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Community service group which operates in 200 countries. It was established in Sydney and Melbourne in 1921.

One of Sydney's most sensational crimes, the Shark Arm murder was never solved.

Stephen Garton is Professor of History and Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney

Virginia Macleod was local studies librarian at Mona Vale Library, Sydney, and works as a professional historian

Railway engineer and surveyor who completed a survey of the City of Sydney in February 1845.

Successful artist who founded of the Julian Ashton Art School and trained many of Sydney's artists.

Edmund Perrin established and maintained the local history collection at Auburn Library for Auburn Council, Sydney

Whaler and sea captain, commander of the barque Woodlark, who was also a landowner in south-west of Sydney.

British co-founder of Lever Brothers soap manufacturers, who constructed a factory in Rozelle and visited Sydney in 1914.

Ship's captain on the Royal Saxon which sailed between London and Sydney in the 1830s and 40s.

Artist whose drawings for the Bulletin influenced later Sydney cartoonists, despite his short stay in the city.

Area of western Sydney, owned by the Wangal people, but granted to free settlers in the 1790s.

Stained glass manufacturer who produced stained glass for Sydney Town Hall and St Jude's Anglican church Randwick.

Steamer refitted with refrigeration equipment for a trial shipment of frozen carcases from Sydney to London in 1879.

Painter and cartoonist who recorded the Australian landscape and much of historic Sydney in a series of sketchbooks.

Governess who sought work in Sydney in the 1860s before becoming a teacher in a government school in 1868.

Wife of the post inspector Augustus Dillon who became a labour registry agent in Sydney in the 1860s.

American actor, director and producer who lived and studied in Sydney before pursuing his career in Hollywood.

Convict who was hanged within two years of arriving in Sydney when she stole money from a house.

Sydney based Irish republican gaoled at Darlinghurst on suspicion of being a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.