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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Memorials

Subject

1798 Memorial, Waverley Cemetery

Anzac War Memorial Hyde Park

Archibald fountain

Balmain War Memorial

Fisk memorial

Glebe War Memorial

Il Porcellino

Irish Famine Memorial, Hyde Park Barracks

Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird

Returned Soldiers on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

The Fallen on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

The beginnings of Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney

Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

War Memorials for World War I

War Memorials for the Sudan and Boer Wars

War Memorials to World War II and later conflicts

AIDS Memorial Quilt

ANZAC Memorial (Building) Act 1923

Bronze street plaques of Kings Cross

Dave Sands Memorial Plaque

Emden Gun

Explorers' marked tree

Kinchela Boys Home Ken Brindle Memorial Shield

Next of Kin Memorial Plaque

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 1. Campbell's Bank

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 10. The Supreme Court

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 100. State Bank Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 101. The Female Immigrants' Home

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 11. General Post Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 12. The Strand Arcade

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 13. City Railway

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 14. Palace Garden gates

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 15. Bridge Street Bridge

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 16. The Observatory

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 17. Horbury Terrace

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 18. Walsh Bay Wharves

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 19. Redfern Mortuary Terminal

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 2. History House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 20. Marcus Clark Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 21. Sydney Town Hall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 23. Sydney Exchange

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 24. Mark Foy's Department Store

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 25. School of Arts

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 26. Hydraulic Pumphouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 27. Lieutenant Governor's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 28 National Trust Centre/Old Fort Street School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 29. Georgian School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 30. Sydney Trades Hall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 31. Conservatorium of Music

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 32. Judge's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 33. New South Wales Club

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 34. Old Sydney Burial Ground

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 35. York Street Synagogue

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 36. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 37. Young Men's Christian Association

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 38. Wyoming

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 39. Australia Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 4. Treasury & Audit Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 40. Tramway Depot

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 41. Lord Nelson Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 42. Australian Subscription Library/Former Public Library

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 43. Customs House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 44. Australian Gas Light Company

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 45. Francis Greenway's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 46. The Nightingale Wing

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 47. AWA Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 48. The Lumber Yard

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 49. Reading the Riot Act

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 5. The First Execution

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 50. The Lawsons' House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 51. The Mint

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 52. 'Banjo' Paterson's Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 53. Larry Foley's Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 54. Boston's Windmill

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 55. Governor's Bathing House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 56. Devonshire Street Cemetery

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 57. The Carters' Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 58. George Allen's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 59. The Outbreak of the Plague

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 6. St James' Church

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 60. Semi Circular Quay

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 61. The Sydney Gazette Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 62. Simeon Lord's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 63. Glover Cottages

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 64. Culwulla Chambers

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 65. Fort Phillip

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 66. Jack Lang's Birthplace

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 67. St Brigid's Church School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 68. Underwood's Shipyard

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 69. Hyde Park Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 7. Tank Stream

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 70. Powerhouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 71. First Public Demonstration of Wireless

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 72. Sydney Opera House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 73. Site of the First Gaol

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 74. Theatre Royal

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 75. Queen Victoria Building (Police Office)

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 76. Queen Victoria Building (Markets)

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 77. The First Traffic Lights

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 78. D'Arcy Wentworth's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 79. Former Supreme Court and Registry Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 8. Mort's Wool Store

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 80. Former Sydney Morning Herald Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 81. F Kanematsu's Japanese Warehouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 82. Mitchell Wing

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 83. David Jones' First Shop

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 84. The Macquarie Wall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 85. The Domain

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 86. Farm Cove

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 87. State Theatre

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 88. Henry Parkes' Shop

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 89. The Military Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 9. Legislative Assembly Chamber

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 90. Hyde Park

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 91. Sydney Grammar School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 92. Water Police Court

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 93. Phillip Street Police Station B

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 94. Police Court C

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 95. The Tivoli Theatre

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 96. A Great Fire in the City

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 97. Holy Trinity School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 98. The Trocadero

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 99. Lyons Terrace

Sacrifice

Second Fleet Commemoration plaque

Sir Richard Bourke statue

Sydney Green Plaques

Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

All Saints' Air Force Memorial Church West Lindfield

Campbelltown Soldiers Memorial School of Arts hall

Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel

Federation Pavilion

Guildford Soldiers Memorial School of Arts

Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian church Annandale

Lane Cove War Memorial School of Arts hall

Liverpool Memorial School of Arts hall

Memorial Hall Glenorie

Mosman Anzac Memorial Hall

New South Wales Jewish War Memorial Hall

Oatley town clock

Royal NSW Lancers' Memorial Museum

Sutherland Memorial School of Arts hall

Wentworth Memorial Anglican church Vaucluse

Annual Pere Receveur Commemoration Mass

Dawn Service

Anzac Memorial Fund

Arrow Engravings

Glebe Diggers' Committee

John Brotchie Memorial Pre School

Public Monuments Advisory Board

Roseville Memorial Club

War Memorial Hospital Waverley

Carter, Andrew

Dellit, Charles Bruce

Freestone, CA

Grant, Douglas

Nelson, Bill

Scott, Hugh

Sheppard, Margaret

Shirley, William Thomas

Snelling, Douglas

Valamamesh, Angela

Valamamesh, Hossein

AIDS Memorial Grove Sydney Park

Blackheath Memorial Park

Coral Sea Park

Dolphins Point

Kokoda Park

Memorial Park Blackheath

Peace Garden

Pioneer Memorial Park

Sandringham Gardens

Soldiers Memorial Park Lindfield

War Memorial Park Manly

1798 Memorial

Air Accident Memorial

Anderson Fountain

Anzac Parade Obelisk

Anzac Pool of Reflection

Anzac War Memorial Hyde Park

Anzac bridge

Appin Massacre Memorial

Archibald Fountain

Australian Army Nurses Memorial

Balmain War Memorial

Cenotaph

Centaur Memorial Window

Centennial Memorial Fountain

Dee Why beach war memorial

Double Bay War Memorial

Eastwood War Memorial

El Alamein Memorial Fountain

FJ Walker memorial fountain and monolith

Fisk Memorial

Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial

Glebe War Memorial

Gollan Memorial Clock Tower

Governor Phillip fountain

Grave of Père Receveur

HMAS Kuttabul Memorial

HMAS Sydney Mast naval monument

Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial

Hurlstone Park war memorial

Il Porcellino

Irish Famine Memorial, Hyde Park Barracks

K13 Submarine memorial

Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

Korean War Memorial

Laperouse Monument

Last Farewell

Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain

Lieutenant G J Grieve Memorial

Light Horse Memorial Wall 1914 - 1918

Manly ANZAC War Memorial

Manly Boer War Memorial

Marrickville War Memorial

Miranda War Memorial

Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Drinking Fountain

Mosman War Memorial

Mount Hunter war memorial

New South Wales Garden of Remembrance

Newington College Memorial to the Dead 1914-1918

North Bondi War Memorial

Northbridge Memorial Clock Tower

Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park

Parramatta War Memorial

Parramatta and District War Memorial - The Boer War

Pyrmont War Memorial

Randwick District War Memorial

Redfern War Memorial

Rickards Memorial

Robert Brough Memorial Fountain

Royal Australian Regiment Memorial

Searle's Monument

Second World War Servicewomen Memorial

Shakespeare Memorial

Soldiers' Memorial Camden

Sydney Harbour Bridge Memorial

University of Sydney Darlington Memorial Gates

Victoria Cross Memorial Queen Victoria Building

Victory in the Pacific Memorial Wall and Fountain

Vietnam War Comradeship Memorial

Wentworth Mausoleum

Woolloomooloo Bay Mothers and Wives Memorial to Soldiers

Woronora Cemetery AIF Memorial Wall, Boer War Nurses Plaques

'Pioneer's Memorial' garden and ornamental pool created in honour of the women doctors who founded the Rachel Forster Hospital, Redfern c1956

