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

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

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

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

Art collector and curator who helped establish the Powerhouse Museum and also established the John Passmore Museum after the she convinced Passmore not to burn his artworks before his death. In 2009, Wrobel threatened a hunger strike in defence of the Lucy Osborn-Nightingale…

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…

Sydney businessman and importer who arrived in Sydney in 1827 and occupied Bello Retiro at Newtown before moving to Hobart. He owned the Marquis of Lansdowne and used it to trade with India and elsewhere. In 1838 he was involved in the campaign to import Indian…

Harrison Bryan was Librarian of the University of Queensland 1950-1962, and of the University of Sydney 1963-1980. He was Director-General of the National Library of Australia 1980-1985. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia, received the HCL Anderson Award of…

South-western residential suburb, named after an early homestead in the area belonging to the Payten family. Its streets are named after Sydney beaches.

Soldier who arrived with the 17th Regiment and settled in Sydney in 1834, and became a businessman and politician, before returning to England.

South-eastern residential and industrial suburb. Named in 1961 after then New South Wales local government minister and former Sydney Lord Mayor Patrick Hills.

Journalist and author who wrote a guide to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Town Life in Australia, that was published in London in 1883.

Arts and Crafts style suburban villa which reflects the taste and lifestyle of the upper middle class in Sydney prior to World War I.

A businessman who became Mayor of Sydney in 1865, John Woods was also important in the development of the Manly area after moving to Fairlight in 1880.

Hill above the western side of Sydney Cove where St Patrick's Catholic Church, the Scots Kirk and St Philip's Anglican Church are located.

Area around Liverpool Street which was a hub for the Spanish community in Sydney after the establishment of the Spanish Club there in 1962.

The first dam built in the Upper Nepean Scheme, it provides water to the Macarthur and Illawarra regions, the Wollondilly Shire, and Sydney.

Established in the St George district of Sydney to give young people a voice through arts. They run a series of workshops and present performances.

Tributary of the Hawkesbury River on the New South Wales Central Coast, north of Sydney. It is part of the Hawkesbury Nepean catchment.

Tertiary college established in 1974. Name changed to Macarthur Institute of Higher Education in 1983. Merged into University of Western Sydney in 1989.