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Otherwise unknown, George Plummer owned the name 'Sydney Symphony Orchestra', until the ABC bought it from him in 1937. An earlier group by that name had formed in 1908 and gave performances until 1914.

Artist and sculptor who trained and taught at East Sydney Technical College and was official war artist for six months in World War II.

Naval officer and explorer who travelled briefly inland from Sydney before exploring and promoting settlement on the Swan River in Western Australia in 1827.

Physician, businessman and politician who was regarded as a connoisseur, scholar and statesman. He helped found Sydney University, and a museum there is named for him.

Activist and Labor politician who served in both state and federal parliaments and was bashed for exposing corruption in Labor Party branches in Sydney.

Operator and partner of towage company with his brother Thomas. He retained the Sydney branch of the business when the partnership dissolved in 1883.

Japanese pianist who visited Sydney in 1936 but who gained disfavour after he married an Australian woman at the outbreak of World War II.

Artist who travelled with Charles Darwin on the Beagle before settling in Sydney where he recorded the landscapes and harbour for thirty five years.

Clergyman who emigrated for his health but took ordination in Sydney and tactfully served as intermediary between an ageing bishop and his changing diocese.

A principal Sydney playwright of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was one of the first contemporary Australian playwrights recognised overseas and authored 88 works.

Italian explorer who spent most of his life as a Spanish naval officer, commanding many scientific expeditions around the world stopping in Sydney in 1793.

Sailor who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He was described in reports of the disaster as a boy.

Pentecostal megachurch begun in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills. It later merged with Sydney Christian Life Centre at Waterloo.

Romantic comedy that tells the story of Scott, a Sydney ballroom dancer, who finds love and authenticity dancing with Fran, a local girl of Spanish descent.

Doctor who became an army officer during World War II, and was a leading pathologist and officeholder in several medical organisations after returning to Sydney.

Prominent horticulturalist in inner Sydney who owned 40 acres of nursery and market gardens on Bourke Street, Redfern. He also owned land at Roseville. 

Leading poet and writer of fiction, known for his singing ability, who was an editor at the North Sydney News and the Daily Telegraph.

Convict who arrived in Sydney 1794 and later farmed in the Seven Hills area where he was instrumental in establishing a school for local children.

Drinking fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with a red granite base with Art Nouveau bronze statue of a young girl standing amid reeds, a heron and frogs. The fountain was a gift to the people of Sydney  in 1889from the Levy family in memory of Lewis Wofle Levy (1815–85…

Sydney's first railway terminal which was built on the site of the 'Cleveland Paddock' between Devonshire and Cleveland streets and operated between Sydney and Parramatta. It consisted of a single wooden platform covered by a corrugated iron shed, 100 feet long and 30 feet…