ANZAC Commemorative Service at Balmain War Memorial, Loyalty Square, Balmain, 5 April 2009

ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, 15 September 1930

Addresses of men listed on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour at the time of their enlistment 1914-1918

Aerial view of southern Hyde Park 1950s

Aerial view of the Governor Phillip Fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney October 2008

After a prayer service over the grave of Father Serapheim Phocas, Waverley Cemetery, 2010

After the ceremony unveiling the Cenotaph, Martin Place 21 February 1929

Anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius, Macquarie Place c1935

Anzac Bridge 2008

Archibald Fountain and surrounds 1930s

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park 2008

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park undated

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Diana c1935

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial, Coogee 17 December 2014

Balmain War Memorial at Loyalty Square c1916

Camperdown cemetery 'Sacred to the memory of Emily Alice Elliott' c1854

Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick's Estate, Manly, November 1935

Carols by candlelight in Hyde Park, Sydney December 1970

Commemorative plaque to Kate Rickards on the Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

Corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, the site of the first Government House November 1949

Douglas Grant, draughtsman and soldier, with his ornamental pond and Harbour Bridge, Callan Park, between 1932-1940

Douglas Grant, nurses and ex-servicemen around the World War I war memorial in the shape of the Harbour Bridge at Callan Park c1931

Emden gun in Hyde Park 2011

Entrance to Domain, Sydney 1849

Explorers Tree, Katoomba c1890

First Government House (site) February 2012

Floral tributes at Martin Place to the victims of the Lindt Cafe Siege, 19 December 2014

Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial, Green Park, Darlinghurst 2003

Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial, Green Park, Darlinghurst c2005

Glebe Island and Anzac Bridge 2005

Governor Phillip Fountain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney c1945

Governor Phillip's statue: Complete design with pedestal fountains and allegorical representation to be erected in the Inner Domain, Sydney 1896

Grave of Katherine Plessos Crummer, Waverley Cemetery 2010

Grave sculpture, St Stephen's Anglican Church, Newtown, Sydney, 1936

HMAS Sydney I mast and crow's nest, Bradleys Head 2010

Hunter Baillie Church, Annandale c1930s

Il Porcellino replica, Sydney Hospital 2007

In memory of Black Santa, plaque commemorating Syd 'Doc' Cunningham on King Street, Newtown 24 July 2010

Interior of Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick's College, Manly, November 1935

Italian ex-servicemen give fascist salute at Cenotaph, Anzac Day parade, Martin Place April 1937

JA Hogue unveiling Sirius anchor and cannon, Macquarie Place, January 1907

La Perouse Monument c1885

Legacy club members march past the Cenotaph 1930

Maiden Memorial Pavilion, Royal Botanic Gardens, 8 October 2009

Medallion in Sydney Town Hall, designed by Thomas Sapsford in 1885, to commemorate the departure and return of the NSW contingent to the Sudan 2008

Memorial bust of Robert Wardell (based on his death mask) in St James Church c2000

Memorial card on the death of Cardinal Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney 1911

Memorial tablet to KK Mackellar on the wall in the Emergency Department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, February 2018

Memorial to Sydney Rickards, the young son of Harry and Kate Rickards in Waverley Cemetery 2012

Memorial to the Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps by the Macquarie Street gates of the Royal Botanic Gardens 6 October 2014

Monument in memory of NC Bochsa, erected by Anna Bishop over his grave in Camperdown Cemetery, 1856

Monument to the Irish People 1798, Waverley Cemetery c1898

Mourning woman laying wreath on the Cenotaph on Anzac Day c1930

New Zealand soldier statue, eastern end of Anzac Bridge, Rozelle 2009

Next of kin plaque: Private J A Newcomb, 18 Battalion, AIF c1920

Observatory Park, South African War Monument 30 May 1986

Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park c1934

Page of the program for the Anzac Day Commemoration, April 25th, 1916, Town Hall, Sydney

Proposed Archibald Memorial Fountain to be erected in one of the public gardens of Sydney 1927

Ratings from the new aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney march past the Cenotaph in Martin Place 1949

Rayner Hoff in his studio at the National Art School with work created for the Anzac War Memorial c1934

Redfern's tribute to fallen soldiers: memorial unveiled in Redfern Park by Mr JST McGowen MLC 28 January 1920

Regatta on Parramatta River from Searle's Monument c1925

Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

Soldiers' memorial in Double Bay park August 1919

South African War Memorial, Parramatta c1930

Sydney ANZAC War Memorial 2008

The Anderson Fountain in Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta June 2015

The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba c1910

The Harriett Biffin Pathology Laboratory Plaque at Rachel Forster Hospital 2007

The Marrickville 'Winged Victory' World War I memorial, c1919

The Miranda Satire 1924

The Parramatta River with Searle's monument c1915

The Robert Brough Memorial Fountain 7 January 2021

The grave of Abbe le Receveur, Botany Bay 30 November 1842

The monument erected to the memory of Lieutenant Grieve, killed at the Battle of Paardeberg, Vaucluse 1903

The war memorial at Steyne Park, Double Bay c1919

Tom Power, Famine Memorial event August 2003

Tree. Clontarf. Where Duke of Edinburgh was shot, March 12th 1868

Ultimo Presbyterian Church World War I Roll of Honour, photographed 2015

Unveiling of Leichhardt War Memorial, 9 April 1922

Unveiling the Eastwood War Memorial, 24 May 1925

WWI Memorial School of Arts, Liverpool c1940

War memorial clock, Northbridge

Wentworth Memorial Church, Vaucluse

Women lay wreaths on the wharf at Woolloomooloo where the WWI troops departed, c1931

Wreaths at the Balmain War Memorial Loyalty Square 5 April 2009

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Memorials

1798 Memorial, Waverley Cemetery

Erected by Sydney's Irish community at the end of the nineteenth century, the 1798 memorial honours Michael Dwyer, the Wicklow Chief, a hero of the 1798 Rising. Subsequent generations have included the names of those killed later in the struggle for Irish freedom.

Anzac War Memorial Hyde Park

Built in Hyde Park in the 1930s, the Anzac War Memorial commemorates the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in World War I. Though funds were gathered from 1916, construction was delayed by the building of the underground city railway through the park.

Archibald fountain

The result of a bequest in the will of JF Archibald, the Archibald fountain took 13 years to organise and complete. Its French sculptor, François-Léon Sicard, never visited the site, which has become one of Sydney's enduring landmarks.

