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Place of worship built by Ahmet Asim largely with funds raised from Sydney's Turkish community, on the site of a previous mosque in a converted house.

An early charitable society, founded in 1813 and renamed the Benevolent Society in 1818, that became one of Sydney's largest health and welfare providers.

Singer and nun, Mary Ellen Christian contributed to Sydney's musical education over a long period.

Commemorative plaque that was installed outside St James railway station between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Draftsman, explorer, innovator, Eccleston du Faur was also one of Sydney's pioneering environmentalists.

Bay on the Parramatta River 8 kilometres west of Sydney, surrounded by the suburbs of Abbotsford, Drummoyne, Wareemba, Five Dock, Canada Bay, Concord and Cabarita.

Aged care facility run by the Catholic religious order which was established in Sydney in 1886. The property at Randwick was acquired in 1887.

Clergyman and academic who was a founding principal and professor of classics at the University of Sydney, and influential in the establishment of secular higher education.

Sculptor in wood, often in Art Nouveau style, who trained in England and became a teacher at East Sydney Technical College after a long career in industry.

Londoner who migrated to Sydney in the late-1850s, who purchased large parcels of land for subdivision and became known as the 'father of Rozelle.'

Artist's model, printmaker and author who modelled for many of Australia's foremost artists including Sydney Long, Harold Cazneaux, Julian Ashton and her husband Norman Lindsay.

Wife of Hannibal Macarthur who became a society figure in early Sydney before the financial collapse of her husband's businesses necessitated a move to Ipswich in Queensland.

Solicitor and politician who became an ardent supporter of a unified Greater Sydney, and Federation, whilst continuing the family tradition as benefactor of the Catholic church.

Renowned scholar who became Professor of Classics and was to influence the role of public examinations and the growth of a free public library in Sydney.

Official journal of the Australian Worker's Union. The Sydney and Brisbane papers were merged in 1974 and it is now is published in a magazine format.

Topographical draughtsman attached to the 48th Regiment who created a series of watercolours on paper which, when joined together, formed a panorama of Sydney in 1820.

Scottish engineer who migrated with his family to Hobart in 1832 and then to Sydney in 1838 where he established a family business with his sons.

Sydney defence lawyer operating during the time of the razor gangs. His clients included key underworld figures including Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh and Iris Webber.

Military wife who travelled with her husband in the First Fleet, giving birth to a daughter at Rio de Janeiro and a son in Sydney in 1790.

Professor of drama and theatre director who greatly influenced Australian Theatre after World War II and the direction taken by subsidised theatre, especially in Sydney.