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Charles Thomas Smeathman was the Sydney coroner between 1828 and his death in 1835.

Restaurant which became one of Sydney's most elaborate and fashionable, open from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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

Radar research in Sydney was spurred by World War II and produced air warning systems for Sydney, and innovative portable technology used throughout the Pacific.

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

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

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

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

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

Part of Sydney's musical scene before the beginning of World War I, the Austral String Quartet premiered new music from Australia and overseas.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.