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The partner of Joseph Foveaux. She lived with him in Sydney from 1793 when she left her husband Sergeant Sherwin, another soldier in the colony, and married him in 1814 in Derby, England.

Italian-born figure painter who sailed with a Spanish expedition commanded by Alejandro Malaspina aboard the corvettes Descuvierta and Atrevida. He sketched striking portraits of an Aboriginal man and woman after his arrival in Sydney.

Aboriginal clan who lived on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour from inner South Head, along the shores of the present Eastern Suburbs to Darling Harbour. Also written as Gadigal, Kadigal and Caddiegal.

US Navy heavy cruiser which was anchored in Sydney Harbour and was the target of a Japanese submarine attack on 31 May 1942. The torpedoes missed the Chicago but sank the neighbouring HMAS Kuttabul.

Purser of the Sirius who arrived in the first fleet, and later settled in Sydney with his family. Known as 'Little Jack' Palmer, he became an eminent and successful citizen, with extensive farms.

Marine who as Lieutenant-Governor under Governor Phillip caused undue friction and unrest both in Sydney and Norfolk Island, and was happy to be recalled in 1791 to resume his military career in England.

Henry Louis Bertrand, the mad dentist of Wynyard Square, was the centre of a salacious love triangle and murder trial in Sydney in 1865.

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, sculpted by English sculptor William Theed and shipped to Sydney where it was erected in Hyde Park and unveiled five years after Albert's death.

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and the mother diocese of Australia, and remains the largest ecclesiastical building in the English Gothic style in the world.

Originally Dharug country, the area that became Castle Hill was granted to settlers in the 1790s and some set aside for the Government Farm in the 1800s. Sydney's only convict rebellion started there in 1804. Farming gave way to orchards and later market gardens. By the 1960s…

A founder of Sydney's women's suffrage movement, Maybanke Anderson was also a writer and teacher, and a lifelong campaigner for the rights of women and children.

Children's novel by Ethel Turner relating the adventures of the Woolcot children, set mostly in Sydney, during the 1880s. It was hugely popular, filmed several times and has remained in print since 1894.

Film made in 1915 by JC Williamson's, directed by English actor and playwright Frank Harvey, with over 1,000 men storming ashore at Obelisk Bay in Sydney Harbour to re-enact the landing at Gallipoli.

Engineer who rose through the New South Wales public service to become chief engineer in charge of water supply and sewerage for Sydney, and oversaw dams and other works throughout New South Wales.

The second theatre in Australia and the first outside Sydney. Located at the Emu Plains agricultural prison farm. Performances took place at the theatre from 1822 until Governor Ralph Darling ordered its closure.

Soldier who was commissioned as Second Lieutenant No. 3 Company Sydney Battalion Volunteer Rifles in 1861 and retired in 1898 as Commanding Officer of the First Infantry Regiment with the rank of Honorary Colonel.

Suburban railway line constructed in the 1880s that runs from the city to Sydney's southern suburbs and then on to Wollongong and Kiama. The Cronulla branch line from Sutherland was opened in 1939.

Rozelle Tram Depot is a former tram storage and operations centre that was part of the Sydney tram network. The depot was turned into the Tramsheds food retail complex that opened in September 2016

Cricket club formed from a group of players who practised at Hyde Park, which predated any formal competition in Sydney, and provided most of the players for the civilian-military matches held during the 1830s.

Merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1857 and first chairman of Woollahra Borough Council in 1860. A member of Parliament and director of many companies, he was appointed protector of Aborigines in 1880.