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

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

Composer, administrator and critic, George de Cairos-Rego was an advocate of the establishment of the Sydney Conservatorium.

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…

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…

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…

Born in the Netherlands to a family of musicians, William Paling became one of Sydney's foremost businessmen and philanthropists.

Demolished in 1932, Ultimo House was then claimed to be Sydney's oldest residence. It had been one of the most prestigious houses in the colony.

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…

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.

There were Italians in Sydney before the proclamation of Italy in 1861 and stonemasons, fishermen, market gardeners and manufacturers have left their mark on the city. Expanded Italian immigration after World War II brought a strong sense of community and culture that has…

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

Perhaps Sydney's first composer, Mrs Paul produced a tune for William Wallace to play at his concert in 1836.

One of the largest and most visible migrant communities in Sydney, the Vietnamese were the first large group of Asian immigrants to settle in Sydney after the White Australia policy. Despite initial racism from Anglo-Australians, and the difficulties of a transplanted and…

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

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.