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Suburb on Sydney's south-western fringes which grew from a township founded in 1820 by Governor Macquarie that commemorates his wife Elizabeth's maiden name. Rural in nature until the 1960s, the suburb has since grown into a major population centre.

Open area available for temporary grazing and firewood collection until it was opened for selection and subdivision at the end of the nineteenth century. It became the site of the present-day suburb of Kentlyn.

Inner-western suburb, home to the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, as well as high-density residential dwellings, mainly gentrified workers' terraces and apartment buildings. It is named after a naval battle in which Governor Bligh took part in 1797.

Private cemetery in Newtown that was consecrated in January 1849 and remained the main burial ground for the Church of England until the opening of Rookwood in 1868. St Stephen's Anglican church was built in the middle of it in the early 1870s. All but 4 acres of the cemetery…

South-western suburb on the southern bank of the Cooks River which is the commercial and administrative centre of the City of Canterbury. It is named after the district in Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Inner west residential suburb which takes its name from the bay on the Parramatta River. The name honours French-Canadian rebels who were transported to Australia in the nineteenth century.

South-western suburb named by Henry Parkes after his birthplace in Warwickshire, England.

South-western suburb named by Henry Parkes after his birthplace in Warwickshire, England.

Sparsely populated far northern suburb, bounded to the north and east by the Hawkesbury River. It was officially named in 1995.

Inner-western suburb bisected by the Cooks River which was a hub of industry during the nineteenth century. The area's first land grant was to the Rev. Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, who named it as a tribute to Canterbury in England.

One of the oldest factory complexes in Australia, the site in Sugar House Road Canterbury has housed a variety of manufacturing and processing companies including sugar, bacon and engineering before conversion to residential apartments.

Locality on the southern bank of the Georges River near Oyster Bay.

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust was set up by the Australian Government to plan for the future of former Defence and special Commonwealth lands around Sydney Harbour.

Retirement home for aged Croatian migrants in Sydney.

Bay on Pittwater near Avalon Beach and Palm Beach

Cove at Kirribilli named for the practice of cleaning, or careening, vessels in the early days of settlement.

Southern mixed residential, commercial and light industrial suburb whose Aboriginal meaning is 'small wallaby'. Most of the area was used for market gardening until after the Second World War.

North-western residential suburb which was an important agricultural area prior to the urbanisation that followed World War II. Originally inhabited by the Burramattagal clan, it became known for citrus orchards.

Southern residential suburb, which developed after the railway reached nearby Hurstville in 1884. The name of Forest Road comes from the area once being heavily timbered.