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Educationist whose long tenure at Sydney Teachers College saw great progress towards his ideal of teachers as well educated professionals.

Lured to Sydney by the editor of The Bulletin, Norman Lindsay later found fame as a painter, etcher and writer. His daring images and bohemian reputation made him notable in staid Sydney, and his home at Springwood has, since his death, become one of Australia's most…

French woman who joined her partner, doctor Paul Rastoul, in New Caledonia in 1873 after he was exiled from France after the defeat of the Commune in Paris in 1871. She arrived in Sydney with her two children in 1874 after being deported for assisting in the attempted escape…

Japanese entrepreneur who first visited Sydney in 1887. On his return to Japan he opened a trading house, Kanematsu, coming back to Sydney in 1890 with Toranosuke Kitamura to open an Australian office, and shipping the first direct consignment of wool from Australia to Japan…

Irish-born singer who became an international star, and toured Australia in 1854 and 1855, when Sydney was seized by 'Hayesmania'.

Retailer and politician who was a councillor in Burwood as well as a member of parliament and Mayor of Sydney in 1887.

Watercolour painter who worked in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney where he became well known for his paintings of historical building.

Club formed by amalgamation to promote and run horse racing in Sydney at Randwick, Rosehill, Canterbury and Warwick Farm courses.

Queensland born jockey who found success in Sydney and Melbourne after the war before major wins in America and Britain.

Outbreak of one of the world's most feared diseases that led to big changes in public health administration in Sydney.

Aboriginal-rights activist, anthropologist, artist and gardener who lived in Sydney from the 1910s to 1930s before moving to Alice Springs.

Architect who pioneered Art Deco style in Sydney, designing the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park and other important buildings.

Playwright whose work includes Emerald City, about Sydney, and many other works focusing on the social morality of the day.

Fountain in the courtyard of Sydney Hospital with a distinctly Australian design, comprising a group of brolgas surmounted by black swans displaying their crimson beaks. It was erected in 1907 in memory of the actor Robert Brough who had died in Sydney in 1906. The fountain…

Michaela Ann Cameron is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Sydney specialising in the sensory history of colonial America, specifically Indigenous auditory cultures. Additional research interests include Australia's convict history. Michaela…

Eoghan Lewis is founder of architectural practice Eoghan Lewis Architects and the Sydney Architecture Walks. Through SAW he has been researching the work and methodology of Jorn Utzon as it plays out through Sydney Opera House. Through ELA he has been designing bits and…

Commemorative plaque that was installed in Bridge Street in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Press photographer in Sydney who worked from the 1920s until his death in 1962 at the age of 57.

Sculptor who trained and worked in Europe and Sydney, producing striking busts of political figures as well as child portraiture.