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City of Sydney Polka
Piece of dance music composed by Charles Packer in 1854 and dedicated to William Charles Wentworth.
Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College
Teacher training college established to advance early childhood education as kindergartens associations were being formed in the city.
Sydney: the Story of a City
Book tracing Sydney's development from colonial outpost, written by Geoffrey Moorhouse in 1999.
Sydney or the bush
A phrase meaning, broadly, "all or nothing" i.e. either strive to achieve your aspirations or don't bother and give up.
North Sydney Town Hall
Council chambers opened in July 1926, and remodelled in 1938, and again in 1976 after a fire.
Central Sydney Planning Committee
Committee to determine applications for major developments and those seeking to vary standards under State Planning Environmental Planning Policy.
Sydney Female Refuge Society
Society established to assist prostitutes to abandon their work and learn needlework and laundering skills under strict moral guidance.
Sydney University Dramatic Society
SUDS is the oldest continual theatre company in Australia and one of the oldest student theatre groups in the world.
Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union
Trade union formed to represent the workers who undertook the dangerous and back breaking work of loading coal onto ships.
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Prestigious music school established to provide tuition and performance experience at the highest level for both secondary and tertiary students.
Sydney Coal Bunkering Company
Subsidiary of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, which built the coal loading facility at Berrys Bay to refuel ships.
Sydney Coffee Tavern Company
Company which provided food, non-alcoholic drinks and over 50 bedrooms at several sites along Pitt Street between Park and Market streets.