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Local town hall and council chambers, later demolished by the University of Sydney in the 1960s as part of its expansion.

Sugar refining company whose factories left a mark on many areas of Sydney and which later diversified into building materials and aluminium.

Built as a commercial building in the 1920s, Lincoln House has had a second life as the headquarters of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts.

English portrait and miniature artist who arrived in Sydney in November 1832 from Madras for the benefit of his health. His sister, Mrs Learmonth, also lived in Sydney. He left Sydney to return to Madras In March 1837, and died at the age of 44 in the English General Hospital…

Convict tried at Worcester, England in 1786 for burglary and sentenced to death which was commuted to seven years' transportation to New South Wales. She was sent to Norfolk Island and developed a relationship and had two sons named Norfolk and Sydney with Philip Gidley King…

Magistrate and coroner, who, during his short tenure as Sydney Sydney City Coroner in the mid 1950s, was consistently critical of the growing road and rail death toll, urging for safer roads and railways. He campaigned to charge drunk or irresponsible…

Hill at the top of The Rocks, west of Sydney Cove, which is the highest point overlooking Port Jackson. With commanding views both east and west, it was the site of one of Sydney's first windmills from 1796 before being replaced with a fort in 1803. By 1849 an observatory had…

Ship of the Russian-American Company which visited Sydney on its voyage to deliver cargo to Novoarkhangelsk in Russian America (now Sitka, Alaska).

Ship chartered to bring the extended Forlonge and Darvall families to Van Diemen's Land and Sydney with their flocks of Saxon sheep.

Mary Reibey was a formidable colonial entrepreneur. Arriving in Sydney as a convict in 1792, she became a leading businesswoman, philanthropist and matriarch.

Small national park in northern Sydney, based on the Lane Cove River bank land set aside for a park in the 1920s.

Boundary marker for the north eastern limit of Sydney Town originally thought to be placed north of New South Head Road.

Covered concourse constructed as an amenity for tram, train and ferry passengers. Demolished for the construction for the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Trams had a rocky start in Sydney, with the first tracks laid upside down, causing many accidents and leading to their removal. The International Exhibition of 1879 brought trams back to Sydney and a network was built that became one of the world's largest at its greatest…

Convict who became a successful farmer, mill-owner, and quarryman on his grant near Darlinghurst, and a landowner at The Oaks and Picton near Sydney.

Company founded by George and Charlotte Sargent in 1906 that went on to become one of Sydney's large catering and baking companies.

Architect who designed many of Sydney's public schools after he was appointed Chief Architect in the Department of Public Instruction in 1880.

Free settler who established a mill in Sydney as well as having extensive land grants at Bringelly, Suttons Forest and along the Hawkesbury.

Irish dancer and actress who became infamous as a 'Spanish dancer' in Europe and who performed in Sydney and the goldfields in 1855-56.

Merchant who returned to Sydney after receiving his education in England, and became head of the family wharf, shipping and mercantile business.