30 AUGUST 1957, Page 14

AUSTRALIA FELIX

SIR,—Perhaps I may be allowed to point out that the article 'Australia Felix' by D. W. Brogan in your August 16 issue is somewhat misleading where the Sydney Harbour Bridge is referred to, for it is not in any sense an Australian 'achievement'; it was designed in the London office of some very distin- guished consulting engineers—Sir Douglas Fox & Partners, to wit—and was fabricated in the north of England and shipped out to Sydney. And a non- technical writer must, I suppose, be excused for his somewhat derogatory comparisons with other bridges, for he would not be aware that each bridge- site presents an entirely different problem which calls for highly specialised designs and treatment.—