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Scottish-born public servant, writer and painter who was the first full-time town clerk of the City of Sydney, and later a railway commissioner.

Sydney's Latvians arrived in two major flows, fleeing the aftermath of the 1905 revolution in Tsarist Russia, and later as part of the postwar immigration that changed Sydney in the 1950s. While the first group were largely leftist and later pro-Soviet, the later arrivals…

The North Shore Line, which runs from Hornsby to St Leonards, opened on 1 January 1890. It was Sydney’s first purely suburban railway.

First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Australia from 1959 who was discovered by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to be engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union in 1963. Secret messages had been shared between him and another operative, who was a double…

Scottish-born public servant, writer, photographer and painter who was the first full-time town clerk of the City of Sydney, and later a railway commissioner.

American circus company formed by brothers Ephraim, Ad, Lewis and Peter Sells which operated from 1871 to 1895, touring to Sydney in 1891-92.

Studio established for scene painting for Sydney theatres though it could not survive the coming of movies and the depression of the 1920s.

English attorney who was connected to the family of Philip Gidley King by marriage and built and owned Werrington House in Western Sydney.

Fictional work set in Sydney by Gail Jones that was published in 2011. It takes its title from Slessor's 1939 poem Five Bells.

ARN is the largest owner of commercial radio stations in Australasia and includes the Sydney stations Mix 106.5, WSFM 101.7 and Edge 96.1

Naturalist who visited Sydney in 1836 during his 5-year voyage in the Beagle, when he began to formulate the theory of evolution.

Actor and writer who was a founder of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and became known as the Queen of Sydney's Kings Cross Bohemia.

Public servant and entomologist who became a politician and landowner after emigrating to Sydney in 1825 to take up the position of Colonial Secretary.

Shipowner and politician who made his wealth in whaling and trade in the Pacific islands. He served three times as Mayor of Sydney.

Polish-born engineer who became Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, overseeing a revitalisation of the city centre and the creation of public spaces.

British civil engineer who migrated to Sydney and established an architecture practice, best known for a group of grand residences he designed in Glebe.

Lawyer who became a patron of writing and education in the colony, and whose library became the foundation of the University of Sydney library.

Barrister, judge, politician and social reformer who encouraged education for girls and was founding chairman of Women's College, within the University of Sydney.

Snapper Island is the smallest island in Sydney Harbour. It is also the island that has been the most changed and reshaped by human manipulation.

Protest movement that emerged in 2013 via social media in response to the removal of a temporary rainbow-painted pedestrian crossing at Taylor Square which had been created by the City of Sydney for the 35th Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. Activists create rainbows and…