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

Writer and art historian who was part of Sydney's bohemia in the 1920s.

Architect, born England 1860, died Sydney 1930. Partner in architectural firm Joseland & Gilling.

Sydney's City Architect in early 1900s who oversaw major changes to the city.

Naturalist and explorer who made Sydney his base between expeditions during the 1840s.

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.

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.

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,…

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.

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.