Skip to main content
State Library NSW Logo Dictionary of Sydney logo Dictionary of Sydney
  1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Browse

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Browse All Content

Title Type
Zusters, Renis Entity
Zuliani, Guido Entity
Zulian, Andrea Entity
Zuel, Bernard Entity
Zubricki, Tom Entity
Zoricich, Zvonimir Entity
Zoological Gardens Moore Park Entity
Zooch, Betty Entity
Zofrea, Salvatore Entity
Zimmerman, Arnold Entity
Zimmer, Vojtech Entity
Zig Zag Railway Entity
Ziegler, Oswald Entity
Ziegfeld Club Entity
Zetland Mosque Entity
Zetland Entity
Zerbini Quartet Entity
Zdenkowski, George Entity
Zavos, Spiro Entity
Zanzibar Entity
Zamprogno, Lorenzo Entity
Zampatti, Carla Entity
Zadro, Davino Entity
Zabel, Frances Entity
Yuwarry Entity
Yurulbin (Long Nose Point) Entity
Yurong Water Garden Entity
Yurong Creek Entity
Yui Ming temple Alexandria Entity
Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong Entity
Yugoslav Immigrants Association of Australia Entity
Yugal social and soccer club Entity
Ysabel, Hunters Hill Entity
Yowie Bay Entity
Younghusband, Henry Entity
Young, Sally Entity
Young, Robert (Nat) Entity
Young, Richard Entity
Young, Morri Entity
Young, Malcolm Entity
Young, John Paul Entity
Young, John (Baron Lisgar) Entity
Young, John Entity
Young, James Henry Entity
Young, Gordon Entity
Young, George Entity
Young, Angus Entity
Young, Adelaide Annabella Entity
Young Women's Christian Association Entity
Young Wai, John Entity

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Browse

  • Browse
    • Artefacts
    • Buildings
    • Events
    • Natural Features
    • Organisations
    • People
    • Places
    • Structures
    • Entries
    • Multimedia
    • Subjects
    • Roles
    • Contributors
State Library NSW Logo

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Copyright
  • Blog
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Zusters, Renis

Ukrainian artist of Latvian heritage who painted large landscapes with oils, many of the Blue Mountains where he settled.

full record »

Zuliani, Guido

Italian born artist and photographer who designed the emblem for Club Marconi.

full record »

Zulian, Andrea

Italian community leader.

full record »

Zuel, Bernard

Music critic and journalist of Mauritian descent.

full record »

Zubricki, Tom

Film director.

full record »

Zoricich, Zvonimir

Community leader active in the post war Croatian community.

full record »

Zoological Gardens Moore Park

Zoo opened at Billy Goat Swamp in Moore Park, now the site of Sydney Boys and Sydney Girls high schools. When the site became too small the government granted land north of the harbour. The original bear pit can still be seen beside Anzac Parade.

full record »

Zooch, Betty

Aboriginal girl sent to Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls' Home in the 1950s to be trained for domestic service.

full record »

Zofrea, Salvatore

Graduate of the Julian Ashton Art school, Zofrea works in oils, woodcuts and frescos.

full record »

Zimmerman, Arnold

Swiss-born artist and designer, who was responsible for, or contributed to, the interior design of the Hydro Majestic, Anzac Memorial, Sydney; Paragon Cafe, Katoomba; Luna Park, Sydney, and many other Art Deco buildings in Australia and New Zealand.

full record »

Zimmer, Vojtech

Importer and businessman in the Marrickville area.

full record »

Zig Zag Railway

Railway which required four large cuttings and three stone viaducts to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue Mountains. Closed as a commercial line in 1910 it re-opened as a tourist railway in 1975.

full record »

Ziegler, Oswald

Writer and publisher.

full record »

Ziegfeld Club

Nightclub in King Street Sydney which operated from 1920 and was a well known venue for drag acts.

full record »

Zetland Mosque

Inner city mosque where people from many different ethnic and social backgrounds share prayer mats.

full record »

Zetland

Semi-industrial suburb 4 kilometres south of Sydney, named after the Earl of Zetland in the 1870s by his relative Governor Sir Hercules Robinson. The stables of Robinson's residence, Zetland Lodge, were famous for producing champions of the turf.

full record »

Zerbini Quartet

Quartet formed in Melbourne by John Baptist Zerbini soon after his arrival in 1885.

full record »

Zdenkowski, George

Lawyer and magistrate who was sympathetic to the conservation movement in the Blue Mountains.

