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South-western semi-rural suburb originally occupied by people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe. European settlement began in the early 1800s, when it was owned by Simeon Lord. It was designated a suburb in 1991.

The largest urban park in the southern hemisphere, developed as a parkland since the early days of European settlement. It also gives its name to the small residential suburb on its western fringe, whose most famous resident was Nobel Prize winning novelist Patrick White.

Produce markets established in 1810 because of their proximity to Darling Harbour and the road west. Greenway's 1820 designs for more permanent buildings for market also included a plan for a town hall but were not approved by Commissioner Bigge who thought the grandeur of…

Planned as the commercial and retail centre of Waverley it did not develop quickly despite early tram access in 1881. It remained a village centre well into the twentieth century.

Locality on the south-western side of Moorebank

Northern residential suburb which developed as a major business and retail district from the 1950s. High-rise residential development since the 1990s has attracted an influx of residents from Asian countries including China, Hong Kong and Korea.

Sydney Heritage Fleet is a community-based, non-profit organisation based at Darling Harbour which acquires, restores and operates vessels which have had an historical relationship with Australian maritime heritage with emphasis on Sydney Harbour the surrounding bays and…

Leafy residential area in the Lane Cove River valley, separated from Chatswood in 2006. It was the site of the 1963 Bogle-Chandler mystery.

Farm of Richard Cheers, an early recipient of a land grant near Little Manly Cove.

North-western residential suburb. Built on part of the Field of Mars Common, it was named by landowner William Chorley, who put a covenant on the land to ensure it would retain its bushland character after subdivison.

Gently undulating former orchard land which began to be subdivided in the 1970s. It was separated from West Pennant Hills in 1995.

Western residential suburb. The name was conferred by local resident Miss H. A. McMillan, after her earlier suggestions 'Hillcrest' and 'Hillchester' failed to meet with official approval.

Private estate in present-day Bronte which was subdivided in 1909.

South-eastern residential suburb, named after the 1940s prime minister. It was separated from Matraville in 1964.

Pedestrian plaza at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney

Tranquil Chinese garden that was a gift to Sydney from the city of Guangzhou, the region in southern China where most of Sydney's early Chinese came from.

Inner-city suburb on the land of the Gadigal people which was developed for farming and industry with dense, working-class housing during the nineteenth century, now undergoing gentrification.

Suburb to the east of Liverpool named for the homestead of William Alexander Long, who had lived in the market town near Oxford in England. Since 1977, areas formerly used for sand mining have been rehabilitated as the Chipping Norton Lakes.

Inner western residential suburb. Named after a village on the River Thames west of London, it is surrounded on three sides by the Parramatta River and Abbotsford and Five Dock Bays.