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

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…

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.

Replica of Florence's famous Il Porcellino, donated to the City of Sydney by the Marchesa Fiaschi Torrigiani as a memorial to Thomas Fiaschi and Piero Fiaschi, her brother and father respectively, who were eminent doctors at Sydney Hospital. It is believed to bring good…

Gregory Blaxell is a former university lecturer, author of The River: Sydney Cove to Parramatta (Halstead Press 2009), and a member of the Hunters Hill Historical Society

Roman Catholic religious institute initially established in France and founded in Sydney when five daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart arrived in 1885.

Jacqui Newling is a historian, curator and gastronomer. She is the author of Eat Your History (SLM and NewSouth Publishing) and works at Sydney Living Museums

Jorma Pohjanpalo was the Secretary of the Finnish Consulate in Sydney, from 1927 until 1931. His papers are held at the National Library of Australia.

Topping the Art Deco AWA building, the tower was modelled on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and once dominated Sydney's skyline.

Builder, land speculator and politician who advocated improved working conditions and encouraged local manufactures by opposing overseas contracts. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1861.

Soldier and later wine merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1845, and an advocate for working men, before bankruptcy forced him out of local politics.

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who visited Sydney in 1805-6 to explore industries in the colony which could be useful to his own people.

Seaman who sailed with the Second Fleet aboard the storeship, Justinian, arriving in Sydney only to find his father had died during the voyage aboard Neptune.

Professor of mathematics who was chosen from 26 candidates as first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Sydney, with a salary of £825.

Sculptor and energetic art teacher and administrator at East Sydney Technical College who created large-scale sculpture for various buildings and public memorials including the Anzac Memorial.

Rabbi of the York Street synagogue from 1862, who founded many Sydney Jewish organisations and schools, and was instrumental in the building of the Great Synagogue.

Public servant who arrived in the colony in 1823 as principal superintendant of convicts and served as a magistrate as well as establishing a farm north of Sydney.

Federal government agency, with offices in Sydney and elsewhere, operating under the Commonwealth Film Program to ensure the creation, preservation and availability of Australian audiovisual content.

Forerunner of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, this collection was exhibited in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, from 1925 until 1936 when it moved to Canberra.