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The Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS), Australia's oldest historical organisation founded in Sydney in 1901, exists to encourage the study of and interest in Australian history.

Public building on Alfred Street at Circular Quay where shipping was cleared and goods passing through the port of Sydney were taxed and cleared for sale or export. A number of Customs House buildings have stood on the site since since 1845 and it was designed and redesigned…

Bishopscourt, which has served as the residence of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney since 1911, is one of the finest houses in Darling Point, and one of the best Gothic picturesque houses in Australia.

Described as 'the most remarkable woman in the Empire', Florence Taylor was one of Sydney's first women architects, a publisher, writer, town planner and socialite.

Volunteer navy unit formed with the construction of 2 torpedo-boats, Acheron and Avernus in 1878 to defend Sydney against the perceived threat of Russian warships off the coast.

Farm granted to Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose in 1792, which gave its name to the larger area set aside for the University of Sydney in the 1850s.

Russians have a long and complex history in Sydney, with great diversity in ethnicity, religion and history within the community, and enormous influence from developments in politics in the wider world.

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

When The Wharf opened its doors in January 1985, Vivian Fraser's sensitive renovation, with its respect for the past and embrace of the modern, won universal acclaim. As a venue, The Wharf epitomises the big, bold, adventurous creativity and distinctive Sydney glamour of the…

Founded by Dr Sydney Evan Jones after World War I, the Broughton Hall psychiatric clinic was one of the first in Sydney to offer treatment to patients of modest means who were not certifiably insane. The grounds and gardens were part of the therapy to divert patients from…

From abattoir to shipping terminal, Glebe Island has been an intrinsic part of the development of industrial Sydney.

Constructed as accomodation and cable station that connected Sydney with the world, it also served as a women's refuge from 1944 until converted to exhibition space in 1988.

Nineteenth-century Sydney's 'finest private residence' in Macquarie Street. Built by merchant Thomas Burdekin in 1842, its demolition in 1933 was an early catalyst for the heritage movement.

Building housing the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, built as the northern wing of Sydney Hospital, and much added to over nearly 200 years.

Spectacular festival organised by the Sydney Chinese community as part of the sesquicentenary celebrations to publicise China's plight following the Japanese invasion of Nanking the previous year.

Sheltered bay on Sydney's north shore, named for Archibald Mosman, whaler. Earlier known as Great Sirius Cove after the HMS Sirius that was careened there in 1789.

Though Frederick Ellard spent much of the 1840s in Melbourne and London, Sydney remained the base of his activities. His first published composition was The Sydney Corporation Quadrilles (1842) which, like most of his other works of the 1840s, was published by the Ellard…

From tram shed to picture hall to boxing venue to drama theatre, The Independent has been part of Sydney's theatre scene since 1911.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Barnett Levey's Theatre Royal between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales : with personal reminiscences of the tribes formerly living in the neighbourhood of Sydney and the surrounding districts by George Thornton and Richard Hill was published in 1892 for the New South Wales Commissioners for the…