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Suffrage and women's rights advocate in Sydney and later in England, who became an outspoken socialist, and represented the Communist Party of Australia in Moscow in 1924.

Engineering company that grew from small beginnings in Redfern to employing more than 1000 men in works around Sydney, before succumbing to the depression of the 1890s.

Public servant who was one of the city commissioners after the sacking of the City of Sydney council in 1854. He was later Auditor-General of Queensland 1867-77.

Boxer who became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion, winning the title from Canadian Tommy Burns on Boxing Day 1908 at a fight at Sydney Stadium.

Merchant, politician and pastoralist with extensive land holdings in northern New South Wales though well known in Sydney through his involvement in businesses which promoted the region.

Visual artist, curator and writer who has represented Australia at important international exhibitions since 1975. He also created two key sculptures for Sydney Olympic Park in 2002.

Actress who began performing in pantomimes at five and sprang to musical-comedy fame in Sydney 1911. She was a star of Harry Rickards's Tivoli circuit for seven years.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lawyer, reformer and stalwart of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, George Kenyon Holden presided over its reinvention in the 1860s.

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,…

Slow growing plant known commonly as 'grass tree' that is native to the Sydney area and the central coastal area of New South Wales. In the Sydney language it is called 'gulgadya' or 'gadi', and the word Gadigal, meaning 'people of the grass tree', is derived from it. Part of…