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In operation from 1917 to 1984, the White Bay Power Station helped to power Sydney for most of the twentieth century. The site is now the last remaining example of a coal-dependent, harbourside, industrial complex, once common in Sydney.

Association formed to preserve the history of Sydney's classic open skiffs and race 18 foot and 10 foot replicas.

Road bridge crossing the Cooks River. It carries the General Holmes Drive, linking Sydney Airport at Mascot to Kyeemagh.

Song composed by Nathan Isaac, with lyrics by WA Duncan, to celebrate the inaugural Sydney City Council in 1842.

Major Sydney hospital in Camperdown that has trained doctors and nurses and treated Sydneysiders since it opened in 1882.

The first nautical training school, on a ship moored in Sydney Harbour, which aimed to rehabilitate and train juvenile offenders.

From a modest cottage on Sydney Cove to an elaborate sandstone structure in Gothic Revival style, Government House, now in The Domain, has served as both home and host to official life in Sydney.

Well known baker who operated from 109 George Street, Sydney during the mid-1800s. He came to Sydney as an assisted immigrant and helped many other Irish migrant families settle in the colony. His sons became solicitors and established one of the largest law firms in…

Edith Glanville was a leading Sydney philanthropist and pioneering female Justice of the Peace. She supported Armenians, was involved in the beginnings of the League of Nations, and founded the Quota Club and the Soroptimists Club of Sydney.

Brig of 351 tons chartered to bring Scottish immigrants to Sydney in 1831, carrying the founders of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. Its destruction on the north eastern coast of Australia in 1836 was later to become infamous when the survivors were saved by local…

Sydney's main gaol from its opening in 1841, later used as an internment camp, technical college and art school.

Hotel that existed opposite the lumber yard on the north corner of George and Bridge streets Sydney from 1830.

One of the oldest surviving houses in Sydney, built for the government coxswain and his family to live in.

Peninsula in Sydney Harbour between Garden Island and Bennelong Point, named for Elizabeth Macquarie who enjoyed the panoramic views.

Commemorative plaque that was installed in the Strand Arcade in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'This arcade, designed by John Spencer, was opened in 1892 and is the last remaining example of a form of retail shopping…

Pastoralist who migrated to Australia from England when he was 18 years old, first gaining experience in sheep stations in western Sydney before going to Queensland. He became involved in the buying and selling of cattle stations and was successful doing so, so much so that…

Gardens in the northern part of Hyde Park to commemorate the sister city relationship between Sydney and Nagoya, Japan.

Sydney's first fully fledged film society and the only organisation devoted solely to the reform of commercial popular culture.

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who visited Sydney in 1814 and London in 1818, to establish trade contracts.

Buddhist monk from Malaysia who moved to Sydney in 1986 to lead the Hock Cheng See Buddhist Vihara at Ambarvale.