Balmain War Memorial

One of Australia's oldest war memorials, the Balmain community has continually made additions to commemorate those whose lives were lost in all conflicts from World War I.

Fisk memorial

Unveiled in 1935, the monument stands outside Ernest Fisk's house, Lucania.

Glebe War Memorial

Planned from 1919 and unveiled in 1922, Glebe War Memorial remains a focus of community interest.

Il Porcellino

Sydney's favourite Italian boar, the statue of Il Porcellino is a curious addition to the Macquarie Street landscape.

Irish Famine Memorial, Hyde Park Barracks

Eleven shiploads of Irish girls, orphaned by the Great Famine of the 1840s, arrived in Sydney between 1848 and 1850. They were housed in the Hyde Park Barracks before going out to work and marry in Sydney and beyond. In the 1990s, a worldwide movement among the Irish diaspora to commemorate the Famine, led to the construction of Sydney's Famine memorial, set into the Hyde Park Barracks perimeter wall.

Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird

Keith Kinnaird Mackellar was an older brother to poet Dorothea Mackellar, and was the only Australian soldier whose remains were brought back to Australia of over one thousand men who lost their lives in the Boer War.

Returned Soldiers on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

The Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, now housed in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists the names of 36 men who served in World War I. We can only be sure 22 came home but their stories reveal the hardships of war service, larrikin behaviour, heroism and injuries that must have been a terrible burden to returned soldiers.

The Fallen on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

The Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, now housed in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists the names of 36 men. Four of those men died as a result of their war service and were lost to their families and friends - people who openly grieved their passing. Their grief is a reminder of the true cost of war, for the fallen and for their family, friends, and community.

The beginnings of Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney

The landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli in 1915 was first commemorated in Sydney on 25 April 1916. It took nearly twenty years for Sydney commemorations to take the form that is now considered traditional, of a march from the Cenotaph in Martin Place, through the streets of Sydney to the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park.

Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

The roll of honour from the former Ultimo Presbyterian Church, now located in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists 36 men associated with the Ultimo community who served in the First Australian Imperial Forces in World War I. The board, instigated in 1916 shortly after the arrival of Reverend John Muir, is part of a tradition in which honour rolls were used to memorialise, mobilise, recruit and mourn.

War Memorials for World War I

The shocking losses of Australian servicemen and women in the Great War prompted communities across Australia to find ways to memorialise those who died, and honour those who served. As no centralised authority drove or coordinated this task, the form of each memorial reflects the community that raised the funds to build it. Balmain was the first suburb in Australia to erect a war memorial, but in time, the towns, suburbs, workplaces and institutions of Sydney found a way to fulfil the covenant 'we will remember them.'

War Memorials for the Sudan and Boer Wars

The earliest monuments to Australian soldiers in Sydney are for the Sudan Contingent in 1885, and the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. These plaques honour soldiers who served and died and, in one case, women who worked as nurses during the Boer conflict.

War Memorials to World War II and later conflicts

While memorials honouring the dead of the Great War were adapted to mark the sacrifice of those lost in World War II, the losses of a new generation led to innovations in memorialisation. Those who died on active service in Sydney, and those lost in conflicts Malaya, Korea, Borneo and Vietnam are remembered in new memorials in the city and suburbs, and along the road to Canberra. Women, prisoners-of-war and recipients of the Victoria Cross are also memorialised in Sydney.

AIDS Memorial Quilt

Quilt of individual panels created for, and by, those touched with AIDS, and to illustrate the impact and encourage support for those affected.

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ANZAC Memorial (Building) Act 1923

Legislation passed to enable the building of an Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, amended in 1984 and 1996 to rededicate the memorial to all the conflicts in which Australians have been involved.

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Bronze street plaques of Kings Cross

Over 100 plaques were set into the pavement of Darlinghurst Road as part of the City of Sydney’s upgrade of the streetscape in 2004-5. The text for the plaques was written by the City Historian, Shirley Fitzgerald. Dot Dash Pty Ltd designed the plaques. and Allan Saxby and Mukesh Malhotra project managed the installation for the City of Sydney.

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Dave Sands Memorial Plaque

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Plaque sponsored by Tom Laming's Golden Gloves Gymnasium and his friends to commemorate the short but stellar career of Indigenous boxer Dave Sands.

Emden Gun

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Four inch gun from the German ship Emden which was destroyed by the HMAS Sydney off the Cocos Islands in 1914. A gift from the Commonwealth to the City of Sydney, it was installed in 1917.

Explorers' marked tree

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Stump of a blackbutt tree just outside Katoomba that was allegedly carved with the initials of Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson during the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, but this historical significance is often questioned.

Kinchela Boys Home Ken Brindle Memorial Shield

Award presented to the most promising player in the grand final of the annual New South Wales Aboriginal Knockout Rugby league competition.

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Next of Kin Memorial Plaque

Bronze plaque of 120mm manufactured in Britain to commemorate those British and Empire service personnel, both men and women who died between 4 August 1914 and 10 January 1920. It is estimated over 1 million were made.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 1. Campbell's Bank

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the NSW Savings Bank, colloquially known as Campbell's Bank, in Circular Quay on 15 July 1984. It was the first in what would become a series of plaques installed over the next four years as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'The first savings bank in Sydney, the New South Wales Saving Bank, was known as 'Campbell's Bank' was opened near this site on 17 July 1819. This marked the beginning of the State Bank of New South Wales'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 10. The Supreme Court

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Supreme Court building as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 100. State Bank Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the State Bank building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 101. The Female Immigrants' Home

Commemorative plaque that was installed in Bent Street between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the Female Immigrants' Home. The text on the plaque read: 'The Female Immigrants' Home. Caroline Chisholm, 'the emigrant's friend', opened the Female Immigrants' Home on this site in 1841. During a major period of free migration Mrs Chisholm worked to improve conditions for women migrants on their arrival in the colony.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 11. General Post Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the General Post Office building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 12. The Strand Arcade

Commemorative plaque that was installed in the Strand Arcade in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'This arcade, designed by John Spencer, was opened in 1892 and is the last remaining example of a form of retail shopping once common in Sydney.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 13. City Railway

Commemorative plaque that was installed outside St James railway station between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 14. Palace Garden gates

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Palace gates to the Royal Botanic Garden as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 15. Bridge Street Bridge

Commemorative plaque that was installed in Bridge Street in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 16. The Observatory

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the observatory as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'This building, begun in 1857, was used by the Government Astronomer until 1982. The observatory played a major part in both astronomical and meteorological studies in Australia.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 17. Horbury Terrace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Horbury Terrace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.The text of the plaque read 'These houses, once part of a terrace of eight, were built in 1842 for Ouseley Condell. Their name derives from the second owner Thomas Holt, a native of Horbury, Yorkshire.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 18. Walsh Bay Wharves

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Walsh Bay Wharves between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 19. Redfern Mortuary Terminal

