on 23 hours of digitally recorded interviews with 22 participants, including local residents, former Department of Main Roads staff, former and current Transport for NSW (TfNSW), and Roads and Traffic Authority staff, geologists, and the Alliance champion.

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Part 2 - Building Bridges

This oral history follows on from Living on the Edge, which examined the history of the local area and the circumstances leading up to the closure of Lawrence Hargrave Drive in August 2003.

Building Bridges is based on 15 hours of digitally recorded interviews with those involved in the planning, design, construction and naming of Sea Cliff Bridge.

It includes the official speeches made at the opening ceremony on Sunday 11 December 2005 and comments from a number of local residents and school children walking the bridge for the first time.

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The opinions expressed in the oral history interviews are those of the individuals concerned and do not necessarily represent in whole or in part the position of TfNSW.

The sound files in the table below contain excerpts from the original interviews and summarise the key themes uncovered during the course of the oral history project.

Summary reports 

Lawrence Hargrave Drive summary report (Part 1) (PDF, 17.64 MB)

Lawrence Hargrave Drive summary report (Part 2) (PDF, 35.16 MB)