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

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

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

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.

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

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

Australian comedy crime film about a strip club promoter in Kings Cross, Sydney who falls on the wrong side of a local crime lord.

Convict who became a government housekeeper before marriage to John Fisher. Her son Thomas endowed the Fisher Library at the University of Sydney.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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