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Residential suburb on the north shore of Sydney Harbour. It was a picnic place in the nineteenth century, taking its name from the Cremorne Gardens in London.

Affluent northern residential suburb, named after an Aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'. Its height above sea level means it receives the highest rainfall in metropolitan Sydney.

Art gallery that operated in the Education Department building from 1915. Until the 1960s it was one of the best known public art venues in Sydney.

Waterfront urban renewal precinct on the site of some of Sydney's earliest wharves between Darling Harbour and Millers Point, named in honour of Cammeray woman Barangaroo.

Club established to raise revenue to support and promote the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club and rugby league within the eastern districts of Sydney.

French aristocrat who arrived in Sydney with the New South Wales Corps in 1794 and was subsequently a tutor to the Macarthur family and a pastoralist at Narellan.

First known Chinese born settler in Sydney who worked as a publican, carpenter and builder in the Parramatta district. He was also known as John 麥世英 Shying.

Dam constructed by Simeon Lord on the watercourse draining into Botany Bay. It is now traversed by Southern Cross Drive just east of Sydney Airport runway.

Contentious bridge constructed across the Cooks River at Canterbury to enable easy access to Sydney markets. The imposition of a toll however was to divide the community.

Bay about two kilometres east of Sydney Cove so named because convicts cut rushes there for thatching. Now noted as the site of a major harbour marina.

Teaching college for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, orthoptics and post-registration nursing. In 1990 it became the Faculty of Health Sciences within the University of Sydney.

Members of one of the most trusted professions, nurses have experienced enormous changes in their role, training, professional status and effectiveness over the period since the establishment of the first hospitals in Sydney.

Suburb on the eastern shore of the Woronora River in Sydney's south, named for The Bonnet, a cave in the area, shaped like an old woman's bonnet.

Forecourt of Customs House building at Circular Quay. Stone paving designed by architectural firm Tonkin Zulaikha Greer in late 1990s represents original shoreline of Sydney Cove.

Modernist painting by Grace Cossington Smith which depicts the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction in 1930. It is owned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

American writer Jack London's yacht, constructed for his voyage to the Pacific, which was moored at Lavender Bay while he was treated for a lengthy illness in Sydney.

Legislation that established the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children as the official body in charge of orphaned and neglected children in Sydney.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Tivoli Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'Opened as The Adelphi in 1911 and later known as the Grand Opera House, a theatre, renamed…

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the State Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Marble Bar as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project between 1984 and 1988.