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English-born scene painter Alfred Clint both came from and sired an artistic family. His elaborate painted backdrops were a highlight of late nineteenth-century Sydney theatre.

All the Best shares stories about the most revered, the most feared and the most famous of characters from Australia's first penal colony in The Rocks, Sydney. Come inside a real-life windmill constructed in The Rocks Square, and join a packed audience hearing live stories,…

While children have always comprised a substantial proportion of the overall population of Sydney, their voices are absent or muffled in many historical records. State intervention in the lives of European and Indigenous children has been constant in Sydney since the colonial…

Long a landmark in Sydney's west, Club Marconi has served the social, cultural and sporting needs of Sydney's Italians for over 50 years.

North-eastern bushland suburb. Named after the house of controversial explosives expert Carl Von Bieren, it is now the home of Sydney's Baha'i House of Worship.

Western residential suburb, named after the estate that was granted to Mary King, daughter of the Governor, in 1806. Western Sydney University has a campus there.

Darlinghurst villa built of Sydney sandstone later used as the first St Vincent's Hospital, and then St Vincent's College until it was demolished in 1966.

South-eastern residential suburb in Botany Bay local government area. It was formerly the site of Botany Swamps, Sydney's third source of fresh water from 1859.

Tour of England by an Aboriginal cricket team between May and October 1868. It was organised after the success of games in Melbourne and Sydney.

Independent bakery in Stanmore which was founded in 1870 and closed in 1967. It was for many years the largest family owned bakery in Sydney.

Patron of science whose study of insects, geology and botany was to form the basis of the Macleay Museum collection at the University of Sydney.

A mainstay of Sydney shopping from the 1880s, Grace Bros was in the forefront of changes in retailing throughout the twentieth century.

Violinist Cyril Monk was a central part of Sydney's music scene from the 1910s until the 1950s, as a musician, teacher, composer and examiner.

Georgian style warehouse buildings built to service the commerce and international shipping transport hub of Sydney until the late nineteenth century. Now occupied by restaurants.

Bay on Sydney Harbour south of Georges Head. Named for the preferred food of the American whalers who used the area in the nineteenth century.

Small bay in Darling Harbour to the west of central Sydney. The bay was an important site for shipping and industry during the nineteenth century.

Publican of the Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills from 1977 until her death in 2019. Doris Goddard grew up in Glebe with her mother Essie. In 1952 she left Sydney for London in order to have an operation on a heart defect and to follow her theatrical and musical career. After a…

Librarian, historian, Australiana collector and author who was appointed as the first librarian of the Sydney Municipal Library in 1909. In 1918 he established within the Municipal Library the first public lending library for children in Australia. An active member of the…

Soldier who was transferred to the New South Wales Corps. Shortly after arriving in Sydney he was sent to Norfolk Island, where he was eventually promoted to acting lieutenant-governor in Philip Gidley King's absence. He was an efficient administrator and returned to England…

Sydney's transport has been shaped by the geography of the city, changing economic and social needs, technological limitations and advances, and political considerations. From walking tracks and animal haulage to the commuting city of today, transport has also shaped the city…