Described as 'the most spectacular of its kind ever staged in the Southern Hemisphere', the pageant following the bridge opening signalled the start of two weeks of bridge-related festivities across Sydney. Consisting of 27 floats

Bronwyn Ryan from Blaxland
My mother's sisters, Joan and Phyllis Chalmers marched in front of the St George District Float on the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening day. They would have been 17 and 19 years of age.They marched with the Brighton-le-Sands women lifesavers, wearing swimming costumes. The State Records Office and the State Library of NSW websites have photographs which clearly shows them marching in the front row.

Kathryn Russell (Peaston) from Arundel Qld
When I was little girl, one of my favourite "dress-up"dresses was a dress consisting of a red skirt and a bodice of the Union Jack. My Mother told me that she had worn it at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, when she was a fourteen year-old bursary student at Sydney Girls'High School. Imagine my thrill to see pictures of the float in your exhibition. Without my reading glasses, I was unfortunately unable to identify her. It would be great if a DVD could be made of this exhibition.

May Cissie Burr from Wentworthville
I was 20 years of age and I was the Princess of Paramattta Holroyd . I was on the winning float which was built like Lennox Bridge Paramatta, all covered in fresh flowers. We were all dressed in organdy dresses from the period of the 1800's. I was very excited and proud to be there on the first opening day of the bridge. It was a sensational feeling to be able to see down the Harbour instead of sailing on it.