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Originally the country of the Gommerigal people, the Ultimo estate of surgeon Harris was a rural retreat until the 1840s when industry gradually encroached and subdivision in the 1860s. Quarries and woolstores provided work, but life was hard for Ultimo's residents. Postwar…

Western inner-city suburb named for surgeon John Harris's estate, densely populated by the end of the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century it became heavily industrialised, as well as a centre for technical education, and is now largely gentrified.

Land grant of 34 acres made in 1803 which formed the nucleus of the Ultimo estate.

House built in 1804 by surgeon John Harris on his estate at Ultimo, and extended in 1814 by the convict architect Francis Greenway. It was Greenway's first colonial commission.

Sandstone quarries which have enriched the cultural heritage of the city and built many of Sydney's public buildings, scarring the western side Ultimo from the 1850s. Named Heaven, Hell and Purgatory by Scottish workmen, each quarry produced stone with distinctive…

Demolished in 1932, Ultimo House was then claimed to be Sydney's oldest residence. It had been one of the most prestigious houses in the colony.

The estate of Dr John Harris which grew from a small farm to an estate of 233 acres across the Pyrmont peninsula and Haymarket.

The Ultimo Power House on the corner of Harris and William Henry Streets was built in 1898 'in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture' to supply Sydney's new electric tram system, and opened in 1899, producing choking clouds of coal dust over Ultimo. After the trams…

Companion department store building constructed for Grace Brothers.

One of many hotels to line Parramatta road from the 1820s. The building still exists at 135 Broadway.

Multi-purpose centre designed to minimise traffic noise and maximise sun on the internal courtyard. It houses a sports hall, craft room, childcare centre and libraries.

Boundary stone approximately 152 centimetres high which was erected on the eastern bank of Black Wattle Creek to delineate the boundary of Sydney Town.

Office and studio complex comprising two digital television production studios, an on-air radio studio, a news studio and control room. It continues a local tradition of entertainment which in the 1870s saw the local paddocks regularly used for shows. At night, flares made of…

Vocational and industry based training college at Ultimo

Anglican church hall in Ada Place Ultimo, built in the 1880s and use as a mission church in the early 1900s. Sold in 1975 it became a potter's studio before being converted as a residence

Building erected in 1892 as part of Sydney Technical College in Mary Ann Street Ultimo. It was intended to be co-educational but it only ever housed Sydney Boys High and operated as a normal high school.

School established for the children of the quarry men in Ultimo.

Ornate symmetrical three storey building which, as the Technological Museum and later the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, exhibited examples of the skills and industry of the colony. Though the collection rapidly outgrew the building it was not relocated until the…