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Redfern Mortuary Terminal between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'A funeral train service ran from Sydney to the Necropolis (Rookwood Cemetery) from 1867 until 1948. This station and a similar "receiving house" at the cemetery were completed in 1869.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 2. History House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on History House on Macquarie Street in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'This Victorian town house was designed in 1871 by the architect George Allen Mansfield for George Oakes of Parramatta, pastoralist and politician'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 20. Marcus Clark Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at 814 George Street, near the intersection with Pitt Street, on the site of the Marcus Clark building.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 21. Sydney Town Hall

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Town Hall between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 23. Sydney Exchange

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Exchange between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'The Sydney Exchange Company opened a building on this site as a centre for merchants and for the exchange of commercial information on 30 December 1857. It was granted the title Royal Exchange in 1901.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 24. Mark Foy's Department Store

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Mark Foy's department store between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 25. School of Arts

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 26. Hydraulic Pumphouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the hydraulic pumphouse between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 27. Lieutenant Governor's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lieutenant Governor's House between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 28 National Trust Centre/Old Fort Street School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Old Fort Street School (now the National Trust Centre) between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 29. Georgian School

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the Elizabeth Street site of the Georgian School building that was later occupied by Sydney Girls High School.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 30. Sydney Trades Hall

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Trades Hall between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 31. Conservatorium of Music

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Conservatorium of Music between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 32. Judge's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Judge's House between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 33. New South Wales Club

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the New South Wales Club between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 34. Old Sydney Burial Ground

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Old Sydney Burial Ground between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 35. York Street Synagogue

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the York Street Synagogue between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 36. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of St Patrick's Roman Catholic church between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 37. Young Men's Christian Association

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Young Men's Christian Association between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 38. Wyoming

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Wyoming between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 39. Australia Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Australia Hotel between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 4. Treasury & Audit Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Treasury building as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'These offices, designed by Mortimer Lewis, Colonial Architect, were built in 1849-1851. Early shipments from the goldfields were stored here'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 40. Tramway Depot

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Tramway Depot between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 41. Lord Nelson Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lord Nelson Hotel between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'This hotel was first licensed in 1841 when its landlord was William Wells, a former convict. It is believed to be the oldest existing hotel building in Sydney.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 42. Australian Subscription Library/Former Public Library

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Australian Subscription Library between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 43. Customs House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on Customs House at Circular Quay between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'Customs House. The first Collector of Customs was appointed in 1827 and the Department has occupied this site since 1845. After Federation the collection of customs duties passed from State to Federal control.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 44. Australian Gas Light Company

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the first Australian Gas Light Company gasworks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 45. Francis Greenway's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Francis Greenway's house between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 46. The Nightingale Wing

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Nightingale Wing of Sydney Hospital between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 47. AWA Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the AWA building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 48. The Lumber Yard

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lumber Yard between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 49. Reading the Riot Act

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at the site of the reading of the Riot Act during the Maritime Strikes of 1890.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 5. The First Execution

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the colony's first execution as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'Thomas Barrett, a First Fleet convict, was hanged near this place on 27 February 1788 for stealing provisions and was buried nearby'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 50. The Lawsons' House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lawsons' house between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 51. The Mint

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Mint between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 52. 'Banjo' Paterson's Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of The Bulletin magazine and 'Banjo' Paterson's office between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 53. Larry Foley's Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the White Horse Hotel that had been run by boxer Larry Foley in George Street near King Street.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 54. Boston's Windmill

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Boston's Windmill between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 55. Governor's Bathing House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Governor's Bathing House in the Botanic Gardens between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 56. Devonshire Street Cemetery

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Devonshire Street Cemetery between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 57. The Carters' Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Carters' Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 58. George Allen's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of George Allen's house in Elizabeth Street between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 59. The Outbreak of the Plague

Commemorative plaque that was installed at the Rocks between 1984 and 1988, as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project, on the site of the outbreak of plague in 1900. The text on the plaque read: In 1900 bubonic plague broke out in Sydney. Arthur Payne, a lorry driver at the wharves who lived in a house near this site, was the first person to contract the disease. During cleansing operations much dilapidated housing in this part of The Rocks was demolished.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 6. St James' Church

Commemorative plaque that was installed on St James' Church as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read: 'This church, intended in 1819 as a court house, was designed by Francis Greenway and consecrated by the Rev Samuel Marsden on 11 February 1824.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 60. Semi Circular Quay

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Semi Circular Quay between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 61. The Sydney Gazette Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on one of the sites of the Sydney Gazette office.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 62. Simeon Lord's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 on the site of colonial merchant Simeon Lord's house at Sydney Cove, as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 63. Glover Cottages

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Glover Cottages between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 64. Culwulla Chambers

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Culwulla Chambers between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 65. Fort Phillip

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Fort Phillip between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 66. Jack Lang's Birthplace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Jack Lang's birthplace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 67. St Brigid's Church School

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on St Brigid's Church in Millers Point. The text on the plaque read 'St. Brigid's Church School. This building, originally designed to the specifications of Dr. W.B. Ullathorne, Vicar-General, was opened in 1835 as a school and 'occasional chapel'. It has continued to serve both uses until the present day'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 68. Underwood's Shipyard

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Underwood's Shipyard between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 69. Hyde Park Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Hyde Park Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 7. Tank Stream

Commemorative plaque that was installed over part of the Tank Stream as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 70. Powerhouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Ultimo Power Station between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 71. First Public Demonstration of Wireless

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the Royal Society of NSW's lecture room at 5 Elizabeth Street North. The plaque commemorates the first public demonstration of wireless communications on 13 August 1919 when Edward Fisk arranged for a gramophone recording of the national anthem (God Save the Queen) to be played in the Amalgamated Wireless office at 97 Clarence Street and relayed to the Royal Society's building where he was conducting a lecture.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 72. Sydney Opera House

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of Sydney Opera House. The text on the plaque read: 'Sydney Opera House. The Opera House was begun in 1957 and was officially opened on 20 October 1973. The site had been occupied previously by Fort Macquarie, completed in 1821 and by a tram depot opened in 1903'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 73. Site of the First Gaol

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney's first gaol between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 74. Theatre Royal

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Barnett Levey's Theatre Royal between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 75. Queen Victoria Building (Police Office)

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Queen Victoria Building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project to mark the site of the Central Police Station and Court House.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 76. Queen Victoria Building (Markets)

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Queen Victoria Building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'This building was first opened on 21 July 1898 and was restored to commercial use in 1986 after extensive renovation. A market house was built here to the design of Francis Greenway but was used from 1827 until 1892 as the Central Police Court.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 77. The First Traffic Lights

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the corner of Market and Kent Streets between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.on the site of Sydney's first traffic lights.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 78. D'Arcy Wentworth's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Law Courts Building, commemorating the former site of a house owned for a brief period by D'Arcy Wentworth between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 79. Former Supreme Court and Registry Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the former Supreme Court and Registry Office between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 8. Mort's Wool Store

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the site of Mort's Wool store as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 80. Former Sydney Morning Herald Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the former Sydney Morning Herald building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 81. F Kanematsu's Japanese Warehouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of F Kanematsu's Japanese warehouse between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 82. Mitchell Wing

