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Picture palace opened in 1919 in a hall on the Pacific Highway which remains one of the few suburban independent cinemas in Sydney.

First hotel in Gladesville, licenced in 1856. Situated near the flagstaff erected on a high point to relay messages between Sydney and Parramatta.

An independent community-based organisation that has advocated the conservation of built, cultural and natural heritage since its foundation in Sydney in 1945.

Major department store of the first half of the twentieth century with branches in several Sydney suburbs and regional New South Wales.

Founded in a Darlinghurst cafe, Tropfest has become a major annual event in Sydney's film calendar.

Racecourse in Sydney's south-west opened by the Warwick Farm Racing Club in 1889 and purchased by the Australian Jockey Club in 1922.

Sale yards at Homebush for sale of livestock by auction. In the early 1990s the area was incorporated into Sydney Olympic Park.

Rocky island in Sydney Harbour, colloquially known as Pinchgut, on which a Martello tower fort was built in the 1840s and 50s.

A reserve at the waters edge just off Beatty Street, Balgowlah Heights, adjacent to Reef Beach. Now incorporated into Sydney Harbour National Park..

Radio production company established in Sydney by Grace Gibson during World War II which produced and sold radio programmes locally and interstate.

Athlete and pie seller, who achieved many feats of pedestrian prowess during the 1840s and became a well known street character in Sydney.

From the first Maltese who arrived as convicts, the Maltese community in Sydney has been distinctive and successful. Lage numbers of Maltese immigrants arrived in the postwar period, and have settled all over Sydney, particularly in the western suburbs. Strong religious…

Convict transport of 579 tons which made six voyages to the new colonies at Sydney and Van Diemen's Land over a 24 year period.

Affluent area on Sydney's north shore governed by Ku-ring-gai Council. Lying on the Hornsby Plateau, it stretches from Roseville to Cowan Creek.

Gathering of scouts held in Bradfield Park, northern Sydney, in December 1938 until January 1939, attracting scouts from all over the world.

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

Engineer and businessman Peter Nicol Russell was a force in manufacturing, importing and sales of all kinds of metal work and engineering supplies, providing components for many large projects in nineteenth-century Sydney. Although he retired to Britain, he endowed the School…

Part of the process of suburbanisation in Sydney, local newspapers helped define communities and produce local patriotism. The Suburban Herald was an important advocate for the northern suburbs of Sydney between 1925 and 1938, with a readership of over 50,000 people.

After a short term in prison for debt in Hobart, John Deane arrived in Sydney and soon became a popular performer and composer before returning to Hobart in 1844.

Theatre entrepreneur who fostered local talent in his Melbourne and Sydney theatres and was the owner of Wonderland City from 1906 until 1911.