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Landings and steps between Harrington and Cumberland streets which is the oldest known pedestrian street in The Rocks. In use since 1807 it illustrates the close urban character of early Sydney and its rocky topography.

One of three boundary posts remaining on the streets of Sydney, as of 2011 it was still in its original location on the north-west corner of the intersection of Cleveland Street and South Dowling Street.

As Martens did not arrive in Sydney until 1835, this may actually be a depiction of the shipwrecked Dunbar in 1857, when large portions of the wreckage were carried into Middle Harbour.

Arriving in Sydney in 1833, after leaving Mauritius under a cloud, William Castell was a man with many names, female companions and stories.

Lyric writer who took a great interest in the welfare and folklore of Aborigines near her home at Wollombi in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney. Some of her lyrics were set to music by Isaac Nathan.

Engineer and ironmaster who established a foundry near Sydney Cove in 1833 and spent four decades improving process and product despite financial problems. His innovations and transfer of technologies made him an industrial leader of the time.

Russian admiral and explorer who was the commander of the ship Vostok that arrived in Sydney in 1820 as part of a Russian expedition through the Pacific and the Antarctic. Also known as Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

Film about a white lawyer in Sydney whose work leads him to realise that he has a mystical connection to his Aboriginal clients, and that only he is aware of the coming disaster that will destroy the city.

Resident of Parramatta Lunatic Asylum in 1861 who identified as male. Probably Irish, from Limerick, on arrival in Sydney they were still wearing 'woman's wearables'. The Asylum staff did not force Hurly to dress as a woman.

Missionary and Congregational minister who established a mission for Aboriginal people at Lake Macquarie where he wrote several well regarded studies of Aboriginal language. Living in Sydney later in life, he continued to champion victims of discrimination.

Sydney's artists' camps flourished around the harbour from the 1880s until the 1910s, allowing young artists to live cheaply together and paint their surroundings in the open air.

Industrial and medium density residential suburb 5 kilometres south of Sydney, officially named in 1977 after British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, later Lord Beaconsfield. It is part of the Green Square district which is currently undergoing gentrification.

Suburb built on Dharug land north-west of central Sydney which was first used by Europeans for timber-getting, and later for farms and orchards. The suburb grew steadily after the arrival of the railway line in 1887.

Small inner-west suburb named after the district in London. Becoming an industrial and residential suburb after the railway came through in 1884, it was partially depopulated by the aircraft noise of Sydney Airport during the 1990s.

Orphanage established specifically for catholic children operating from a variety of sites in Sydney Town and at Parramatta. Opening with 13 children at Bellevue Hill there were over 113 residents by the time it moved to Parramatta.

Flour mill built on the Woronora River which avoided the duty paid by all Sydney based mills. Using the undershot principle the river water hit the wheel the wheel at it's base causing it to spin.

Swamps and ponds south-east of Sydney town which became the city's water supply from 1830, via Busby's Bore. In 1888 the land became part of Centennial Park and the swamps were incorporated into the park design.

Born into a convict family that made good, John Lucas became a businessman, politician and participant in many public debates in late nineteenth-century Sydney.

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at the site of the reading of the Riot Act during the Maritime Strikes of 1890. 

Named for Solomon Wiseman, ferryman, this village on the edge of the Sydney region has retained some of its historic buildings and cemetery.