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Sydney's public art gallery and collection which includes European, Asian and Australian art including a specific gallery, Yiribana, for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection.

Solicitor, public servant and local politician who was Crown Solicitor of New South Wales for over 30 years. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1858.

British engineer who worked on Sydney's underground railway and in partnership with his brother Joseph and Sidney Kidman at the Kidman and Mayoh shipyard at Putney.

British engineer who worked on Sydney's underground railway and in partnership with his brother Arthur and Sidney Kidman at the Kidman and Mayoh shipyard at Putney.

Irish daughter of William Reynolds who migrated to Sydney after he received his ticket of leave and was to inherit his property portfolio on his death.

Sculptor who briefly enlivened Sydney's artistic scene but achieved his greatest recognition in Europe. In 1941 he completed The Explorer bronze doors at the State Library.

Fancy dress balls were a regular highlight for Sydney's artists and bohemians from the 1880s though the alcoholic excesses and boisterous behaviour often lead to police intervention.

Osprey class sloop built for the Royal Navy which operated as a survey vessel between 1890 and 1908 before coming a depot and training ship in Sydney Harbour.

City of Sydney alderman for Fitzroy Ward from 1 December 1863 to 30 November 1869. He was instrumental in having the steps 'Butler Stairs' in Woolloomooloo erected.

Arts administrator whose financial management and political sense made a substantial impact on Sydney theatre including the redevelopment of wharves 4 and 5 at Walsh Bay as a theatre venue.

Curator who oversaw the early development of the Museum of Sydney and has continued in shaping our view of colonial history at the Historic Houses trust.

Danish architect whose years in Sydney were marred by political conflict and cost overruns though he lived to see the Opera House design win international acclaim.

Animated film, largely set in Sydney Harbour, that was an international success, depicting the journey home and adventures of a young clown fish separated from his parent.

Popular instrumental rock band that formed in Sydney in 1962. In 1964 singer Ray Brown joined the band and they became Ray Brown and the Whispers.

Medical practitioner and army medical officer who with his father Thomas, is commemorated by a life-sized bronze replica of the famous Florentine Porcellino monument outside Sydney Hospital.

Junior partner in Robert Campbell's Sydney business who supported Governor Bligh as an opponent of the trading cabal of military officers who were their trading competition.

Sydney’s Devonshire Street Cemetery, as it has come to be known, was a cemetery of firsts. Not only was it the first time the Surveyor-General grouped a set of burial grounds together; Devonshire Street was also the first time attempts were made to regulate burials and order…

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the General Post Office building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

An eminent lawyer and politician, William Windeyer was also a stalwart of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, and an advocate of education for all.

Built to repair the schism that had formed between Sydney's rival synagogues in York and Macquarie streets, the Great Synagogue was the most dramatic building on Elizabeth Street.