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Free settler who scandalised society by leaving her husband and living with the prominent Sydney lawyer Robert Wardell.

Artistic director and curator who guided the development and vision of the Sydney Biennale from the late 1970s.

Journalist, historian and newspaper owner who published Sydney's first evening newspaper and The Australian Town and Country Journal.

Designer who contributed bold imagery to theatre set designs in Sydney in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Theatre in Phillip Street, Sydney which was initially fitted out by Radio 2GB as the Macquarie Auditorium.

Transported for stealing a copper, he became cheif constable in Sydney and resided in Riley Street into his 80s.

Film released in 1988 contrasting the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, based on the play by David Williamson.

Lifestyle magazine first published in Sydney by Conde Nast between 1967 and 1969 as 'Vogue's Guide to Living'. 

Conifer better known as Norfolk Island pines or Norfolk pines, of which many fine specimens exist in Sydney.

Ship that arrived in Sydney in 1795, replacing HMAT Supply that had left the colony four years earlier. 

School founded by Presbyterian minister JD Lang that taught both classical and commercial subjects to well-to-do Sydney boys.

'Lifestyle' publication founded by Sydney publisher Ure Smith which featured the work of distinguished Australian artists and designers.

Wife of Edmund Biddulph Henning. She was born in North Sydney, the daughter of wine merchant William Tucker.

Miller and baker, John Hardie was active in civic affairs and served as Mayor of Sydney in 1884.

Delicatessen which offered a range of 'exotic' and unusual fare in the 1960s to tempt the conservative Sydney palate.

The first residential university college for women in Australia was established at the University of Sydney in 1894.

Religious organisation which arrived in Sydney in the early 1880s and undertook charitable work as well as evangelising.

Leading nationalist and republican activist among the Chinese community in Sydney, and founder of Min Guo Bao newspaper.

Famous juggler who performed at the Tivoli in the early twentieth century, and married in Sydney in 1909.

American sailor and trader who was a member of the Entreprise crew, and later traded staple goods to Sydney.