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Twenty of the dead were from Sydney's eastern suburbs of Coogee, Maroubra, Malabar and Matraville.

Six of those lost were members of the Coogee Dolphins rugby league club.

Family and friends of the victims and survivors gathered in the solemn 45-minute ceremony at Dolphin Point, at the northern end of Coogee Beach.

New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees gave a brief speech followed by speeches from Hannah Singer, who lost her brother Tom Singer in the blasts, and Ross McKeon who lost his wife and daughter and was injured himself.

Mr McKeon told the crowd of mourners his family heard the first blast moments before the second bomb went off.

"As we turned away I can still remember the whiplash and the roof collapsing," he said.

"On that night I had half my soul torn away."

Following the ceremony, mourners lined up to place flowers at the memorial which was constructed for the one year anniversary of the bombings.

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