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Coliseum Picture Theatre
Cinema constructed in 1911 in a former tram depot in Miller Street, North Sydney next to the Coliseum Picture Hall (which later became the Independent Theatre).
Green Park
Set aside for public recreation since 1875, Green Park has long been significant for Sydney's gay men.
Graeme Murphy's Tivoli
Graeme Murphy's Tivoli, a coproduction of Sydney Dance Company and the Australian Ballet, reflected Murphy's love of the nation's theatrical past and his constant commitment to portray Australia and Australians on stage. A tribute to the vaudeville circuit, the Tivoli…
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 85. The Domain
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Domain between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 86. Farm Cove
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Farm Cove between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 90. Hyde Park
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Hyde Park between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 94. Police Court C
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Police Court C between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project..
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 98. The Trocadero
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Trocadero between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 99. Lyons Terrace
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Lyons Terrace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 54. Boston's Windmill
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Boston's Windmill between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 64. Culwulla Chambers
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Culwulla Chambers between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 65. Fort Phillip
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Fort Phillip between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 68. Underwood's Shipyard
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Underwood's Shipyard between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 51. The Mint
Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Mint between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Established in 1879, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences' venues include the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.
Assassination attempt on Prince Alfred 1868
In 1868, Henry O'Farrell tried to shoot the visiting Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria. Although the prince was only slightly wounded, the event set off a rash of anti-Irish feeling in Sydney, and O'Farrell was hanged in record time. Sydney's…
Queen's Wharf Circular Quay
Wharf built between 1797 and 1802 near the current MCA site. It provided a landing place for the original Sydney Hospital and later the Commissariat Stores.
Statue of Queen Victoria, Druitt Street
Statue constructed and installed in Dublin, Ireland for 40 years before the changing political landscape saw her relocated to Sydney after many years in decay.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School
One of Sydney's oldest Catholic school which now caters for a school population which is 60% Indigenous and with another 30% coming from other cultural backgrounds.
Bohemians in the Bush
Exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1991 celebrating the artists' camps that flourished around Sydney Harbour in the 1880s and 1890s.