full record »

Zavos, Spiro

Rugby union player.

full record »

Zanzibar

Restaurant hotel building which is the latest incarnation of the series of hotels which have existed here since the 1860s.

full record »

Zamprogno, Lorenzo

Builder and community leader who drove the foundation of the Club Marconi.

full record »

Zampatti, Carla

Italian born fashion designer and business woman.

full record »

Zadro, Davino

Italian community leader.

full record »

Zabel, Frances

Owner of the Roycroft bookshop and library in Rowe Street from 1923 to 1933. She had previously run the Book Lovers' Club and Library in Perth from 1902. In Sydney she published a regular column 'Let's Talk About Books' under the name Franziska in The Australian Woman's Mirror from 1924 until her death in 1933.

full record »

Yuwarry

Aboriginal man, married to Bennelong's sister Carangarang, who lived close to the first white settlement.

full record »

Yurulbin (Long Nose Point)

Peninsula at Birchgrove. An imaginary line from this to Manns Point at Greenwich marks the transition of the waterway from Sydney Harbour to the Parramatta river.

full record »

Yurong Water Garden

Sculpture and environmental artwork by Anita Glesta inspired by the Yurong Creek that once ran from the edge of Cook and Phillip Park through the mangrove swamps down into Woolloomooloo Bay. Roughly hewn boulders of sandstone, reflecting its natural and cultural heritage, and original pavers from the former park have been arranged to form a course for the creek which flows down three terraces of gardens retracing the path of the original.

full record »

Yurong Creek

Creek that originally drained the Woolloomooloo valley, ending in mangroves and mudflats in Sydney Harbour.

full record »

Yui Ming temple Alexandria

Chinese temple built by market gardeners from Go Yui, then and now run by the Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong.

full record »

Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong

Chinese society originally comprising market gardeners from Go Yui which built the Yui Ming temple at Alexandria.

full record »

Yugoslav Immigrants Association of Australia

Yugoslav support organisation formed by immigrants from the Balkans in 1933.

full record »

Yugal social and soccer club

Croatian soccer and social club later known as Yugal-Ryde.

full record »

Ysabel, Hunters Hill

House at 6 Ernest Street, Hunters Hill that was built in 1890. Between 1912 and 1962, the building was known as the Malvern School. In 1963 the house was sold to tennis player Lew Hoad and named Ysabel after the first steam ferry of early Hunters Hill resident Jules Joubert. 

full record »

Yowie Bay

Southern residential suburb on a peninsula overlooking Port Hacking, named after an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of echoes'. Land was originally released there in 1889.

full record »

Younghusband, Henry

Sailor who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He was described in reports of the disaster as a boy.

full record »

Young, Sally

Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne and author of 'Paper Emperors: the rise of Australia’s newspaper empires'. The 2020 Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of NSW.

full record »

Young, Robert (Nat)

Professional surfer and author of books about surfing and sailboarding.

full record »

Young, Richard

Sailor who was one of the survivors of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834.

full record »

Young, Morri

Manager who supervised the closure of Royleston as a boy's shelter.

full record »

Young, Malcolm

Scottish-born guitarist who founded rock band AC/DC.

full record »

Young, John Paul

Pop singer songwriter who has also worked on radio and television.

full record »

Young, John (Baron Lisgar)

Governor who worked closely with the early responsible governments in New South Wales and was very active in philanthropic work in Sydney.

full record »

Young, John

full record »

A leading builder and entrepreneur in Victorian Sydney who was mayor of Sydney and later of Leichhardt and Annandale.

Young, James Henry

Businessman and politician who as secretary for public works did much to promote north coast harbours often at the expense of rail expansion.

full record »

Young, Gordon

Canadian sportsman who introduced softball to New South Wales schools.

full record »

Young, George

Scottish born rock musician and songwriter who was a member of pop group The Easybeats.

full record »

Young, Angus

Scottish-born guitarist and founding member of rock band AC/DC.

full record »

Young, Adelaide Annabella

Wife of Sir John Young who was the twelfth governor of New South Wales from 1861 to 1867.

full record »

Young Women's Christian Association

Christian women's support association established in Sydney by Mary Jane Barker.It provided migrant accommodation, an employment agency, an early savings bank for women and the first women's gymnasium in 1912, and continues at the forefront of women's advocacy.

full record »

Young Wai, John

Attracted initially by the goldfields, Young was an active community leader who devoted his life to the Presbyterian church and established several Chinese Presbyterian churches.

full record »