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A huge celebration of international Catholicism, the International Eucharistic Congress was held in Sydney in 1928, coinciding with the consecration of the newly finished St Mary's Cathedral. Despite Protestant disquiet and fears of sectarian conflict, the Congress was a…

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.

French artist who arrived in Sydney in 1879 after leaving New Caledonia, where he had been exiled as a Communard. He was instrumental in developing the use of Australian native flora and fauna in the decorative and visual arts.

There has been a Jewish community in Sydney since the beginning of European settlement. With the Jewish free settlers who arrived from the 1820s, they built businesses and congregations in Sydney. In the late-nineteenth century, a new group of Jewish immigrants arrived from…

The result of a bequest in the will of JF Archibald, the Archibald fountain took 13 years to organise and complete. Its French sculptor, François-Léon Sicard, never visited the site, which has become one of Sydney's enduring landmarks.

Named by Irish-born Cardinal Patrick Moran, St Canice's maintained its Irish identity well into the twentieth century, and still serves the community of Sydney's Kings Cross.

Eastern residential suburb named after the house of Barnett Levey (1798-1837), who named it after his favourite book by Sir Walter Scott. Situated on the highest point of Sydney's eastern suburbs, it gave its name to the surrounding municipality.

Theatre producer and anthropologist who founded the first Sydney company devoted to Australian plays - the Community Playhouse - using the stage name Carrie Tennant (her mother's maiden name). Disheartened by the company's subsequent failure, Kelly abandoned theatre to study…

Prominent architect and civil engineer in Sydney, Morell established a business with John Edward Kemp and designed many buildings incuding The Swifts mansion in Darling Point and Her Majesty's Theatre on Pitt Street which was closed and demolished in 1933.

English migrant who, with his wife, opened day and boarding schools in Sydney for boys and for girls. The first school was in Pitt Street, the second, Bellevue Hall School, was on Kent Street from 1834 until July 1838.

Refrigeration engineer who patented and developed his own ice making machine in Sydney in partnership with others. He was a pioneer in domestic devices, refrigerated railway vans and cold stores but unable to translate that to machinery suited to ships.

Built in 1789 and quickly known as 'The Lump', the Rose Hill Packet was the first ship built in Sydney Cove, and transported convicts, passengers and freight along the Parramatta River to Rose Hill.

European theatre in Sydney began before the first Fleet made landfall, with a convict play on board the Scarborough. While theatre was always popular, a commercial theatre scene did not emerge until the 1830s, and theatrical fortunes rose and fell with the city's prosperity…

Professor Sybil Jack is an economic historian who spent over 40 years teaching and researching at the University of Sydney on a wide range of topics including agriculture, forestry and industry, town and country life in Europe and Australasia

Signwriting and other graphic design business established by Henry Rousel in 1890. From 1912 to 1974 the business was located at 38 Oxford Street, East Sydney. It also traded as Henry Rousel, Rousel Signs and Rousel Screen Printing.

Valerie Lawson is an author and journalist. She was the foundation editor of Good Weekend and the arts editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. Valerie writes program articles for many dance companies and launched her website in 2011

The image of an 18-footer in a north-east sea breeze has become synonymous with Sydney Harbour. The first 18-footers had developed from open boats that competed in matches from the early nineteenth century. Today, they are a high performance international class that has been…

Maroot the Elder, a leader of the Kameygal, is little known but he was recorded in the journals and observations of a number of European and American visitors to Sydney in the period 1798 to 1817.

Colonial schooner of 41 tons sent in frame aboard the 'Pitt' which was assembled and launched at Sydney Cove. It was used for exploration in New Zealand and Port Stephens and on a rescue missions in the Furneaux islands off Tasmania.