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Scottish-born banker and businessman who used his money to support many Sydney charities.

Thirteen-storey office building in Art Deco style, that stands on land purchased with funds bequeathed to the University of Sydney by JH Challis. The original 1907 building was reconstructed in 1936 and remains a major asset of Sydney University.

Salvation Army hall built for the Newtown Corp which had been formed in 1883. It became the Newtown Library branch of the South Sydney Council Library in 1995, and part of the City of Sydney Library in 2004.

Catholic university founded through an Act of the Parliament of Western Australia in December 1989. It now has over 9000 students enrolled on its three campuses in Fremantle, Sydney and Broome. The Sydney campuses were opened in 2006.

Reputedly sketched on a paper napkin, the design for the Sydney Tower, also called Sydney Tower, used new engineering solutions to build the tower and to manage the effect of the wind.

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the Elizabeth Street site of the Georgian School building that was later occupied by Sydney Girls High School.

One of the first government-run baby health centre in Sydney, opened in 1914.

Prestigious Uniting Church girls' school located in Pymble, on Sydney's upper north shore.

Prominent interwar artist and etcher who studied under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long.

Early sugar producer, with factories at Canterbury and in central Sydney from 1842.

Irish theatre impresario who toured with international opera companies in Melbourne and Sydney.

Italian sculptor who arrived in Sydney in 1873 after migrating to Brisbane in 1871.  Became the most fashionable sculptor in Sydney and made busts of many of the city's notables. His work includes six allegorical figures for the niches on the Colonial Secretary's building,…

Starting as a tiny settlement on the edge of a great continent, Sydney developed roads as Europeans moved out into the hinterland. They became gateways to the port and city that Sydney Town grew into.

Surfing beach on the coast north of Sydney between Bilgola and Bungan braches.

Sydney's best known illegal casino, sly-grog nightclub and cocaine den during the 1930s.

One of the first government-run baby health centre in Sydney, opened in 1914.

Theatre venue containing 250 seats at Circular Quay, Sydney. Repurposed in the 1980s.

Australia's oldest bank, established in Sydney in 1817, and still trading as Westpac.

Estuary through which flows the Hacking River on the southern outskirts of Sydney.

Large suburb on Sydney's lower north shore which, since colonial times, has been home to civil maritime and defence installations, and is also a popular recreation area, with many harbour beaches, Taronga Zoo and pockets of Sydney Harbour National Park.