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From the 1840s horseracing provided entertainment for pub patrons and workers in the Sugarworks village before more permanent facilities were constructed in the 1880s and related industries, both legal and illegal, boosted the local economy.

Island which sits peacefully in the middle of Iron Cove. During the 1880s it became the centre of a number of remarkable scientific experiments.

Named for the rocky outcrop that provided ballast for unladen ships, Ballast Point was never successfully subdivided. An oil terminal for much of the twentieth century, it was finally returned to the people as a harbour-side park.

Once called Syrians, and considered Asian, early Lebanese Sydneysiders succeeded in business, politics and the professions, from humble beginnings in Redfern. Chain migration has kept village communities together and newer immigrants have created a diverse range of religious…

Just as the Kameygal people had enjoyed the rich sea life of Botany Bay, Booralee thrived as a vibrant fishing village for over a century until overfishing and pollution saw the demise of the fishing industry.

Designed by colonial architect James Barnet, the Barrenjoey lighthouse has lit up the entrance to Broken Bay for over 120 years.

Chard Stairs connect Forbes Street with William Street and resulted from a project to widen the original William Street in 1916

For the Eora people, the Cooks River valley was a crossroad for trade, social and ceremonial networks but when the first European settlers ventured south, their explorations brought death and destruction to the clans

Photograph includes Professor Sir Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart; Sir Alfred Roberts; J Grajam; James Thomas Wilson, Arthur Edward Mills; Arthur Neville St George Handcock Burkitt and Dagmar Berne (centre) 

A carpenter by trade, John Sutherland became a local politician, mayor and parliamentarian.

The ongoing dispossession of the Aboriginal people who lived on the Cumberland Plain by white settlers lead to ongoing violence and assaults. The government ordered reprisals by the military included the massacre of at least 14 Aboriginal people near Appin in 1816.