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Actor, director and artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company.

Surveyor who explored much of the Sydney basin and hinterland.

Novelist and children's writer who lived on Sydney's north shore.

Stockbroker and philanthropist who grew up in Sydney's southern suburbs.

Convict who became Sydney's most prolific playwright in the 1840s.

Champion surfer who learned to surf on Sydney's northern beaches.

Writer and director of several films set in suburban Sydney.

Theosophist and cult clergyman who lived in Sydney from 1914.

Botanist who came to Sydney as Colonial Botanist in 1833.

Ship's captain and businessman who helped found the Sydney Exchange.

First planning officer appointed to the Sydney City Council (1938).

Member of federal parliament representing the Sydney seat of Banks

Group that organised art exhibitions in Sydney from 1847.

One of Sydney's earliest Catholic churches, opened in 1844.

Officer of marines and diarist whose intimate writing gives an informal view of early Sydney. The site of his vegetable garden is commemorated in the name of Clark Island in Sydney Harbour.

Advertising slogan of Gowings, one of Sydney's oldest clothing retailers.

Brig or sailing ship involved in trade with early Sydney.

Organ builder who created instruments for a number of Sydney churches.

Artist, printmaker and designer who worked in Sydney and London.

Builder and businessman who was Mayor of Sydney in 1866.