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Cattai National Park
National park north-west of Sydney on site of Thomas Arndell's farm.
Northern Suburbs Crematorium
Crematorium and memorial gardens on Sydney's north shore, opened in 1933.
State Sports Centre
Multi-purpose indoor sporting arena at Sydney Olumpic Park constructed in 1984.
Hornby lighthouse
Sandstone tower lighthouse closest to the southern entrance to Sydney Harbour.
The Domain
Park in central Sydney which dates from the colony's earliest days.
Busby's Bore
A convict-built 3.6-kilometre tunnel that brought water to Sydney from 1830.
Duck River wharf
Wharf where passenger ferries from Sydney landed from 1839 to 1939.
Ashfield railway station
Railway station on the original rail line between Sydney and Parramatta.
Sutherland railway station
Railway station in Sydney's south on the Illawarra and Cronulla lines.
Corlis, Margaret Amelia
Canadian who was the second woman to practice medicine in Sydney after registering with the Medical Board of NSW on 11 May 1892. She and her husband left Sydney to establish a joint practice in Bellingen.
Searle, Henry
Sculler from Grafton who trained in Sydney and won a world championship race in Sydney in 1888 and London in 1889. On his return to Australia later in 1889 he contracted typhoid and died in Melbourne.
City Circle railway
Mainly underground passenger railway line beneath the Sydney central business district.
East Circular Quay
Area on the eastern shore of Sydney Cove to Bennelong Point.
Long Bay, Middle Harbour
Bay within Middle Harbour about 3 kilometres north east of North Sydney.
City and Suburban Electric Railways Act 1915
Legislation to provide for the construction of electric railways in Sydney.
New Year fireworks 2000
Fireworks display in Sydney for New Years Eve, 31 December 1999.
The Hills Shire
Area in Sydney's north-west, part of the traditional lands of the Darug people, governed by The Hills Shire Council. It is one of Sydney's largest local government areas, with a density of only 4 people per hectare.
Lavender Bay
Small harbourside suburb on Sydney's lower north shore between Blues Point and Milsons Point. The rail line running through it once terminated at the old Milsons Point station before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built.