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Mitchell wing of the State Library between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque, which is on a stone balustrade facing Shakespeare Place to the west of the entrance steps to the Mitchell wing, read 'This wing of the State Library of New South Wales, opened in 1910, houses the priceless Australian and Pacific collection bequeathed to the people of this State by David Scott Mitchell.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 83. David Jones' First Shop

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of David Jones' first shop between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 84. The Macquarie Wall

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.on the site of the Macquarie Wall in the Royal Botanic Gardens. The text on the plaque read: 'The Macquarie Wall. In 1810, at the instigation of Governor Macquarie, work began on a wall 950 feet long to separate the government domain from the town. Only this small portion of that wall now remains.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 85. The Domain

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Domain between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 86. Farm Cove

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Farm Cove between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 87. State Theatre

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the State Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 88. Henry Parkes' Shop

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Henry Parkes' shop between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 89. The Military Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Military Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 9. Legislative Assembly Chamber

Commemorative plaque that was installed outside Parliament House as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read: 'Legislative Assembly Chamber. This chamber has been occupied by the Lower House of the New South Wales Parliament since the inception of responsible government in 1856.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 90. Hyde Park

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Hyde Park between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 91. Sydney Grammar School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Grammar School between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'Sydney Grammar School This building was completed in 1835 and occupied by the Sydney College until 1850. Since 1857 it has been occupied by Sydney Grammar School. The Inauguration of the University of Sydney took place here in 1852.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 92. Water Police Court

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Water Police Court between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project..

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 93. Phillip Street Police Station B

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Phillip Street Police Station B between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 94. Police Court C

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Police Court C between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project..

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 95. The Tivoli Theatre

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Tivoli Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'Opened as The Adelphi in 1911 and later known as the Grand Opera House, a theatre, renamed the New Tivoli in 1932, occupied this site until 1969. It was famous as the home of vaudeville in Sydney'.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 96. A Great Fire in the City

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the fire in October 1890 that destroyed a city block.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 97. Holy Trinity School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Holy Trinity School between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 98. The Trocadero

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Trocadero between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 99. Lyons Terrace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Lyons Terrace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Sacrifice

Sculpture which forms the central motif of the Anzac War Memorial's design. It comprises 'the recumbent form of an Anzac whose soul has passed to the Great Beyond, and whose body, borne aloft on a shield by his best beloved - mother, sister, wife and child - is laid there as a symbol of that spirit which inspired him in life, the spirit of Courage, Endurance and Sacrifice'.

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Second Fleet Commemoration plaque

Bronze plaque on sandstone plinth erected in the Rocks to commemorating the arrival of the Second Fleet in 1790.

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Sir Richard Bourke statue

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Statue of Governor Sir Richard Bourke that was unveiled in 1842 'on the rising ground at the entrance of the Government Domain from Bent Street', five years after he had departed the colony. Australia's first monument, and the only statue of a British colonial governor built with money raised by public subscription. In 1838, Bourke's son in London commissioned the English sculptor Edward Hodges Baily was commissioned to create the work on behalf of the committee in Sydney. The statue was moved in 1925 and now stands in front of the Mitchell Library, at the interesection of Macquarie Street and Shakespeare Place.

Sydney Green Plaques

Between 1984 and 1988, the Royal Australian Historical Society, in partnership with the City of Sydney and the State Bank of New South Wales, produced 101 commemorative plaques that were installed around the city's CBD on historic sites and buildings to commemorate the Australian Bicentenary.

A number of the original plaques were lost or demolished over the years and a program to replace these has commenced.

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Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

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Wooden board featuring three panels which include the names of 36 men who enlisted in the AIF during World War I. Initiated by Reverend John Muir in 1916 it originally listed 19 names and was placed in the Ultimo Presbyterian Church where it stayed until the church fell into disuse. The board was installed in the entrance to the Ultimo Community Centre in March 2015.

All Saints' Air Force Memorial Church West Lindfield

Local church dedicated to the memory of Royal Australia Air Force recruits trained on the site during World War II.

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Campbelltown Soldiers Memorial School of Arts hall

Community hall on the corner of Lithgow and Queens Streets which was built as a war memorial, and at one time used as Campbelltown Council Chambers.

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Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel

Chapel designed by the architects Hennessy, Hennessy & Co and built in 1934-35 as part of St Patrick's seminary. It was named for Cardinal Cerretti who had come to Australia in 1915 as the first Apostolic Delegate, diplomatic representative of the Papacy in Australia.

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Federation Pavilion

Circular structure in Centennial Park designed by Alexander Tzannes as a permanent monument to Australian Federation, dedicated on 1 January 1988. It occupies the site of the temporary pavilion erected for the ceremonies on 1 January 1901 to mark the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Guildford Soldiers Memorial School of Arts

Community hall constructed in stages 1901-25 and renamed and dedicated as a war memorial in 1933.

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Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian church Annandale

Opened in 1889 the church, manse, hall and land were financed by Mrs Helen Hunter Baillie as a memorial to her husband, John Hunter Baillie who had died in 1854 aged 35 while Secretary and Inspector of the Bank of New South Wales.

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Lane Cove War Memorial School of Arts hall

Community hall used by the School of Arts, but given to local council in the 1950s and later used as a library and senior citizens centre.

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Liverpool Memorial School of Arts hall

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Community hall used by the School of Arts but given to Liverpool Council. A painting from the school's collection was given to the National Gallery in 1963.

Memorial Hall Glenorie

Community hall built in 1933 to commemorate local men who died in World War I. Used for concerts, dances and public meetings.

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Mosman Anzac Memorial Hall

Memorial hall erected by public subscription and the proceeds of dances, concerts and other entertainments. It is currently a retail outlet.

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New South Wales Jewish War Memorial Hall

Memorial hall constructed to commemorate the 800 Jewish soldiers who enlisted in World War I from New South Wales and the 100 who were killed.

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Oatley town clock

Large clock erected in Oatley in 1983 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of James Oatley, a convict clockmaker, taking up his land grant in the area. It was unveiled by his descendant, yachtsman and winemaker Bob Oatley.

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Royal NSW Lancers' Memorial Museum

Two storey sandstone building which originally stood in Macquarie Street Parramatta and was variously used as a school, garrison quarters and RSL before being moved to its current site and dedicated a memorial museum.

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Sutherland Memorial School of Arts hall

Opened in 1922 by TJ Ley, local member and Minister for Justice, this community hall housed a library and billiard room, and dances were held 4 times a week. Flourishing from the 1930s to the 1950s, the building was in disrepair by the late 1960s and transferred to Shire Council ownership c1975. Still in use as a theatre and community resource.

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Wentworth Memorial Anglican church Vaucluse

Sophisticated Modern building designed by Clarke, Gazzard and Yeomans and built in 1965, as a memorial to those who died in World War II, on land bequeathed for a church by the Wentworth family.

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Annual Pere Receveur Commemoration Mass

Annual commemorative Catholic Mass that has been held regularly since 1988 to remember the two French priests of the Laperouse Expedition who are likely to have conducted the first Masses in Australia. Commemorative Catholic Masses at the gravesite were reported as early as 1879 while in 1933, 5,000 people attended the first mass 'pilgrimage'.

