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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Many Sydneysiders think that Māori contact with and migration to Sydney is a recent phenomenon, but in fact Māori people have been in Sydney from the earliest days of the colony, and have contributed to the city's growth and diversity and enriched its cultural and economic…

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

Sydney's Korean community is an aggregate of distinct groups, who have come to Sydney at different times, and for different reasons. While they are predominantly Christian, they assert a strong Korean ethnic and cultural identity, and maintain close ties with their homeland.…

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.

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.

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

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

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