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Sydney has been seen as an 'English' town since first European settlement, with visitors describing its English character well into the nineteenth century. Successive waves of English-born convicts, settlers, and assisted immigrants helped shape the city, and the English…

Exhibition of objects from public and technical schools around Sydney. Adult performances of music and physical skills were also included to induce adult attendance. Whilst it was hoped to raise money for a new school of arts, it was not a financial success.

Area on peninsula between Middle Harbour and Sydney Harbour, traditional lands of the Borogegal people, governed by Mosman Municipal Council. Occupied by a single suburb, and one of the smallest local government areas at 9 square kilometres, its position is picturesque and…

Hospital for children constructed at Camperdown to alleviate the congestion at the Sydney Hospital for Sick Children at Glebe. It was in use until the hospital moved to new premises in Westmead in 1995. The building was then converted to apartments.

Presbyterian church constructed to replace that demolished for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It opened in 1930 with five floors completed but construction stopped because of the Depression. The Assembly building was substantially redesigned by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects in…

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Principal cemetery for the town of Sydney between 1792 and 1820. Originally located on the outskirts of the city, by 1819 the cemetery was full and had become 'offensive to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood'. It was closed. on 28 January 1820, and replaced by the new…

Formed in 2011 to address the complex needs of the Cooks River today, the Alliance includes representatives from Ashfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, City of Sydney, Hurstville, Marrickville, Rockdale and Strathfield councils

Prominent Aboriginal woman in early colonial Sydney, of the Wangal clan of the southern shore of the Parramatta River. She was the sister of Bennelong. Her first husband was Yuwarry and her second was Harry, an Aboriginal leader in the Parramatta area.

Wooden sailing ship of 375 tons which was one of fourteen convict ships to arrive in 1834 bringing over 200 Irish male convicts. Inn 1837 it transported 210 male convicts to Hobart and in 1839 returned to Sydney again with 200 males.

In 1911 a Japanese expedition bound for Antarctica was forced to turn back by bad weather. In May the expedition arrived in Sydney and set up camp in Parsley Bay.

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the White Horse Hotel that had been run by boxer Larry Foley in George Street near King Street.

Council established in 1872 to administer the Prospect and Sherwood area in Sydney's west, which became Holroyd Municipality in 1927, and the City of Holroyd in 1991. It was merged with parts of Auburn and Parramatta  to form Cumberland Council in 2016.

Tobacco merchant who had a shop at 452 George Street, Sydney during the late 1850s up to his retirement in 1874. He later took an interest in public affairs and social services, serving as secretary of the Benevolent Asylum and establishing Burwood Public School.

Sports and cultural programme held on New Year's day each year by the Scottish community to raise funds for the poor. Originally held at the Albert Ground in Redfern it has also been held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Showgrounds.

Minesweeper built during World War I which changed hands several times before operating from Sydney as a fishing trawler. Requisitioned as a minesweeper in World War II she returned to trawling in 1947 but was smashed on rocks at Little Bay and finally pounded to pieces.

French born publican whose hospitality extended to catering for all classes of society and even Mayoral picnics. After working in several cafes and hotels around Sydney he spent 10 years in Gundagai before leaving for Europe, later returning to work in Dubbo.

Master millwright from Surrey who arrived in Sydney in early 1793. Employed by the British governement to work as a miller in the colony for three years, he and fellow millwright Thomas Allen were based at Parramatta. Thorp returned to England in 1796

First woman to study Pharmacy at the University of Sydney in 1900. In 1902 Wilson became the first academically trained woman to register as a pharmacist in New South Wales and went into business in Killara. She died in 1919 during the flu epidemic.
 

Public holiday marking the landing of the first fleet in Port Jackson, celebrated in Sydney throughout the nineteenth century as Anniversary Day, and gradually taken up by other states after Federation. The public holiday has been held on 26 January nationwide since 1994.