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Conductor of the Sydney Royal Philharmonic Society from 1908-27.

Composer and musician, born Melbourne 1884, died Sydney 1956

Artist and designer of the Sydney Olympics 2000 logo.

Writer of several novels and stories set in Sydney.

Architect of major Sydney buildings, both public and private.

University of Sydney Professor of political economy and writer.

Sydney solicitor and early settler in the Fairlight area.

Owner of the Criterion Theatre in Sydney from 1913.

Tenor in the Sydney Opera Company of Mauritian descent

German-born Sydney doctor who was interned during World War I.

One of the first Latvian people to visit Sydney.

Italian priest who became Dean of Sydney in 1850.

Writer who created the fictional Sydney detective Cliff Hardy.

Architect who designed houses and kindergartens in northern Sydney.

Convict who became a landowner and businesswoman in western Sydney.

International sporting competition held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and various other Sydney venues in February 1938, timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the colony at Sydney. Over 450 athletes from 15 countries participated in over 70 events, and…

Shark Island sits in Sydney Harbour, just 1km from Rose Bay. In 1945 the first Sydney to Hobart race was launched from its banks.

Area in Sydney's inner west, traditional lands of the Wangal people, governed by Burwood Council. One of Sydney's smallest local government areas, it is home to a large Chinese community.

First town hall in North Sydney area. Later used as the first council chambers for North Sydney Council, a scout hall and office block, it was eventually demolished for redevelopment.

Dr Neil Radford was the University Librarian of the University of Sydney from 1980 to 1996. Now retired, he has been a volunteer at the Dictionary of Sydney since 2012.