Children's Day, 16 March 1932 photographer unknown, 16 March 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Photographic Albums 1923

Albert Moriarty from Bowen Mountain
I think I was eleven in 1932, and I was in a school group of children from Botany Public School. I distinctly remember that they told us when we were marching across the bridge, and back, that we'd have to break step so the bridge wouldn't sway. I was only a kid. I did think it was stupid. But I've thought about it over the years. It was pretty comical. It was beautiful day too. All the school kids were there. I seem to remember the horses, and police, but I can't remember anything else fom that day. But it was very exciting.

Beryl Kelly from Oaklands
While my father, Vernon Norris, was alive he would often recall the time he was the 'first' to walk across the bridge with all the Sydney school children. He would have been around 10 years old, which would have made the experience even more exciting. He attended Burwood Primary School.

Jeff O'Brien from Drummoyne
My grand mother Beryl Meizer crossed the Bridge as a school kid attending Bourke Street Public School in 1932. She would have been 14 years old when the bridge opened and is still alive today.

Owen Harvey from Harbord NSW
I walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Children's Day, 16 March 1932 as a 10 year old school boy from Concord West Public School. I felt very proud about Sydney's new Bridge finally being completed. During it's construction my Father Albert Harvey stricked me into believing that they would have to improve the cars if they were to drive up over the arch, as the roadway was the last thing to go in. As I got older, I never forgave him for spinning me this great tale! I was born on 18 June, 1922, and plan to walk over our great Bridge again this year.

Steven McDonald from Wilton
My grandfather Keith Napier (from Paddington, Hurstville and now Minto) was in the large group of school children that walked the bridge on 16 March 1932, and he often speaks proudly of it. He climbed the bridge some 70 years later with myself, my father Peter McDonald (Stanwell Tops)and brother Matthew McDonald (Helensburgh). It was a great day to have 3 generations on the bridge at one time.

Terese Hayward from Castlecrag
My grandmother, Elsie Kent was one of the school children who walked onto the Harbour Bridge. She represented her school from Harden Murrumburrah.