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Colonist who held many official positions in Sydney and Brisbane, despite a history of difficulties with finances.

Jam manufacturer established in Hobart in 1867 by George Peacock and moved to Sydney in 1880.

Builder, sportsman and politician who built up a pastoral empire, and was Mayor of Sydney in 1849.

Journalist and newspaper proprietor who found success in rural New South Wales before relocating to Sydney.

Nobel Prize-winning novelist, essayist and playwright whose work was frequently set in Sydney and its suburbs.

Carrier whose became a prominent community member in Manly and served as Mayor of Sydney in 1865.

Butcher, innkeeper and racing man as well as Mayor and parliamentarian, George Hill was a Sydney success story.

Area on Sydney's south-west edge, traditional lands of the Dharawal people, governed by Campbelltown City Council. Named in 1820 after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, it has developed since the 1960s from a rural area to a regional…

Once Sydney's most exclusive furnishing store, with custom-designed furniture and fabrics, Beard Watson Limited dominated the high end of Sydney furniture retailing from the end of the nineteenth century until the 1960s.

Renowned portrait artist who ran his family's Rousel Studios and exhibited in Sydney, London and Paris.

Pastoralist, politician and company director who became the first provost (chancellor) of the University of Sydney.

Masquerade ball for Sydney high society that is used as a fund raising event for Vision Australia.

Organisation formed by business owners in Chinatown to negotiate refurbishment with the City of Sydney Council.

Theatre company that produced highly successful plays in Sydney and Melbourne in the 1880s and 1890s.

Temperance hotel and restaurant established in Erskine Street Sydney, by 1890, and still trading in 1915

Zoo opened at Billy Goat Swamp in Moore Park, now the site of Sydney Boys and Sydney Girls high schools. When the site became too small the government granted land north of the harbour. The original bear pit can still be seen beside Anzac Parade.

Headland and surrounds in Collaroy, in Sydney's Northern Beaches area, named by Governor Phillip in 1789.

Racecourse where punters watched unregistered proprietary horse racing. The site is now part of Sydney airport.

Western residential suburb, named after John Brown Bossley. It is now a centre of Sydney's Assyrian community.

Yacht club at Green Point on Pittwater which had originally been established in 1867 in Sydney.