The Latin Mass, the same ancient Latin Rite used by the two priests of the Laperouse Expedition in 1788, is held at La Perouse each year on the Sunday nearest 17 February on the verandah of the La Perouse Museum, close to the altar style tomb erected in 1829 over the grave of one of the priests, Père Laurent Receveur. His death at Botany Bay on 17 February 1788 occasioned a Requiem Mass by his brother priest, Abbé Jean- André Mongez, and the Latin Office of the Dead which was mandatory at the funerals of naval personnel

The first two Masses were probably celebrated on board the ships, on either the day of the expedition’s arrival, Saturday 26 January, 1788, the feast of St. Polycarp, or the next day which was Sexagesima (the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday). Under the 1765 royal Ordonnance de la Marine, which specified the duties of all types of French naval personnel, chaplains in the royal navy were obliged to say Mass on Sundays and feast days without exception unless bad weather prevented it, and on other days as often as possible.

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Dawn Service

Religious observance at the Cenotaph in Martin Place around 4.30am on Anzac Day which preceeds the march through city streets. It is replicated throughout the country and overseas.

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Anzac Memorial Fund

Fund created to raise money to erect a permanent war memorial to the fallen of World War I. By the end of the war the fund had reached 60,000 pound.

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Arrow Engravings

Sign making company responsible for the manufacture of the original commemorative Green Plaques erected around Sydney's CBD by the Royal Australian Historical Society between 1984 and 1988 to mark the Bicentennial.

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Glebe Diggers' Committee

Community conservation group launched to preserve the war memorial.

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John Brotchie Memorial Pre School

Preschool established in 1949 for local children in Botany. Named for Town Clerk, John Brotchie, who supported its establishment.

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Public Monuments Advisory Board

Government board appointed under the Local Government Act whose approval had to be granted in regard to design and siting before any monument could be erected in a public place.

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Roseville Memorial Club

Social and sporting club established in 1942 as a Returned Services League sub-branch.

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War Memorial Hospital Waverley

Rehabilitation and aged care facility conducted by the Uniting Church which has strong links to both St Vincent's and Prince of Wales hospitals.

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Carter, Andrew

Activist who, with Richard Johnson, founded the Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt to commemorate those who had died and to promote compassionate learning about those living with the disease.

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Dellit, Charles Bruce

Architect who pioneered Art Deco style in Sydney, designing the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park and other important buildings.

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Freestone, CA

Submariner and businessman whose donation made possible the memorial to all submarines and their crews lost between 1914 and 1955.

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Grant, Douglas

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Draughtsman and soldier who as a full blood Aboriginal with a rich Scottish accent, was an object of curiosity when captured during World War I.

Nelson, Bill

Glebe doctor who was active in local conservation.

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Scott, Hugh

Anglican rector.

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Sheppard, Margaret

Poet and Glebe activist.

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Shirley, William Thomas

Stonemason who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War I but received a medical discharge, remembered for a sphinx he carved from sandstone as a personal memorial to his fallen comrades during his convalescence at Lady Davidson Hospital.

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Snelling, Douglas

Architect and designer of houses and furniture. He also designed the K13 Submarine Memorial in Carlingford.

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Valamamesh, Angela

Artist and sculptor.

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Valamamesh, Hossein

Iranian born sculptor and artist.

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AIDS Memorial Grove Sydney Park

Grove in Sydney Park, planted by volunteers to commemorate people who have died of AIDS.

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Blackheath Memorial Park

Park dedicated in 1919 as a World War I memorial, to which swimming pools were added in the 1920s,

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Coral Sea Park

Park in Maroubra created as a memorial to the battle fought in the Coral Sea between 4 - 8 May 1942 in which Australian and American aircraft and ships thwarted the Japanese.

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Dolphins Point

Point at North Coogee on the old Giles Gym site in Roddingham Reserve that was renamed Dolphin Point to commemorate the six members of the Coogee Dolphins rugby league club who were killed in the Bali Bombings in 2002. A memorial on the site lists the names of 20 residents of the Eastern suburbs who were killed in the bombings.

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Kokoda Park

A reserve in Carinya Avenue St Marys as a memorial to those Australians who died on the Kokoda Track during World War II.

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Memorial Park Blackheath

Park dedicated in 1919 as a World War I memorial, to which swimming pools were added in the 1920s, dressing sheds in the 1930s. The park was built on land which had been reserved for railway dams, necessary in the days of steam trains.

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Peace Garden

A war memorial garden at Gladesville Public School.

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Pioneer Memorial Park

Heritage listed area within Botany Cemetery to commemorate interments originally in the Old Burying Ground, George Street Sydney and Old Devonshire Street/Sandhills. It contains memorials of early pioneers and prominent citizens of the colony including Simeon Lord, Mary Reibey, John Cadman and Robert Watson.

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Sandringham Gardens

Garden and memorial gates which commemorate King George V and King George VI. They were built on the site of the old bandstand in Hyde Park and include bronze memorial gates incorporating the crests and heraldic motifs of each king, a memorial tablet with inscription and dedication, and a memorial fountain with mosaic inlay.

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Soldiers Memorial Park Lindfield

World War I memorial park and sports fields adjacent to Eastern Arterial Road, East Lindfield.

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War Memorial Park Manly

Public garden constructed in Ivanhoe Park, Manly, as a memorial to the dead of World War II.

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1798 Memorial

Memorial to the Irish nationalist uprising against English rule. Built of Carrara marble it remains a prominent landmark in Waverley cemetery.

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Air Accident Memorial

Memorial in the form of plaques around the base of a flagpole, to commemorate two airmen killed in a training accident above Petersham Public school during World War II.

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Anderson Fountain

Fountain which was moved to Prince Alfred Park from near the old town hall. It commemorates Dr Mathew Anderson, a surgeon, who arrived in 1827 to take up the post of Colonial Government Surgeon. He campaigned tirelessly for public access to fresh and continuous water supply and drinking fountains.

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Anzac Parade Obelisk

Six metre high memorial which stands on a stepped sandstone base. The lower portion of the monument consists of light-coloured sandstone masonry featuring a simple curved decorative motif at its top.

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Anzac Pool of Reflection

Shallow pool built to commemorate the men and women who served in World War I. By the time it was opened the land fit for heroes was no longer providing the rewards and jobs hoped for, and the country was in a profound economic depression. It was constructed when the Council was given money to create work for the unemployed.

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Anzac War Memorial Hyde Park

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The main war memorial in Sydney and one of the city's finest Art Deco buildings. It embodies the collective grief of the people of NSW at the loss of Australian servicemen and women since World War I. It is associated with the landing of Australian troops at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, since fundraising for the memorial was established on the first anniversary of the landing.

Anzac bridge

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Cable-stayed bridge spanning Pyrmont and Glebe Island, forming part of the Western Distributor freeway.

Appin Massacre Memorial

Monument commemorating the Aboriginal people killed in the Appin Massacre of 1816.

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Archibald Fountain

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A large and elaborate Art Deco fountain in Hyde Park constructed to commemorate the association between Australia and France in World War I. It depicts a bronze Apollo surrounded by other mythical figures.

Australian Army Nurses Memorial

Bronze plaque attached to a wall, displaying relief figures of Army nurses who saw active service across Asia, Europe, the Pacific and South Africa from their inauguration in 1898.

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Balmain War Memorial

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One of Australia's oldest war memorials, erected during World War I in Loyalty Square, Balmain.

Cenotaph

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War memorial in Martin Place that has become the focus for Sydney's Anzac Day commemoration.

Centaur Memorial Window

Stained glass window at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in memory of those lost at sea when the hospital ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943. 268 lost their lives and 64 were rescued and their names are inscribed on a roll of honour.

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Centennial Memorial Fountain

Fountain commemorating the centenary of the colony of New South Wales, and that of Parramatta itself. Controversy surrounded it's dedication as it remained unfinished, without a clock, for over 20 years.

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Dee Why beach war memorial

Memorial commemorating World War I on The Strand at Dee Why beach.

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Double Bay War Memorial

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Bronze statue of a Digger 'at the ready' designed and executed by William Priestly Macintosh. Inscribed beneath the figure are the words 'Freedom, Justice and Australia'. In 1989 Woollahra Council replaced it with a bronze cast of the original and the original was transferred to the Royal Infantry Museum in Singleton.

Eastwood War Memorial

War memorial erected in Eastwood Park after World War I comprising a sandstone wall with wrought iron gates and a memorial garden.

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El Alamein Memorial Fountain

Fountain to commemorate the Australian soldiers of the 9th Division who fought near the Egyptian town of El Alamein in two battles which helped change the course of World War II. As a work of modernist design it was a Sydney icon in the 1960s and 1970s.

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FJ Walker memorial fountain and monolith

Hyde Park sculpture by Gerard Havekes presented by the family of Frederick Joseph Walker to the City of Sydney to commemorate Walker's contributions to the growth of primary industry.

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Fisk Memorial

Monument commemorating the first direct wireless message from England to Australia in 1918.

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Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial

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Memorial, in the form of a pink triangle and black poles, which commemorates the gay men and lesbian women murdered, tortured or persecuted because of their sexuality, particularly by the Nazis during World War II.

Glebe War Memorial

Granite and marble mausoleum with a mixture of Christian and classical imagery which lists the names of Glebe soldiers and sailors who died in World War I.

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Gollan Memorial Clock Tower

Sandstone clock tower monument was erected to commemorate the services to the district of the Honourable G C Gollan MLA and former cabinet minister.

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Governor Phillip fountain

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Monument in the Royal Botanic Gardens commemorating Governor Arthur Phillip. Sculptor Achille Simonetti was commissioned to create the work by Sir Henry Parkes as part of the 1888 Centennial celebrations and it was unveiled on 22 June 1897 as part of the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee.

Grave of Père Receveur

Grave of the French priest who accompanied La Perouse on his exploration of the Pacific but died in La Perouse in 1788. The monument was erected in 1825 at the request of Hyacinthe de Bougainville.

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HMAS Kuttabul Memorial

Sandstone column faced with a crown and anchor topped with a silver bell dedicated to those who perished in the submarine attack.

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HMAS Sydney Mast naval monument

Memorial to Australian officers, sailors and ships lost at sea, made from the mast of the first HMAS Sydney, and visible in Sydney Harbour from its location at Bradleys Head.

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Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial

Cast bronze wall plate depicting an Australian Light Horse Trooper with three horses. A memorial to approximately 140,000 horses that served in the Desert Campaign in World War I.

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Hurlstone Park war memorial

War memorial erected at Hurlstone Park railway station in 1920 and moved to Euston Park after World War II.

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Il Porcellino

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Replica of Florence's famous Il Porcellino, donated to the City of Sydney by the Marchesa Fiaschi Torrigiani as a memorial to Thomas Fiaschi and Piero Fiaschi, her brother and father respectively, who were eminent doctors at Sydney Hospital. It is believed to bring good luck if passersby rub its nose and drop coins into the base pool, and is placed here to help raise funds for the hospital.

Irish Famine Memorial, Hyde Park Barracks

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Memorial to the Irish famine of the 1840s and the effect of the Irish arrivals on the economic and social development of the colony.

K13 Submarine memorial

Carlingford memorial commemorating HMS K13, a submarine which sank in a fatal accident in 1917.

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Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

Eight hundred metre rainforest walk which links Concord Hospital and Rhodes Station as a living memorial to veterans who served in the South West Pacific area.

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Korean War Memorial

Memorial features a circular stone wall enclosing the site symbolising strength, a central pathway based on the taeguk or yin and yang symbol found on the South Korean flag symbolising commemoration, a field of metal sculptures based on the Korean national flower, the Rose of Sharon, symbolising regeneration and polished concrete blades representing the rugged mountains of Korea for remembrance. The design was the result of a competition held in 2007.

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Laperouse Monument

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Monument erected with funds left by Hyacinthe de Bougainville in 1825 to mark the Pacific voyage of Jean François de Lapérouse from 1785 until its disappearance in 1788.

Last Farewell

Full sized metal memorial of man and horse as if saying goodbye. The Light Horsemen were informed in 1918 that their horses would not be returning to Australia with them, only one returned 'Sandy' the charger of Major General Bridges.

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Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain

Drinking fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with a red granite base with Art Nouveau bronze statue of a young girl standing amid reeds, a heron and frogs. The fountain was a gift to the people of Sydney in 1889from the Levy family in memory of Lewis Wofle Levy (1815–85), politician and businessman. The statue, by C B Birch (1832–93), is an important example of aestheticism in Sydney.

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Lieutenant G J Grieve Memorial

Memorial at Watsons Bay for Gideon James Grieve who died in the Boer War. Square sandstone base with a marble plaque surmounted by a sandstone pedestal and four columns, covered with a cupola which once supported the figure of a Highlander. Originally designed as a drinking fountain with a tap and a cup.

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Light Horse Memorial Wall 1914 - 1918

Made up of relocated Plaques and new Plaques set into two brick walls, part of Dredges cottage, with a flag pole in the foreground and an actual Gallipoli Pine in the background.

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Manly ANZAC War Memorial

Memorial erected by the family of Alan David Mitchell, of polished granite column sitting on a large rectangular base of the same material with six buttresses. It contains 9 plaques on which the names of veterans, who have died in the various wars, are engraved and gilded.

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Manly Boer War Memorial

Memorial of a round white marble column set in a dish to form a fountain with a rectangular base and mounted on a single step of the same stone. The base has inscriptions engraved on each of its four sides.

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Marrickville War Memorial

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Originally a large granite pillar set on a rectangular granite base, atop which was a four-metre high bronze sculpture of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike. The original sculpture held a wreath and raised sword. The memorial commemorated the more than 450 Marrickville residents who died in World War I and was unveiled before a crowd of 15,000 in 1919. The crumbling memorial was removed in 2009, and in 2014 the sculpture was donated to the Australian War Memorial. Another similar design was commissioned and unveiled in April 2015, featuring Nike with the sword at rest. Victorian sculptor Darien Pullen said 'I was chasing an image of peace and sacrifice'.

