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Queen of the Seas
Ship of 1353 tons which sailed between Boston and Sydney.
Lynch, Joseph Patrick Stanislaus
Stonemason, architect and sculptor who followed his sons to Sydney.
Riley Street National School
One of three National schools established in Sydney in 1849
Glaciarium
Ice rink run by the nearby Sydney Cold Stores which attracted skaters from all over Sydney until the run-down facility was closed in the 1950s. The site had previously been the Cyclorama.
Auburn local government area
Area in Sydney's west, part of the traditional lands of the Wangal and Wategoro peoples, formerly governed by Auburn City Council until being merged with parts of Holroyd and Parramatta to form Cumberland local government area in 2016. Site of Sydney Olympic Park, and with a…
HMAS Penguin
Royal Australian Navy training establishment on Middle Head, Sydney Harbour.
Eastern Distributor
Motorway which links Sydney's central business district with the airport.
General Steam Screw Ship Company
British company which began regular voyages to Sydney in 1853.
Union Box and Timber Company
Manufacturing company in inner-city Sydney in the early twentieth century.
Clontarf marina
Berth and slipway services for some of Sydney's wealthy mariners.
Madsen building
Gothic revival style research building at the University of Sydney.
Roma House
Office building at 537-543 George Street, Sydney, near Liverpool Street.
Village Point
Headland on Sydney Harbour to the east of Parsley Bay.
Royal National Park
Australia's first national park, on the coast south of Sydney.
Wynyard Park
Park in central Sydney, originally site of barracks parade ground.
Three Tuns Tavern
Hotel on the corner of Elizabeth and King streets Sydney.
St Andrew's College
Residential college within Sydney University constructed between 1874 and 1876.
Royal Easter Show
Agricultural show held annually in Sydney annually since the 1850s.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Since opening in the old Maritime Services Board building at Sydney Cove in 1991, the Museum of Contemporary Art has taken its place among other Sydney's icons. Located on one of Sydney's, and indeed Australia's, most historically laden sites, the MCA brought contemporary art…
Opera House King Street
Nineteenth-century theatre at King and York streets in central Sydney.