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Artist who studied in Adelaide, Sydney and London before returning to Adelaide to work. She is considered a pioneer of Modernism in Australia.

English ballet dancer who performed with the Australian Ballet and briefly lived in Sydney after her retirement from professional dance in 2007.

Teacher and one-time lecturer on mesmerism who became master of several small schools in Sydney and Parramatta between the 1840s and 1860s.

Tailor who established his business on Oxford Street in Paddington before moving to Pitt Street in Sydney's Central Business District in 1954.

Walking trail along the waterfront at Circular Quay that commemorates 34 writers connected in some way with Sydney or New South Wales.

The owner of Fowler's Pottery, Camperdown, Robert Fowler took an active role in civic affairs and was Mayor of Sydney in 1880.

Cinematographer who joined the Japanese Polar expedition in Sydney in November 1911 before the second attempt was made to reach the Antarctic.

Woodland tree of eastern Australia, common in the Sydney area, growing mostly on sandstone and known for its pink bark in spring.

A builder, with his brother John Howie, Sir Archibald Howie worked towards many civic improvements and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1936-37.

Champion boxer who became the leading attraction at the Sydney Stadium before trying his luck in America in 1916 where he died.

Printer and photographer who was ahead of his time in associating photography and printing and who captured some of Sydney's earliest images.

One of the first woman architects who graduated from Sydney University in 1922, and established her own practice specializing in domestic architecture.

Trade unionist who was important in the Builders Labourers Federation campaign to save Sydney's historic buildings and green space through Green Bans.

Born Eva Scutts. Mother of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, born and lived in Sydney until her family emigrated to England.

Civil engineer who significantly improved bridge design and road construction, extended metropolitan water supply and sewerage and vastly improved the Sydney waterfront.

Radio, film and television actor who went on to write plays, screenplays and teleplays in Sydney and the United States of America.

Chemist and photographer who visited Australia as a representative of Lumière Brothers, and made the first moving pictures filmed in Sydney in 1896.

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.

Greg Jackson is an archaeology student at the University of Sydney. Prior to this heworked as an engineer and TAFE teacher.

Protest held on the sesquicentenary of the founding of Sydney, to highlight the Aboriginal suffering that resulted from the European invasion.