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Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Law Courts Building, commemorating the former site of a house owned for a brief period by D'Arcy Wentworth between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at 814 George Street, near the intersection with Pitt Street, on the site of the Marcus Clark building.

A small, close-knit community, Sydney's Lao started to arrive after the Communist takeover of Laos in 1975, and have since that time rebuilt their lives and organisations in a new city.

Canterbury residents' delight at the new bridge constructed across the Cooks River to shorten their journey to markets in Sydney quickly turned to anger and complaint as Cornelius Prout set about imposing a toll

Western suburb on the country of the Darug people, which as 'Blacks' Town' became the site of the short-lived Native Institution in 1823. It was a separate town until suburban development joined it to Sydney in the mid-twentieth century.

Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.

Art deco hotel on the corner of Pitt and Park Streets, Sydney, built in 1936. It occupies the site of the Criterion Theatre and earlier Criterior Hotel which were demolished in 1935 for the widening of Park Street.

Christian women's support association established in Sydney by Mary Jane Barker.It provided migrant accommodation, an employment agency, an early savings bank for women and the first women's gymnasium in 1912, and continues at the forefront of women's advocacy…

Trade union for merchant seamen formed in Sydney and Melbourne in 1874 which took the name Seamen's Union of Australia in 1906. In 1993 it amalgamated with the Waterside Workers' Federation to form the Maritime Union of Australia.

One of Sydney's oldest law firms, Allens has been part of the legal, commercial and architectural history of the city.

The National Art School has been at the centre of Sydney's art scene for almost a century, and has nurtured the talents of generations of artists who have studied and worked in studios within the walls of the old Darlinghurst Gaol.

The long and varied cultural history of the Paris Theatre, home to movies, vaudeville, cabaret, 'revues' and drama, gives an insight into the ups and downs of theatre and cinema life in Sydney over the twentieth century.

Royal Commission, better known as the Chelmsford Royal Commission, that investigated the use of deep-sleep therapy, a controversial treatment for psychiatric illnesses, between 1963 and 1979 at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in north west Sydney. The Commission was…

Unofficial name for a large region in southern Sydney, including parts of Hurstville, Rockdale and Kogarah, roughly corresponding to the original parish of St George, part of the subdivision of the County of Cumberland in 1835, for land title purposes.

Seaman who sailed to New South Wales with the First Fleet. He developed a relationship with convict Catherine Hart and would swim ashore to see her each night. He contracted dysentery and died within two months of arriving in Sydney.

Founded as a complement to the National Institute of Dramatic Art, the Old Tote Theatre company ushered in the era of modern, state-supported theatre in Sydney.

The first commercial theatre in Sydney had a shaky start, and its owner Barnett Levey had problems with licensing, financing and bankruptcy. Despite this, it saw the first professional production of Shakespeare in Australia and formed part of the foundation of Sydney's…

Opened in 1925, one of the few courthouses built between the wars in Sydney, Manly's courthouse has been a prominent landmark ever since.

Student cooperative for full time students at the University of Sydney which was constructed from an old glass making factory between 1982 and 1991. The purchase and conversion was funded by the university and the Department of Housing.

The grey-headed flying fox is a large native fruit bat that lives in large groups across Sydney and along the eastern coast of Australia. Listed as a vulnerable species as their numbers are declining due to clearing of their habitat.