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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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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