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Shaping Our Cities
Planning strategy for the greater metropolitan region of Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Central Coast.
Hardman, Ada Caroline
Ada Caroline Affleck was an early woman graduate of medicine at the University of Sydney.
Harding, William Neville
William Harding, a tax accountant and company director, was Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1945.
Parker, Alfred Livingstone
A solicitor and local politician, Sir Alfred Parker served as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1934-35.
Knox Grammar School
Uniting Church day and boarding school for boys in Wahroonga, on Sydney's upper north shore.
Angas, George French
Naturalist and painter who painted Sydney and surrounds and worked on the Australian Museum collection.
Plate, Carl Olaf
Painter who exhibited locally and internationally and established the Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney.
Quoy, James Ung
Merchant who was a prominent member of the Sydney Chinese community in the late nineteenth century.
Hills, Patrick Darcy
Toolmaker who became a politician who served in various high offices including Lord Mayor of Sydney
Campbell, Sophia Ives
Landowner in Hurlstone Park area, whose album of sketches shows views from her Sydney home.
Dal Monte, Toti
Italian soprano who toured Australia with Nellie Melba and was married in Sydney in 1928.
Howard, Mark
Mark Howard is a Melbourne historian with a research interest in the Sydney whaling fleet
Kirribilli
North Shore residential suburb built on Cammeraygal land in North Sydney local government area. Now containing the residences of the Prime Minister (Kirribilli House) and the Governor-General (Admiralty House), its uninterrupted views across the Harbour make it one of Sydney'…
By tranquil waters 1894
Oil painting by Sydney Long of boys swimming at the junction of the Cooks River and Wolli Creek. It is held in Art Gallery of New South Wales and reproduced on the Dictionary of Sydney courtesy of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia.
Baha'i House of Worship
Baha'i faith was brought to Australia in 1920 by Clara and Hyde Dunn. Sydney's Baha'i house of worship was designed by John Brogan and built on the highest point above the northern beaches of Sydney.
Statue of Queen Victoria, Druitt Street
One of Sydney's best known royal monuments, the statue of Queen Victoria outside the Queen Victoria Building, had a long Irish history before arriving in Sydney in 1987.
Hippodrome
Performance venue constructed in 1913 by Sydney City Council on behalf of Wirth Bros circus.
Balmain Electric Light Company
Company which established Balmain Power Station to provide electricity to customers in Sydney's inner west.
Julian Ashton Art School
Australia's oldest continually running art school which has trained and nurtured generations of Sydney artists.
Chinese Empire Reform Association
Organisation to support the Emperor in China which was established by Chinese merchants in Sydney.