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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.

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…

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…

Small western residential suburb, named for Thomas May, who bought land here in 1859 when the first subdivision of the governor's domain at Parramatta was made. It is the site of Mays Hill Cemetery and Sydney Murugan Hindu Temple.

Amusement park built on the site of the Dorman Long workshops at Milsons Point after the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed in 1932. It closed in 1979 after a fatal fire on the Ghost Train ride, but reopened in 1982.

Western residential suburb south of Mt Druitt, bounded to the east by Ropes Creek and to the south by the Sydney Water Supply Pipeline. It was named in 1981 after the property granted to lieutenant-governor James Erskine in 1818.

Harbourside suburb at the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adjacent to The Rocks. From the earliest days of the colony it was a significant as the site of the first observatory and one of the earliest gun placements.

Symposium held at the Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House on the corner of Phillip and Bridge streets in September 2014 to commemorate Phillip and his legacy on the bicentennial anniversary of his death.

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.

Lawyer, convict and lawyer again, George Crossley's career in Sydney after his transportation for perjury showed the possibilities and pitfalls for emancipists in the colony.

Māori chief who visited Sydney to establish trade ties. He introduced Western agriculture to the Māori and helped put Te Reo (the Māori language) into writing. He was also a fierce warrior who pioneered the introduction of the musket to Māori warfare.

Nurse who saw service in the Middle East and Western Fronts before training in London in Dr Truby King's Plunket Mothercraft method. She became the first director of the Karitane organisation in Sydney responsible for nurse training and mother care.

Butcher, charity worker and politician who campaigned for slum clearance and improved sanitation and water supply for the city. He was also responsible for the establishment of the Homebush saleyards in 1882. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1885.

The first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney who served in this role in 1966-82 and also as Primate of the Church of England in Australia in 1978-82. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1976.

Businessperson and benefactor, the son of convicts, who quietly and industriously built a business empire that enabled him to amass a large fortune. Much of his estate was bequeathed to the University of Sydney to endow a library now named in his honour.

Japanese merchant who came to Australia in 1890 with Fusajiro Kanematsu to establish and manage the Australian offices of new Kanematsu's export and import business. He and his family lived at Woodford and on Blues Point Road in North Sydney.

One of the third generation of the Harris family to live in Ultimo, Sir Matthew Harris spent much of his time managing his real estate investments. He was active in political and civic affairs and served as Mayor of Sydney 1898-1900.

Wool buyer, sportsman and politician who founded and was active in many amateur sporting associations. Marks was an early supporter of Zionism and also helped found the Australian Jewish Historical Society. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1930.

Founded in 1915 with the aim of rallying the Irish-Australian community behind the cause of Irish sovereignty, the INA has fostered Sydney's Irish heritage for nearly a century, despite political difficulties and changes in Irish migration.

Area in Sydney's south-east, traditional lands of the Gadigal and Bidegal peoples, formerly governed by Botany Bay City Council until being merged with Rockdale to form Bayside local government area in 2016. It had large areas of industrial development.