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Maltese-born British army officer who arrived in Sydney in 1837 and supervised convicts building the Hume Highway near Goulburn.

Writer whose work was based on strenuous research among working people and the unemployed, and often set in Sydney.

Architect who began town planning in Australia as a formal discipline and did much to influence the plan of Sydney.

In the nineteenth century one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs, it became home to a vibrant bohemian community and later Sydney's red light district. Named for the intersection of Darlinghurst Road, William and Victoria Streets and once called Queens Cross, the…

Series of ponds to the east of Sydney Airport. Draining the area from Lachlan Swamp (now Centennial Park) into Botany Bay, they provided fresh water to colonial Sydney before pollution and neglect forced construction of other sources in the 1880s. They are now valued for…

Professor Grace Karskens teaches Australian history at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests include colonial, urban and environmental history. Grace's books include the award winning 'The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney' and 'The Colony: A History of Early…

Expanse of flat land in the centre of the Sydney basin, which was covered with over 1,000 square kilometres of woodland and forest used and managed by Aboriginal people before Europeans arrived and began clearing it for agriculture and settlement. The plain is now the site of…

The City of Randwick is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Society established in August 1923 at 50 Young Street Sydney, to promote the art of painting watercolour in Australia

Chamber music group loosely formed in 1908 then active in Sydney during the second decade of the twentieth century.

First female student to study medicine in Australia, who, during her short life, pioneered women's health services in Sydney.

Auctioneer who established a business on Pitt Street in Sydney and later became an alderman and mayor of Randwick Council.

Les McMahon was a Labor politician, trade unionist, and Member of he House of Representatives for the seat of Sydney.

Scottish anatomist who taught at the University of Sydney medical school and was the first Challis chair of anatomy.

Drapery business at Brickfield Hill which became Sydney's largest department store and whose motto was 'While I Live I'll Grow'.

Pharmacist and local politician who also served as the Deputy City Coroner for Sydney until his death in 1895.

Engine driver and publican, Patrick Stokes was a Councillor of the City of Sydney and served as Lord Mayor 1925-26.

Authority formed in 1984 to redevelop the precinct, which was opened in 1988 in time for Sydney's Bicentenary celebrations.

Architect who designed hundreds of houses, apartment blocks and commercial buildings in Sydney from the 1890s to the 1940s.

Merchant who was Sydney's first elected Mayor (1842-43), before the 1840s depression and financial troubles ended his public career.