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'Oh! my goodness gracious, I'll be off.' 'Hold on Poll my girl, all right' c1860 Media
'One of the NSW Aborigines befriended by Governor Macquarie' c1810-1821 Media
'Outside, Sir! Outside' cartoon from London Punch, 2 June 1888 Media
'Pioneer's Memorial' garden and ornamental pool created in honour of the women doctors who founded the Rachel Forster Hospital, Redfern c1956 Media
'Please do not spit' sign above ferry passengers 1906 Media
'Pom Power' preserved in concrete, St Peters 2007 Media
'Portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders, RN, 1774-1814' Mauritius 1806-7 Media
'Qualified and useful - qualified and useful - qualified and useful - unqualified and useless; careful here! He must be white.' Media
'Reclaim the Streets', King Street, Newtown 1999 Media
'Rookwood Cemetery Departs From Mortuary Platform', indicator board at Powerhouse Museum 17 April 2015 Media
'Sing sing', prison in the German concentration camp at Holsworthy c1914 Media
'Some ground having been prepared...', in David Collins' 'An account of the English colony in New South Wales...' 1798-1802 Media
'Sorry. I thought it was a dole queue.' Media
'Spy Murder Plot Alleged: Gang of 20 Caught, Says Forde' newspaper clipping March 1942 Media
'State of Fort Phillip...', 13 August 1806 Media
'Stories of the operas: J.C. Williamson Ltd opera season in association with Dame Nellie Melba' program c1915 Media
'Sylvia Ashby, market research specialist' August 1939 Media
'Take me up the harbour', first recorded 1909 Media
'Terrible and exemplary punishment' Page from Governor Macquarie's diary and memorandum book, 10 April 1816 Media
'Thanks Jack' Builders Labourers Federation Protest 1973 Media
'The Captain of the Push', a poem about Larry Foley recited by Clemency Press, from These Walls Have Ears: Infamous 2013 Media
'The End of the Odyssey - Children handed over to Child Welfare Department' March 1927 Media
'The Gallows' from the Keep Yard / the Scaffold at Darlinghurst, drawn by a Confinee c1890 Media
'The Heroine of Cooks River' from The Police Register, Bell's Life in Sydney, 8 October 1853 Media
'The Hill', Sydney Cricket Ground 1982 Media
'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879 Media
'The Inundations at Marrickville: Rescuing the Homeless' May 1889 Media
'The Kaffir's Flight', James Ashton's grand feat of horsemanship at Ashton's Circus, 1855 Media
'The Old Commodore' Billy Blue c1830 Media
'The pleasures of Sydney', Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 1830 Media
'The Poor Soldier' by John O'Keeffe and William Shield 1798 Media
'The Spirit of Youth' plaster panel designed by Vic Cowdroy for the 1924 Artists' Ball at Sydney Town Hall Media
'There's a chiel among ye takin' notes' 1872 Media
'Vote No Mum, they'll take Dad next' 1916 Media
'Wanted a Governess', in England 1850-54 Media
'Wanted, a Governess' in Australia 1850-54 Media
'We Cherish the Rosary' tableau, St Patrick's Day pageant at Sydney Showground 17 March 1937 Media
'Welcome Home' for returning World War I soldier, Lewisham July 1919 Media
'What is the green belt for if it's not going to be released?' 1959 Media
'Youth Tells Why He Masquerades As Girl', Adelaide 'Truth', 27 June 1942 Media
(View of the) North Shore, Sydney Harbour 1854 Media
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1 Edinburgh Road, Castlecrag 2009 Media
1-3 Park Street Entity
101 George Street Entity
12 O'Connell Street, the cottage at the centre of the Travellers Rest group, Parramatta 2015 Media
133 Macquarie Street (History House) Entity
14 Ginahgulla Road, Bellevue Hill 1936 Media
14 O'Connell Street, one of the Travellers Rest group of buildings, Parramatta 2015 Media
145 Macquarie Street Entity