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Orthodox church serving the Greek community in south east Sydney.

First Catholic church in Sydney's eastern suburbs, opened in 1852.

From the Kinetoscope Parlour set up in Sydney in 1894 and visited by 22,000 people in five weeks, to the latest Hollywood blockbuster filmed in Sydney's streets, film has been part of Sydney's story. Filmmakers have presented many different images of the city and its diverse…

Two artists named Richard Read were active in Sydney in the early 19th century. Richard Read Senior (c.1765?–1829) arrived in Sydney in 1813 as a convict. His son Richard Read Junior (c.1796-1862) arrived in Sydney in 1819 as a free settler. For works by either artist on the…

Solicitor and politician. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1851-52

Lime merchant and plasterer who was Mayor of Sydney in 1860.

Cambodian Buddhist monk who arrived in Sydney in the mid-1980s.

Architect, educator and astronomer who helped reorganise technical education in Sydney.

Publican of a number of hotels in Sydney in the mid-nineteenth century.

Violinist and conductor in some of Sydney's earliest classical music performances.

One of Australia's first punk bands, formed in Sydney in 1974.

Māori performing arts group formed in Sydney in the early 1970s.

Social and cultural support group established in Sydney in the 1970s.

Nurse who worked in Karitane homes in New Zealand and Sydney.

Governess who migrated to Sydney to find work or a suitable marriage.

Landscape painter and public servant who exhibited in Sydney and Paris.

Returned services club also incorporating the North Sydney Anzac Memorial Club.

Troop carrier from Sydney to Cape Town during the Boer War.

British-born artist and cartoonist who worked in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

The traditional owners in the Broken Bay areas north of Sydney.