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Sydney's first major public library. The organisation formed in 1826 and the Library opened in rented rooms in Pitt Street, 1 December 1827, with 1,000 volumes. In 1845 the Library moved into a purpose built building on the corner of Bent and Macquarie Streets. The…

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.

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who first visited Sydney in 1805 with the intention of developing trade ties. He introduced wheat to New Zealand and was also host to the first Christian missionary, Samuel Marsden.

Ship that arrived in 1916 with 208 British subjects from Malta who were refused entry after being subjected to a dictation test in Dutch. After deportation and intervention from Governor Strickland, they were allowed to return to Sydney.

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

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.

Pitt Street in 1858 was alive with busy women, who were property owners, independent tenants, employees and small-scale businesswomen. This virtual walk rescues them from the obscurity of history, and shows how varied women's lives in mid-nineteenth-century Sydney really…

Mosaic by artist Brenda L Croft set into the path at Farm Cove which commemorates historical and contemporary presence of local Indigenous people who travelled great distances to attend ceremonies here. The figures depict Sydney rock carvings.

Public park which was built of the site of the infamous Frog Hollow in the 1930s. Previously it had been home to a variety of dangerous criminals and considered one of the most depraved areas of Sydney.

Place of national significance in north Parramatta which is home to many of Sydney's oldest heritage sites. The 1.9 hectare precinct lies between the Parramatta River and Fleet Street in the south-east of the Cumberland Hospital. 

Commercial office building constructed as part of property development that also includes Governor Phillip Tower and the Museum of Sydney. The development incorporates heritage listed buildings and remnants of the footings of the first Government House.

Large structure in Merriman Street, The Rocks, built in 1974 for control of ship movements in Sydney Harbour. With the removal of most cargo ships to Port Botany it became redundant and is scheduled for demolition.

Convict ship of 879 tons and 140 ft long which hit an iceberg in December 1789 about 13 days out from the Cape of Good Hope. Some convicts survived and were given pardons on arrival in Sydney.

Survivor of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He was the first mate, or chief officer, of the ship and had to identify several of the dead at inquests around the city.

Japanese mail steamer built in Scotland especially for the Australasian trade that ran regularly in the early 20th century between Yokohama and Sydney via Melbourne, Kobe, Moji, Nagasaki, Hong Kong, Manila, Thursday Island, Townsville and Brisbane.

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.

Built on Dharug country, Auburn developed early industries of timber-getting and brickmaking but became an industrial powerhouse after the railway arrived. Postwar immigration has made Auburn one of Sydney's most multicultural areas.

Residential suburb on the southern side of the Cooks River near Sydney Airport. Its name, meaning 'beautiful dawn', was suggested by the New South Wales Polo Association in 1928 as the name of its new Polo Ground.

Western semi-rural suburb, on eastern bank of Nepean River north of Penrith. One of the five 'Macquarie towns' proclaimed in 1810, it is now the site of the Penrith Lakes Scheme and the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Semi-industrial suburb 4 kilometres south of Sydney, named after the Earl of Zetland in the 1870s by his relative Governor Sir Hercules Robinson. The stables of Robinson's residence, Zetland Lodge, were famous for producing champions of the turf.