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Writer is recalled in numerous autobiographies and reminiscences of Sydney's bohemian life in the 1910s and 1920s.

Auctioneer, commercial agent and pastoralist who worked with his brother in agriculture and commercial ventures in Sydney.

In postwar Sydney, before theatre was subsidised, young actors and writers found training at the Pocket Playhouse.

Melbourne born socialite whose interracial marriage to an Indian rajah caused diplomatic ructions from London to Sydney.

Sea captain from Rhode Island, United States of America, who made stops at Sydney in the 1790s.

Conifer known as bunya pine, native to south-eastern Queensland, but with many fine specimens planted in Sydney.

Theatre company that presented first Sydney production of For the Term of His Natural Life, in 1886.

Stonemason on the Great Hall at the University of Sydney. Also a noted amateur vocalist and singing-class instructor.

Professor of medicine at the University of Sydney with particular interests in public health and preventative medicine.

Non-Indigenous researcher who completed his Master’s thesis ‘The Aboriginal Language of Sydney’ at Macquarie University in 2005.

Library of the Catholic Institute of Sydney at Strathfield, named after its one-time librarian, Monsignor Thomas Veech.

Importers of French wines and spirits established in Sydney in 1841 by Didier Joubert and Jeremiah Murphy

Nightclub in King Street Sydney which operated from 1920 and was a well known venue for drag acts.

Painter trained at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School, and later famous for his controversial Archibald Prize-winning portraits.

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sydney who worked on the theory of conduction of heat.

Speculator and merchant who established a coach service between Sydney and Parramatta where he operated a steam flour mill.

Dancer, teacher, choreographer and impresario who was a pioneer of both classical ballet and Indian dance in Sydney.

Writer and son of Norman Lindsay who was active in the Sydney literary scene of the 1920s.

Adelaide philanthropist who moved to Sydney and was a major proponent of the boarding-out system of child welfare.

Artist and teacher who taught Sydney's first generation of modern painters and helped found Manly Art Gallery.