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Written in chalk on Sydney's pavements for decades by Arthur Stace, the word Eternity, in copperplate script, has become an icon of Sydney's popular culture, as well as its religious life.

Boot factory operating near Sydney Meat Preserving Works in Lidcombe in 1890.

Large cemetery in Sydney's eastern suburbs which holds more than 100,000 graves.

Station on the main suburban line from Sydney's north and western suburbs.

Tidal pool on Sydney Harbour which was renovated and enlarged in 2010.

Inn at Campbelltown established to service the coaches travelling south from Sydney.

Early woman doctor in Sydney. She studied medicine at the University of Sydney but did not graduate, and continued her education in Scotland where she qualified as a medical practitioner in 1897 before returning to Australia to practice.

Press and commercial photographer in Sydney in the mid 20th century.

Community radio station owned by Macquarie University and University of Technology, Sydney.

Deaf convict who at the time of her trial at the Old Bailey, London on 23 May 1787, was described as 'mute by visitation of God'. She was transported for seven years for stealing a silver watch from George Childs, a customer at the public house she worked at as a prostitute.…

Western suburb built on the land of the Burramattagal people. Sydney's second European settlement, it began as a government farm in 1788 and has many heritage listed sites. It is now the commercial hub of Greater Western Sydney.

A set of steps which linked Argyle Street with what was Princes Street in The Rocks, named after James Merriman, a City of Sydney alderman and mayor. The stairway was demolished for the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.  

Convict transport ship which made several voyages from London to Sydney from 1817.

Early Aboriginal vistor to Sydney Town who was befriended by Captain Henry Ball.

Christian student group at the UTS Sydney who are multicultural, inter-denominational and inter-faculty.

Convict transport on which 95 convicts died en route to Sydney in 1799.

Aged care centre set up by Sydney City Mission in Redfern in 1961

Aboriginal woman who lived close to Sydney in the earliest days of settlement.

Judy Childs is assistant local studies librarian at Warringah Library Service, Sydney

Tony Dawson is local historian at Manly Warringah Pittwater Historical Association, Sydney