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Life After Wartime brings previously 'lost' images from the Justice and Police Museum, Sydney, into the public domain. Using uncatalogued crime scene photographs taken from 1945 to 1960, Life After Wartime captures a startling record of life, death and folly, reflecting a…

Sydney's Egyptians came in two waves, with Jews, Coptic Christians, Greek and Armenian Egyptians making up the bulk of the arrivals before 1976, and some Egyptian Muslims arriving in recent years. The Coptic Church is vital to the community, with 10 churches and a…

Suburb on the north side of the Parramatta River, nine kilometres west of the City of Sydney. It one of several riverside suburbs named after those along the banks of England's Thames.

Covered water reservoir commissioned to supply western Sydney and Illawarra suburbs after the completion of the Upper Nepean Scheme. It was integrated into an elevated reservoir on the same site in 1965.

Drama based on the romance between David, Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson and the ensuing abdication. It has been performed numerous times in Sydney, including at the Mayfair Theatre in 1978.

Small bay east of Blackwattle Bay in Sydney Harbour, surrounded by Rozelle, Annandale and Glebe. Much of the natural shoreline of the bay has been extended by land reclaimed for maritime use.

Part of the Great Dividing Range west of Sydney, reaching a height of 1100 metres. In 1829 the name for the area used by the local Aboriginal people was recorded as being Colomatta .

One of Sydney's biggest 'beat' music venues in the 1960s, located in the former Kings Cross Theatre that was demolished to make way for the underground railway station and the Crest Hotel.

Small residential suburb on the headland south of Neutral Bay in North Sydney local government area. Known for its many apartment buildings constructed since the 1940s, it was declared a suburb in 2010.

Cemetery established in 1868 in St Leonards. It is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in Sydney and contains many remnants of the Devonshire Street Cemetery which was cleared in 1901.

Southern headland marking the entrance to Port Jackson which, since colonial times, has been an important location for civil and military maritime activities, and is now part of Sydney Harbour National Park.

Timber yard and rest area for convict work parties travelling between Parramatta and Sydney established by Governor Grose. At over 700 acres it covered much of the site of present day Concord.

Tributary of the Parramatta River, which rises near Thornleigh, flows south and drains to Port Jackson east of Greenwich Point. There are significant mangrove communities near where the river meets Sydney Harbour.

Australian Railway Historical Society began in Sydney in 1933 as the Great Railway Circle of Australia. The society's primary role is to encourage the study and enjoyment of Australian railway history.

Theatre group founded by May Hollingworth with the immediate wartime objective of taking quality entertainment to troops in camps around Sydney. After the war, the theatre was established in Northcote House, Reiby Place in Sydney. The venue had a boxing ring for a stage, 72…

Irish publican on Pitt Street who had come to Australia as a convict on the Minerva in 1800 after being sentenced to transportation in March 1798 for his part in the 1798 Irish rebellion. He was also a substantial landowner with land grants in Penrith, and the Clerk of Sydney…

Chinese settlers arrived in Sydney from 1818 and their compatriots followed, especially after gold was discovered in New South Wales. Despite harrassment from governments and intimidation from other Sydneysiders, Chinese immigrants continued to come and to stay throughout the…

Thomas Fisher, a bootmaker and property investor, bequeathed a large portion of his estate to the University of Sydney to endow its library. Fisher Library bears his name to this day.

Settler who arrived in Sydney on the First Fleet with her husband Reverend Richard Johnson. With her husband she established an early school for the colony's children. They returned to England in 1800.

Rock band formed in Sydney in 1972 and active between 1972 and 2002. The band became known for its hard rock sound and political activism in aid of Indigenous, environmental and anti-nuclear causes.