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

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

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

Radio quizmaster who became one of Sydney's best known personalities, famous for his charity appeals and participation in Redex motor rallies.

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

New Zealand born painter and photographer who opened a studio in Sydney with her sister Mina in 1911. She retired in 1928.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…