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Assistant editor and editor of the NSW School Magazine 1924-59 who wrote children's books based on Sydney's history.

Early free settler and landholder on what was the western edge of Sydney Town in the early 1800s.

One of the co-founders of the National Black Theatre, a non-Indigenous theatre student at the University of Sydney.

Music teacher, broadcaster and charity worker whose career on radio influenced Sydney's charitable causes for over 25 years.

American showman who opened Australia's first Luna Park in St Kilda, Victoria, and later ran Sydney's Luna Park.

Convict and musician, who came to Sydney after his pardon and became a well known organist, conductor and composer.

Timber getter and gold miner who finally settled in Sydney and established a rope making company before becoming a politician.

Musician whose teaching, performance and composition were influential in Sydney for the first half of the twentieth century.

Convict who became a landowner on Sydney's northern beaches and built the first road from Balgowlah to Dee Why.

Architect and surveyor whose designs were built in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney as well as country centres.

French etcher whose work inspired Lionel Lindsay and others to record Sydney's disappearing streetscapes, particularly in The Rocks.

Area in Sydney's west governed by Penrith City Council, part of the traditional lands of the Darug people. Located along the Nepean River at the foot of the Blue Mountains, it covers an area of 405 square kilometres and is one of the fastest growing areas in Sydney.

State training camp for NSW Guides, located in a tract of bushland in the northern suburbs of Sydney.

Writing in and about Sydney started with letters, journals and official reports, but has grown to encompass every genre of literature.

With the arrival of Europeans, the traditional economy of Aboriginal clans was disrupted, and gave way to the convict economy of the Commissariat and government stores. But this closed economy was soon opened by free settlement, whaling and sealing, shipping and farming…

Colloquial expression to describe being very unwell (or 'crook'). Rookwood, in Sydney's west, was the city's largest cemetery.

Businessman and politician who operated steam ferries and rail transport leading to the development of Sydney's river suburbs.

Businessman and sportsman who was Mayor of Sydney in 1859 and later a prominent citizen of the Manly district.

Silent film made in Sydney in 1927, telling the story of rival children's gangs and their goat race.

Canadian shipowner whose ships traded in Australia. He was the Canadian Commissioner to the Sydney Exhibition of 1879.