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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.

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.

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.

The Australian Government's Your Community Heritage Program supported the 'Fine Stream Fine Meadow: Cooks River' project to include additional material about the Cooks River in the Dictionary of Sydney in 2013.

Vic Johnston was a writer and press photographer in Sydney from the 1930s through till the 1960s. He worked for the Sun, for People and for PIX. Often mistakenly credited as Vic Johnson.

Land agent and businessman who went into partnership as a publisher with JR Clarke between 1851 and 1856. His brother CH Woolcott was an artist and Town Clerk at the City of Sydney.

Organ built in 1796 by Robert and William Gray of London, for the Hon Spencer Perceval. The organ was lent to the Emperor
Napoleon, and after his fall in 1815 was brought to England in 1817 by Lady Perceval, who later ordered it to be sold.
In 1829 it was in the…

The road north from Sydney had to traverse forest, hills and deep river valleys, and a number of routes were developed before the Pacific Highway became the main northern road.

Gweagal man in western Sydney in the 19th century. Goodall and Cadzow suggest he may be the man identified as Kourban in PHF Phelps drawing of Aboriginal people in Liverpool c1840.

Adopting the role of mediator between the Aboriginal people and the English colonists, Bungaree became one of the best known elders in Sydney town, after circumnavigating the continent with Matthew Flinders.

The Sydney Branch of the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) was founded with a democratic structure that enabled it to thrive in the postwar era and meet shifting community and government expectations of adult and continuing education, while remaining relevant and…

Rugby league ground which is home of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league club. It adjoins Redfern Park and was originally established as a sportsground as part of the park design in the 1880s.

Suburb on the outermost shore of the southern side of Sydney harbour which, since colonial times, has been an important naval and civil maritime precinct, as well as a destination for Sydneysiders and tourists.

Section of The Domain which provided a public venue for Sydney people to voice their opinions on the social and political issues of the day to the amusement and entertainment of the Sunday crowd.

Local market established on the site of the Sydney Omnibus company which sold everything from fruit and vegetables to second hand clothes and furniture. Markets were held regularly between the 1880s and 1950s.

Global Roman Catholic congregation, founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Ireland on 1 February 1807. Six Brigidine Sisters first arrived in Coonamble, New South Wales in 1883 and branches were then opened in Sydney.

Small cove on western side of Sydney Cove between the Overseas Passenger Terminal and Dawes Point, named for the merchant Robert Campbell, who built his wharf and warehouses and an Indian-style bungalow there.

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the fire in October 1890 that destroyed a city block.

Theatre company which became known in the 1960s for its prolific lunchtime program at the AMP Building in Circular Quay, Sydney. In 2005, it moved to the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith.