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Largely residential southern suburb, close to Sydney Airport and bordering Wolli Creek. It was named after a village in North Yorkshire, England.

Northern beaches residential suburb, bisected by Sydney Road. It is named after the house of 'father of Manly' Henry Gilbert Smith.

Surgeon who became the first Flying Doctor in 1928. He served for one year before returning to his practice in Sydney.

Chinese immigrant who made his fortune on the Victorian goldfields and settled in Sydney, where he became a well-known and respected businessman.

Community group which successfully protested against Sydney City Council's decision in the late 1990s to demolish the Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool.

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Supreme Court building as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial.

Convicted thief and forger who was involved in the mutiny on the Mercury in 1784 and arrived in Sydney in the First Fleet. The Charlotte medal, Australian earliest colonial art, is believed to have been engraved by him while on board the Charlotte. He was the first man hanged…

Oldest natural history collection in Australia, originating in the cabinets of Alexander Macleay, and expanded through the collecting networks of the Macleay family. The collection was donated to the University of Sydney by William John Macleay in the 1880s and a building …

When builders labourers, organised by their union, refused to work on projects they found socially or environmentally undesirable, in Sydney in the 1970s, they started a new form of environmental activism. The Green Bans were to change the way Sydney developed

The Transport Heritage Grants Program is a NSW Government funded program, administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS), with the support of Transport Heritage NSW (THNSW). In 2015 the Australian Railway Historical Society NSW division and the Dictionary of…

Nicole Cama is a content strategist, historian, writer and curator with a passion for storytelling across multiple platforms. After completing an Honours degree at the University of Sydney, she delved into the world of cultural collections at Sydney University Museums and the…

Circus has been part of Sydney's entertainment since the 1840s and hardly a year has passed since then without a circus in town. Sydney performers have gone on to international careers in the arena and have returned triumphant, and circus skills and acts became part of the…

Suburb built on former industrial land near Homebush Bay, where the Athletes' Village for the Sydney Olympics was built in 2000.

Western industrial suburb at junction of M4 and M7 Motorways. It is home to Sydney Motorsport Park (formerly Eastern Creek Raceway).

Headland, part of Sydney Harbour National Park, which has examples of Aboriginal habitation, native coastal heath and pockets of subtropical rainforest.

Headland on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, named for boatman Billy Blue who was granted 80 acres there in 1817.

Quarry in Fairlight on the south side of Sydney Road in the vicinity of Woods Parade, Hilltop Crescent and Bellevue Street.

Christmas pantomime based on a classic folk tale performed at the Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, from 22 December 1894 to 25 January 1895.

The first volume of verse published in Australia, written by Barron Field and printed by George Howe in Sydney in 1819.

The first German Evangelical Lutheran church built in Sydney, it was estimated to cost 2000 pounds and could accommodate 220 people.