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Surveyor and architect whose work as Colonial Architect had a huge influence on Sydney's public buildings.

Perth based radio presenter who was host, from Perth, of a morning radio programme in Sydney.

Film producer and theatre entrepreneur who owned a number of cinemas and a production company in Sydney.

Street at the eastern edge of Sydney's central business district, designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Lachlan Macquarie and containing many of Sydney's public buildings. It was later the best address in the colony, and became a prestigious medical precinct in the…

Merchant and ship owner who became wealthy on the Pacific Island trade, extending his business into Europe and Asia, and allowing his purchase of an extensive property portfolio. After regular voyages to Sydney between 1827 and 1842, he settled in Sydney in 1843.

Energy supply company formed in Sydney in 1837 which supplied gas to Sydney street lights from 1841. It oversaw the conversion to natural gas in 1976, and diversified into electricity before merging with Alinta in 2006. AGL Energy is still a power retailer.

Artist whose landscape sketches and lithographs illustrated convict and emigrant life in Sydney and Tasmania.

Novel set in Sydney's slums that describes life among the unemployed during the Great Depression.

Lawyer and politician who became eminent in Sydney society but returned to England in 1865.

Stone cutter and sculptor whose work appears on many of Sydney's most prominent public buildings.

Dance company of 70 dancers from Moscow which performed in Sydney in 1966 and 1977.

South Australian artist who exhibited in Sydney and where he spent his later years teaching.

Solicitor and politician. He was the first Labor Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney.

Independent business woman who ran bathing establishments at several pools around Sydney in the 1890s.

English-born newspaper editor, known particularly for his role as editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Anglican minister, academic and theologian who served as Archbishop of Sydney from 2001 to 2013.

Planning strategy for the greater metropolitan region of Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Central Coast.

Ada Caroline Affleck was an early woman graduate of medicine at the University of Sydney. 

William Harding, a tax accountant and company director, was Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1945.

A solicitor and local politician, Sir Alfred Parker served as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1934-35.