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Cast iron urinal or pissoir bought by the City of Sydney Council to alleviate the lack of conveniences around the city. Originally located on Observatory Hill it was moved to its current site after the construction of the Bridge.

Two storey government warehouse near Queens Wharf that held the woven cloth and farm produce that were then transported to Sydney or distributed in the local area. Second store built in 1825 near same location and demolished in 1937

After four long years, the declaration of the Armistice at the end of World War One on 11 November 1918 was celebrated across Sydney. More sombre commemorations, Peace Day, followed after the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919.

The Lands Department Building on Bridge Street, one of Sydney's iconic 'sandstones', was designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet and embodies the work of the surveyors of New South Wales.

Landowner, solicitor, judge and politician, Robert Owen was a foundation councillor of the City of Sydney, as well as a member of both houses of New South Wales Parliament.

Inner-west residential suburb on the southern side of Parramatta Road, named in 1794 by Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose after his home village in Surrey, England. Developed after the railway station opened in 1857, it is now a centre of Sydney's Portuguese community.

Nature preserve at the junction of the Georges River and O'Hares Creek, Airds. The origin of the name is uncertain but may refer to the place where the local wool clip was washed before being taken to Sydney for sale.

Inner-western suburb, home to the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, as well as high-density residential dwellings, mainly gentrified workers' terraces and apartment buildings. It is named after a naval battle in which Governor Bligh took part in 1797.

Western industrial and residential suburb, south of Parramatta. Named after the British Foreign Secretary, it grew rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s following the construction of the rail link from Sydney to Parramatta, thanks to its road, rail and water access.

Dairy farm on the banks of the Nepean River west of Cobbitty originally owned by G A Porter and named by him for a Scottish village, Acquired by the University of Sydney in 1954 as a teaching facility for the Faculty of Veterinary Science.

Publisher and writer whose dubious business practices in America were to cause the rapid demise of her journal 'The Spectator' here. Her feminist credentials were seen in her journalism and lecture on female heroism at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts.

Daughter of William Broughton and his convict partner Ann Glossop, who survived the massacre of the Boyd in New Zealand in 1809 and returned to Sydney in 1812. She married Charles Throsby, nephew of the explorer, and raised 17 children.

Area near the mouth of the Cooks River which was put up for sale in fifty acres lots in 1838. Because of realignment of the river mouth for expansion of the Sydney airport the site is now under the international terminal.

Anglican clergyman whose drunken and dissolute youth helped equip him in establishing a church in one of the poorest and roughest areas of Sydney.
Under his stewardship St Barnabas claimed a congregation of 1200 and a sunday school for 1000 in the 1860s.

Two year old boy who died on 15 February 1927 after being bitten by a Sydney funnel-web spider while he was sitting on the laundry steps at his home in Clifford Avenue, Thornleigh. His death was the first attributed to the spider.

Convicted of stealing cloth and clothing. According to John Nicol, with whom Sarah partnered and had a child with on the voyage to Sydney, she was 'as kind and true a creature as ever lived' and 'had been banished for a mantle she had borrowed from an acquaintance' who…

Merchant and philanthropist who made his fortune selling wool and other merchandise. He was a prominent property owner, with holdings at Potts Point, and also ran cattle and sheep stations at his properties in southern New South Wales. He made generous donations to the…

Passenger who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. She was travelling from London with her husband, a solicitor, after their marriage had been objected to by his parents. Her brother travelled with them, but neither he nor her husband …

In the early nineteenth century Macquarie Place was the administrative and business hub of Sydney. Today traces of its long history can be found in the monuments, relics and old trees which still remain.

A writer who lived most of his life in England, Jack Lindsay was the son of Norman Lindsay, and chronicled the bohemian life of Sydney in the 1920s in his autobiography.