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Sydney Dorcas Society
Nineteenth century charitable group offering home help and other assistance to pregnant women during their confinement.
Sydney Flour Company
Consolidated milling company formed when severe wheat shortages, due to drought, forced smaller mills to merge.
Sydney Smelting Company
Tin smelting factory established on the waterfront at Woolwich which moved to Alexandria in 1967.
North Sydney Oval
First used for cricket in 1867 it also hosts all football codes over the years.
Sydney Women's Liberation
Feminist group who campaigned against domestic violence, discrimination in the workforce and restrictive birth control information and procedures.
Sydney Gay Liberation
Radical homosexual organization advocating unity and militant action by all oppressed groups such as homosexual, women and blacks.
Stokes, Sydney William
Surveyor and army officer whose surveying practice was involved with the development of the western suburbs and northern beaches.
Sydney Cricket Ground
Cricket oval near Moore Park, which opened in 1854 and has since become a modern sports stadium.
Tomholt, Sydney John
Playwright whose 11 short plays include the most substantial introduction to symbolist and expressionist drama in Australia before the 1960s.
Sydney Cove (1803-1820s)
Whaling and sealing ship owned by Lord, Kable and Underwood that also transported a shipload of convicts to Australia in 1807.
Sydney Jewish Museum
Museum which provides information about Judaism's central beliefs and the holocaust and explores Jewish life in Australia since the first fleet.
North Sydney Council
Local government body formed in 1890 through the amalgamation of three local borough councils, East St Leonards, St Leonards and Victoria.
Sydney Filmmakers' Cooperative
Group of independent film makers founded in 1970 and funded by the Australian Film Commission to distribute and exhibit their films
Sydney Bush Walkers
Bush walking club that focused on protecting bushland from development as it did when there was a threat to the Blue Gum Forest.
Sydney Metro Northwest
Fully automated metro railway line between Epping and Rouse Hill Station. The project was initially known as the North West Rail Link.
Sydney City Mission
Philanthropic organisation formed to provide welfare to Sydneysiders living in poverty, which was absorbed by the umbrella organisation Mission Australia in 1996.
Sydney Dance Company
Contemporary dance company established in 1969 by Suzanne Musitz. Since 1985 it has occupied studios at The Wharf Theatre in Walsh Bay.
Rickards, Sydney Stokes
Eldest son of theatrical entrepreneurs Harry and Kate Rickards. He died of scarlet fever at years old while his parents were on tour.