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Children with their toys in Kepos Street, Redfern 1950

Sailing boats in Kippax Lake, Moore Park c1977

Drinking fountain inscribed '1858 Williams Mayor', Loftus Street 1930s

Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) by Brenda Croft 2000

Central Baptist church, George Street, Haymarket 22 May 1961

Fruit stall in Springfield Avenue 26 May 1933

Crown Street Reservoir mechanical workshop, Surry Hills c1915

Constructing air raid shelter in Green Park Darlinghurst 1940s

Statue of Queen Victoria at Queens Square c1975

Pfahlerts Hotel, 50 Margaret Street 10 September 1956

Competitors in cross country race at Canterbury racecourse 1930s

Snapper Island training base 1960s

Flyer for Bray's Museum, inverse c1891

Fort Macquarie tram depot 1953

Carmichael, Henry

Reverend, educationist, winemaker and activist, Henry Carmichael influenced education and public life in the colony for 30 years.

From Cornelius Du Heg, a sailor in the First Fleet ship Friendship, to the wave of post-World War II immigrants from the Netherlands, Dutch Sydneysiders have brought their culture, skills and industry to the city.

Lynch, Francis (Guy)

Guy Lynch, known in Sydney as Frank Lynch, was a sculptor commissioned to do busts of several prominent Australians in the early to mid 20th century. His works include The Satyr, modelled on his brother Joe, that sits in the Botanic Gardens, and the depiction of Aboriginal…

NSW Savings Bank

Public bank set up by government regulation in 1819 to encourage saving by 'the industrious poor' and convicts who often bought small sums with them when transported. Overseen by the Governor, one of the founders was the merchant Robert Campbell, senior, who operated the…

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.