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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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

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.

Constructed after two disastrous shipwrecks, Hornby lighthouse has offered safe passage into Sydney Harbour since 1858.

Kings Cross exists in Sydney's imagination as much as it does in any physical form, and pinning down its geographical boundaries is difficult. It has loomed large in Sydney's culture since the first houses were built nearby in the 1830s, and continues to attract tourists and…

Sydney's Royal Easter Show is the nation's largest annual event, currently attracting more than 900,000 visitors to its site at Homebush Bay. For generations, the Show has brought 'the country to the city', and continues to be important, especially for children, in Sydney's…

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.

Inara Walden is a curator at the Museum of Sydney who has worked with the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales since 1997.

Peter Bolt is Head of the Department of New Testament and Greek, Moore College, Sydney, and has an interest in Australian colonial history

Paul Ashton is Associate Professor of Public History and Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology, Sydney

John Ramsland is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Newcastle, with major interests in the cultural and social history of Sydney