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Wide street running through Sydney's centre, from the General Post Office at the George Street end, and completed when Sydney City Council resumed property to extend the street all the way to Macquarie Street in the 1930s. Lined with elegant buildings of grand design and…

Businessman and local politician who was first mayor of Hunters Hill, and one of Sydney's early photographers, using the daguerreotype process.

Trained at the Julian Ashton school, Balson's geometric abstractions were among the most advanced modern painting of his generation in Sydney.

Musical impresario who visited Sydney with his opera company and orchestra in 1912 and 1913, presenting 15 operas in five weeks.

Marine officer and merchant who established himself in Hobart but maintained large landholdings in both Van Diemen's Land and near Sydney.

Teacher, educator and writer who was very influential in reshaping education in Sydney in the first half of the twentieth century.

HMS Success was a 28 gun wooden sailing ship launched in 1825 which left Sydney to explore the coast of Western Australia.

Construction company founded in Japan in 1898 which has built major works in Asia and Australia including the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.

Convict transported for highway robbery who escaped to resume his career around Sydney. He joined the Aboriginal resistance led by Pemulwuy.

Ironmonger who set up a branch of the family company Burdekin & Hawley in Sydney and became a wealthy and successful merchant and landholder.

Architect who was largely responsible for the second stage of Sydney Town Hall, but did not live to see it completed.

American-born pastor who moved to Sydney in 1983 and helped to raise community awareness of HIV AIDS, establishing the Ankali Project.

Illegitimate daughter of Thomas Arndell who was to follow her father to Sydney as the wife of the explorer William Hovell.

Champion billiards player who, like Walter, played exhibition and championship matches in Sydney though he was soon ecliped by his brother.

Murderer known as 'Sydney Mutilator' who killed and mutilated four homeless men between 1961 and 1962 before being arrested in 1963.

Active figure in 1960s underground Sydney and the city's theatre scene, Mutch later became an experimental filmmaker, sculptor and anti-nuclear activist.

Importer who ran his business from 81 Clarence Street, Sydney. He lived at Sandgate Cottage in 1885, then known as 'Kilkerran'.

Tabloid newspaper founded in 1879 under the name Sydney Daily Telegraph. After 1927 it was known as Daily Telegraph News Pictorial.

Small vessel built by Burton Crossland and used by him to convey supplies between the settlement at Berowra Creek and Sydney.

Poet, war correspondent and journalist whose poetic imagery of Sydney is vividly portrayed in many of his works, including Five Bells.