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A black and white blurry photo at night of the top of a ship barely visible above the water next to a destroyed bridge.

Two cars hang over the edge of a collapsed bridge section high in the air.

Black and white image of cars hanging over Hobart's Tasman Bridge in 1975 after a section was knocked down by a ship

"We got out of the car very quick because the car was pivoting, the car was like a seesaw, it was rocking back and forth,"
he said.

Scratch on green car

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The wreckage of a car being lifted from the water after the Tasman Bridge disaster.

Tasman Bridge after Lake Illawarra disaster

A boat passes the gap in the Tasman Bridge.

"The 1967 bushfire disaster was still in peoples' minds, and the new crisis triggered off emotionally charged recollections of their past experiences."
A queue of people snaking down several streets on Hobart's waterfront in an old black and white photo.

Aerial photo of Hobart's Tasman Bridge

An 80 year old lady in a green looking at a historical newspaper clipping.

"Because it was a couple of hours we were in that queue, you're looking here and there, you were looking how the women are dressed, how the men are dressed,"
she said.

An 80 year old lady in a green top poses for a photo.

A missing bridge span with cranes and barges working nearby.

Imaging shows the SS Lake Illawarra and Tasman Bridge pylons.

SS Lake Illawarra

A cyclist rides across the Tasman Bridge, photo taken from behind the rider

"I had nightmares for a while,"
Frank Manley said.

Man looking at side mirror of green car

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