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Showy and hospitable, Walter Renny was a painter and decorator who rose to be mayor of Sydney.

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

Michael Darcy is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Sydney

Rebecca Jennings is Research Fellow in the Department of Modern History and Politics at Macquarie University, Sydney

Press photographer in the 1930s and 40s who was also a member of the Sydney Camera Circle.

Draughtsman and artist who recorded scenes of early Sydney. He has also been cited as Henry J Campbell.

Harry Irwin is Professor Emeritus (Communication), University of Western Sydney. Richard Dawson is his great-great grand uncle.

Vicki Movizio is a local studies librarian and historian with a keen interest in the history of south-western Sydney

George Morgan is senior lecturer in the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney

Kimberly O'Sullivan is an archivist and historian who is currently local studies librarian at Waverley Library, Sydney

Sculptor and artist who trained at East Sydney Technical College and eventually settled and worked in Cornwall, England.

Businessman and local and state politician who was important in the development of local government in North Sydney.

Free settler who travelled to Sydney to marry the Jewish convict Moses Joseph in Australia's first Jewish wedding.

French naturalist and surgeon who visited Sydney in 1824 as part of Duperrey's round-the-world voyage on La Coquille.

Grazier who expanded the family merino stud, Coree, at Jerilderie and was a generous supporter of several Sydney charities.

Broadcaster, director of Māori cultural groups and the first resident Māori minister in Sydney from 1984 to 1987.

American photographer who travelled in Australia and New Zealand and is known for his panoramic images of Sydney.

Salvation Army Captain who lead the energetic evangelism that established the Army in Sydney and earlier, in Adelaide.

Singer who travelled to Sydney with her brother and family and chose to remain when he left abruptly.

Delicatessen owner who specialises in European foods and has done much to improve the culinary scene in Sydney.