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Blacket, Edmund
Colonial Architect and designer of Sydney University and many public buildings.
Walker, Frederic Joseph
Sydney businessman, founder of FJ Walker Ltd, meat importers and exporters.
Wallace, William
Composer and violinist whose stay in Sydney was short but eventful.
New Zealanders
Trans-Tasman relationships predate European settlement in New Zealand, and frequent exchanges between Sydney and New Zealand have persisted over two centuries. New Zealand-born Sydneysiders have figured in every area of Sydney's history, and since the 1960s mass migration…
Cumberland County Council
Statutory body set up under the Local Government (Town and Country Planning) Amendment Act 1945 to coordinate town planning across Sydney. It was made up of delegates from the municipalities and shires of Sydney.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
International airline which operated to Sydney in the 1960s and 1970s.
Josephson, Joshua Frey
Businessman and judge who served as Mayor of Sydney in 1848.
Lang, John Dunmore
Presbyterian minister who became one of Sydney's most influential public figures.
Little Company of Mary
Catholic religious order whose members first arrived in Sydney in 1885.
Allen, Arthur Denis Wigram
Lawyer and partner in Allens, one of Sydney's oldest law firms.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer who visited Sydney in 1893.
Hosking, John
A businessman who married into the Terry family, John Hosking became the first mayor of Sydney.
A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales
Watkin Tench's second book about the new colony at Sydney.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple Carlingford
The Church's Sydney Temple in Pennant Hills Road dedicated 1984.
Arcadia Park
Park in Arcadia covering 18.8 hectares, including Sydney turpentine ironbark forest.
Victoria Cross
Intersection of Pacific Highway with Mount and Miller Streets, North Sydney.
Chifley Square
Pedestrian plaza at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney
Taylors Bay
Bay on Sydney's north shore east of Bradleys Head at Mosman.
Mount Hunter
Hill 70 kilometres southwest of central Sydney, named for John Hunter.