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The colony's first windmill, built on Observatory Hill between May 1796 and February 1797 from parts brought to Sydney by Governor Hunter in 1795. It quickly fell into disrepair and by 1810 only the stone tower remained.

Amateur photographer and scientist who took some of the earliest known photographs of Sydney. An assayer, or chemist, who worked at the Mint on Macquarie Street, many of his photographs are taken from and of the building.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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

Originally designed as school buildings, then adapted for the Supreme Court and added to over nearly two centuries, King Street Courts are the heart of Sydney's legal precinct.

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…

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…

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.