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Incorporated by Act of the Parliament in 1949, its development can be traced back to the formation of the Sydney Mechanics Institute in 1843 and Sydney Technical College in 1878.

Surgeon and medical lecturer. Milford was apprenticed at the Sydney Dispensary in 1849 before being sent to England for medical training. He returned to Sydney in 1859 as surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, then became the First Lecturer in the Principles and Practice of…

Residential and commercial suburb on the Parramatta River which included Sydney Olympic Park. The name was discontinued in 2009 when it was split into Wentworth Point and Sydney Olympic Park.

Locality on Sydney Harbour named for mariner Billy Blue.

Sydney's only remaining lift bridge on a major arterial road.

Largest island in Sydney Harbour, between Birchgrove and Woolwich.

Railway station at Bankstown in Sydney's south western suburbs.

Railway station in Sydney's west that opened in 1863.

Railway station on Sydney's northern line opened in 1890.

Sculptor who worked on statues and carvings on many of Sydney's most prominent buildings between the 1880s and early 1900s. Worked with William Priestley MacIntosh on ornamental carving at the Sydney Technical College and the Lands Department building.  Instructor in masonry…

Public golf course in the northern suburbs of Sydney.

Jane Kelso is the historian at Sydney Living Museums

Prussian artist who arrived in Sydney in December 1840.

One of a group of French Marist priests who visited Sydney in 1845 en route to a new mission in the Solomon Islands. Verguet made some pencil sketches during his stay in Sydney.

First Presbyterian church in Sydney, presided over by John Dunmore Lang until his death in 1878. It was demolished to make way for the approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Anglican minister who worked hard to spread his ministry through the north of the state before settling in Sydney and launching Moore College. He was Dean of Sydney for 44 years.

Solicitor who practiced in Sydney for more than 50 years and specialised in criminal cases. Described in his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry as one of Sydney's 'most colourful criminal lawyers'.

Solicitor Reginald Bartley was active in local government affairs in both the Municipality of Vaucluse and in the City of Sydney. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1943-44 and 1946-48.

Champion runner who won 5 gold medals at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, and stayed to train in Sydney for the 1940 Olympics, which were cancelled because of World War II.

Richard White teaches history at the University of Sydney