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Glebe Courthouse was built in 1889 in recognition of a growing Sydney metropolitan area. However, its use as a courthouse was frustrated by the government's refusal to appoint additional stipendiary magistrates.

The first road out of Sydney town led to the farming settlement at Parramatta, and this western gateway to the city retained its importance as the suburbs spread west towards the Blue Mountains.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the former Supreme Court and Registry Office between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

March of Indigenous people and their supporters to celebrate 200 years of survival under colonisation. It arrived in Sydney on Australia Day 1988 as a counterpoint to the country's Bicentennial celebrations.

North-western semi-rural and bushland suburb, named after one of the properties of Surgeon John Harris (1754 -1838). It contains an intact remnant of the grassy woodlands which once covered Sydney's west.

Southern suburb where Sydney's only nuclear reactor operates, producing isotopes for research and medical purposes. The residential area to the north was renamed Barden Ridge to avoid association with the facility.

One of Sydney's longest laneways which reveal some of the original warehouses which serviced businesses as well as residential conversions which heralded the return to inner city living from the 1980s.

Stone house built by James Milson after the bushfire of 1826 had destroyed his earlier cottage. Demolished to make way for Northern roadworks for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, resumption order 1923

Wattle tree with weeping branches and silver grey foliage that grows in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. It is an endangered species in the Hunter Valley and the Sydney basin.

Whether it was juggling, comedy or a gorgeous chorus line, the Tivoli was for almost three decades the home of Harry Rickards's vaudeville entertainment in Sydney.

Iza Coghlan was one of the first two women in New South Wales to graduate in medicine at the University of Sydney in 1893. The second Australian woman doctor to register with the New South Wales Medical Board, she pioneered private medical practice in Sydney and was the first…

Park located in West Street, Crows Nest which was once the site of North Sydney's first European burial ground. The land, which was previously the property of Edward Wollstonecraft, was donated to the Anglican Parish of St Leonards in 1845 by Alexander Berry. St Thomas…

Subdivision in 1890 for the suburb of Campsie in Sydney bounded by Railway Station, Beamish Road, and Cook's River which was to have had wide avenues and large blocks of land.

Long demonised and persecuted, gay men have been part of Sydney life since first settlement. Two centuries have seen attitudes and perceptions change dramatically.

Author of the Digit Dick series for children, as well as journalism, travel books and an autobiography, Leslie Rees was a well-respected member of Sydney's literary community.

Regional and environment planning report sponsored by Canterbury Municipal Council, Marrickville Municipal Council, South West Sydney Regional Social Development Council, Total Environment Centre, with the support of Rockdale Municipal Council.

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Governor's Bathing House in the Botanic Gardens between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Convict who built a large family in Sydney with Simeon Lord, who married her in 1814. She continued to manage Lord's factories and land after his death, and became a wealthy and active businesswoman.

Catholic priest who arrived with Fr John Therry as the first Catholic chaplains in Sydney. After a year in the colony he traveled on to Hobart and worked across Tasmania until his death.

Political mobilization which culminated in a march on July 14 1972 from Redfern to Sydney demanding Aboriginal land rights and civil rights. It was attended by over 6000 Aborigines, labour workers and students.