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Deputy commissary general who was in charge of the Commissariat between 1813 and 1819, when he left the colony. He returned to live in Sydney in 1829.

Estuarine and river sands and gravels laid down by flood or wind in the Sydney basin over the last two million years, during the current Quaternary period.

Merchant and sealer who used his farming properties on the Hawkesbury to finance his merchant business in Sydney. His wife Mary expanded the businesses after his death.

The wife of Major CT Smeathman who arrived with her husband and son Henry in Sydney in 1827. After her husband's death she married surgeon William Bland.

Council formed in 1871 that governs the Leichhardt area in Sydney's inner west. It was merged with Ashfield and Marrickville to form Inner West Council in 2016.

Council established in 1871 to govern what was then the Borough of Ashfield, in Sydney's inner south-west. It was merged with Leichhardt and Marrickville councils in 2016.

Lawyer who came to Sydney after legal success in the West Indies and was appointed first solicitor-general of New South Wales. He was made a judge in 1826.

Architect and Deputy Mayor of Sydney who designed the Chinese Garden of Friendship at Darling Harbour and contributed to the redesign of Dixon Street as a pedestrian area.

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Palace gates to the Royal Botanic Garden as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of F Kanematsu's Japanese warehouse between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Henry Parkes' shop between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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

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

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Jack Lang's birthplace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Francis Greenway's house between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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

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

Theatre owner and entrepreneur noted for bringing melodrama and pantomime to Sydney audiences. He came to Australia as a boy, reportedly walking the streets of Melbourne as an unemployed young man in the early 1900s, 'wondering where the money for his next meal was to come…

Naval officer, surveyor and pastoralist who worked on his own surveying possibilities for the proposed railway line put forward by the Sydney Tramroad and Railway Company, later Sydney Railway Company. Despite his efforts, he was refused payment for his work and was widely…

Car dealers that first operated as a coaching company and had a dealership first at 176 Clarence Street, Sydney and eventually in Zetland. In January 1905, the Sydney Morning Herald announced 'Mr Hoskins has decided to dispense with the Horses and go in for motoring'. Larke,…