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Linda Bergin

Linda Bergin

Linda Bergin is founder of Headland Preservation Group and a long-time advocate for the protection of heritage sites on the Sydney Harbour foreshore.

Middle Head, with the 10 Terminal buildings in the foreground, the oval to the right and HMAS Penguin behind the oval.

Indigenous history eclipses military heritage in Mosman

Visitors should not have to choose between two different histories or be told which stories are important and which are not.

  • Linda Bergin

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Victoria Barracks in Paddington is

Don’t jump the gun. Paddington’s Victoria Barracks must not be converted for housing

In-filling the Barracks with affordable housing will not solve Sydney’s housing crisis, but it will destroy a part of our heritage.

  • Linda Bergin
Harbour Park, or theme park? An artist’s impression of the winning design for Central Barangaroo.

Baranga-rue: Minns government will regret approving this ‘theme’ park

Barangaroo’s latest proposed harbourside addition would be more fitting at Sydney’s new international airport terminal.

  • Linda Bergin
View of Middle Head.

Middle Head masterplan will irretrievably damage First Nations’ ‘Times Square’

Rather than dining, weddings, offices and festivals, might not Middle Head be better purposed for education and research, to teach future generations about Australia’s important past?

  • Linda Bergin
Cadman’s Cottage at Circular Quay, a surviving visible link to Sydney Cove.

This cottage is a snapshot of Sydney’s heritage dereliction

Cadman’s Cottage is a last surviving link to early Sydney Cove. We’re putting our most precious heritage sites in the wrong hands.

  • Linda Bergin
An alternative view of the concept design included in documents supporting a modification proposal for Central Barangaroo.

The only option for Barangaroo if we have any respect for our heritage

Why not combine Central Barangaroo with adjacent Headland Park to create a single, glorious 11-hectare foreshore park?

  • Linda Bergin