line 15. The Opera House was designed not by an Australian but by a celebrated Danish architect,
Jorn Utzon, whose design won an international competition in the late 1950s. However,
it was not, in fact, completed to his original specifications. Plans for much of the intended
interior design of the building have only recently been discovered. Sadly, the State
Government of the day interfered with Utzon's plans because of concerns about the
escalating cost, though this was hardly surprising – the building was originally expected
to cost only ?5.5 million. Utzon left the country before completing the project and in a fit
of anger vowed never to return. The project was eventually paid for by a State-run lottery.