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Gold miner, businessman, politician and photography enthusiast who made a fortune on the goldfields and sponsored a famous series of photographs of Sydney.

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

Activist and reformer who was first social worker with South Sydney Community Aid and worked to establish the Aboriginal Medical Service. 

Settler who was granted land in the Auburn area in 1823, and established a hotel to serve travellers between Sydney and Parramatta.

One of the earliest churches in Sydney, the present building was constructed on the site of the original 1841 church.

Luka Budak is Director of the Croatian Studies Centre, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney

Robert Freestone is a Professor in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of New South Wales in Sydney

Pam Forbes is an archaeology student at the University of Sydney. Prior to this she had a teaching career at TAFE.

First ladies' above-ground public lavatory in Sydney which provided limited relief for ladies after many years of lobbying and complaint.

Bridget Griffen-Foley is an Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in the Centre for Media at Macquarie University, Sydney

Noeline J Kyle is an honorary professor at the University of Sydney, a biographer and a teacher of writing history in the community.

Archaeologist and historian who is the author of Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney (NewSouth, 2017).

Local community hall, used by the Coal Lumpers Union, before being taken over by Sydney City Council as community facilities.

Fiona McGregor is a Sydney author and performance artist. She has published five books, most recently the prize-winning novel Indelible Ink.

Perry McIntyre is a historian and an adjunct lecturer at the Global Irish Studies Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

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…

Opera with music by William Shield and libretto by John O'Keeffe, which was one of the earliest theatrical productions in Sydney.

Solicitor in Sydney before becoming active in Victorian politics and member of both Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament in Victoria.

Sketcher, silhouette artist and lithographer whose portraits of Aborigines and Sydney identities survive in the State Library of New South Wales.

American-born businessman who was actively involved in Sydney's civic and business organisations, notably as a foundation member of the American National Club.