Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and Other Sydney Firsts - Bell, Hilary a Martin, matthew

Who fought the first duel in Sydney? Where were the city's first dancing horses? And who was the daredevil who crossed Middle Harbour on a tightrope in 1877? In a series of unexpected, adventurous and just plain crazy firsts, Hilary Bell and Matthew Martin trace the events, people and places that have shaped their city, however unintentionally.