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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…

Vase made Sevres Imperial Manufactory in 1869 which was one of a pair sent by France to be exhibited in the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition with many other decorative items to demonstrate France's rich cultural heritage. It was presented afterward by the Commissary-…

The youngest convict transported aboard Lady Juliana, the 11-year-old was convicted of assaulting and stealing from an eight-year-old girl. After she was tried at the Old Bailey, her death sentence was commuted to transportation. After arriving in Sydney, she was sent to…

Convict who was tried at the Old Bailey, London on 2 April 1788 for stealing two pounds of tea, seven loaves of refined sugar, 20 pounds of moist sugar and three pounds of rice valued at two pounds and eight shillings. After arriving in Sydney, he married Mary (or Elizabeth)…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Proposed in 1868 after the assassination attempt on Prince Alfred, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was opened in 1882 and grew steadily. Closely linked with Sydney University, the hospital trained many doctors and nurses.

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.

Whilst the Garden Palace was a brief and fiery addition to the Sydney landscape, the decision to hold an International Exhibition in 1879 was to place the city on the world stage.

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.