Miranda War Memorial

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Sandstone memorial commemorating Australian servicemen and women who have served in all wars, erected to commemorate those from the area who served in World War I. It originally stood in the grounds of the old Miranda Public School but was moved in 1968 and again in May 2014. A contentious statue on top was removed soon after it was first unveiled.

Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Drinking Fountain

Stone fountain with a semicircular metal plaque erected by the cricket association members to commemorate their fallen comrades. The plaque contains two classical female figures, encircled with wreaths, labelled Courage and Peace.

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Mosman War Memorial

A large grey stone obelisk in the centre of a low cruciform stone platform set into lawn. The names of World War 1 service men and women are engraved with gold leaf.

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Mount Hunter war memorial

Granite World War I memorial at Mount Hunter in the Camden district.

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New South Wales Garden of Remembrance

Garden constructed in the early 1960s and redeveloped in the 1980s. There are currently over 73,500 plaques displayed on the commemorative wall.

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Newington College Memorial to the Dead 1914-1918

Sandstone memorial which comprises a semi-circular wall, with pillars surmounted by white stone urns at either end. A pillar with a sundial stands at the centre.

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North Bondi War Memorial

Memorial using Australian sandstone, stainless steel and black
granite imported from India. It comprises an S shaped wall, a Victoria Cross wall, Lest We Forget wall and Reg Saunders wall recognising Australia's first Aboriginal commissioned officer.

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Northbridge Memorial Clock Tower

Square fluted sandstone column surmounted with a four sided clock, located on the northern approach to Long Gully Bridge, Northbridge.

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Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park

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Elaborate drinking fountain commemorating members of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows who served and died in World War I.

Parramatta War Memorial

Memorial erected to commemorate the local soldiers who had served and fallen in World War I.

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Parramatta and District War Memorial - The Boer War

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Memorial of four pillars with cannons on either side. The Boer War Memorial incorporates the columns and stone from the portico of the old Parramatta Court House.

Pyrmont War Memorial

Memorial to the 750 local men who enlisted during World War I. 150 men died and many more were wounded. It is topped by an angel of peace holding a shield bearing the legend â€œTheir name liveth for evermoreâ€. It was sculpted by Gilbert Doble.

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Randwick District War Memorial

Sandstone cenotaph standing in a small triangular reserve known as High Cross Reserve in Randwick. It was unveiled by the Governor-General Henry Forster on 3 May 1925. The memorial displays dedicatory plaques and a bronze laurel wreath, and is accompanied by a flag staff. It commemorates those who served during both world wars. It is unusual in that the names of over four thousand World War I veterans, inscribed on a parchment roll, are contained within the structure.

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Redfern War Memorial

Two white marble figures of an Australian soldier and a young woman, dress a granite monument which is faced with a dedicatory plaque and a list of local men who gave their lives.

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Rickards Memorial

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White marble memorial to Harry Rickards erected in Waverley Cemetery. A bust of Rickards was originally housed under the dome.

Robert Brough Memorial Fountain

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Fountain in the courtyard of Sydney Hospital with a distinctly Australian design, comprising a group of brolgas surmounted by black swans displaying their crimson beaks. It was erected in 1907 in memory of the actor Robert Brough who had died in Sydney in 1906. The fountain was imported from the Colebrookdale Factory in England.

Royal Australian Regiment Memorial

War memorial at the centre of a pedestrianised square in Wynyard Street erected to commemorate the campaigns of the Royal Australian Regiment in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam.

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Searle's Monument

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Monument in Parramatta River off Henley Point to world champion rower Henry Searle who died of typhoid in 1889 at the age of 23. Designed by Shervey and Lenthall , with work carried out by the Patten Brothers, the memorial was unveiled on December 10 1891. Described in The Australian Town and Country Journal on January 2 1892 as consisting of a 21 foot high 'pedestal of Melbourne bluestone, on which is placed a broken column of white Sicilian marble, which is relieved for one third of its height with reeds and fluting, and above are wreaths of native flowers. A bust of the sculler in bas-relief with cross sculls and wreaths decorate the pedestal of marble', with inscriptions on all four sides of the plinth. It marks the finishing spot of the championship course where Searle became world champion in October 1888.

The monument was repaired in 1926 after being damaged when a boat crashed into it during a heavy fog on the river.

Second World War Servicewomen Memorial

Memorial features a bronze statue of a uniformed servicewoman standing on a sandstone plinth in front of a sandstone wall. To her right is a bronze bas-relief illustrating the fields in which women served in World War II.

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Shakespeare Memorial

Memorial commissioned by Henry Gullett, former president of the Shakespeare Society of New South Wales and built by Bertram MacKennal.

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Soldiers' Memorial Camden

War memorial in Macarthur Park Camden dedicated in 1922.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Memorial

Memorial replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the grounds of Callan Park Hospital to honour servicemen of World War I. It was designed and constructed with the help of veterans residing in the repatriation wards at Callan Park.

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University of Sydney Darlington Memorial Gates

The Darlington war memorial consists of panels bearing an honour roll of names in gold on the four sandstone gate posts of the Darlington School, now in the grounds of the University of Sydney. The lists contain the name of Captain Alfred Shout who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously in the Gallipoli campaign.

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Victoria Cross Memorial Queen Victoria Building

Wooden honour board set in glass case listing the names of Australians awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Victory in the Pacific Memorial Wall and Fountain

Blue wall and fountain in front of Holroyd City Council building dedicated 60 years after the victory in the Pacific to commemorate 44 service personal from the Holroyd area who served and died in World War II.

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Vietnam War Comradeship Memorial

A sunken area in the park with a fountain and pond which has a bronze statue of two soldiers, one Australian and one Vietnamese. The sculptor was Do Trong Nhon.

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Wentworth Mausoleum

Private family mausoleum at Vaucluse where William Charles Wentworth was buried after his remains were returned to Australia after his death in England. The mausolem was commissioned by Sarah Wentworth at her husband's request. Originally part of the Vaucluse estate, it is now physically separated from Vaucluse House but is still considered part of the property.

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Woolloomooloo Bay Mothers and Wives Memorial to Soldiers

A sandstone memorial drinking fountain dedicated to the 'place of farewell' for World War I soldiers, established by their mothers and wives.

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Woronora Cemetery AIF Memorial Wall, Boer War Nurses Plaques

Memorial of red tiles with white border and inscription on the AIF memorial wall at Woronora Cemetery. The three commemorative plaques are for Boer War Nurses Ellen Julia Gould RRC, Penelope Frater, and Julia Bligh Johnston.

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'Pioneer's Memorial' garden and ornamental pool created in honour of the women doctors who founded the Rachel Forster Hospital, ...

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

ANZAC Commemorative Service at Balmain War Memorial, Loyalty Square, Balmain, 5 April 2009

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By

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ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, 15 September 1930

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By

Charles Bruce Dellit

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a128948 / XV1/Mon War /1]

(Mitchell Library)

Addresses of men listed on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour at the time of their enlistment 1914-1918

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[Base map is a detail from 'Robinson's Aeroplane Map of Sydney' 1922, Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, DC, Call no: G8964.S9 1922 .R6 TIL ]

Aerial view of southern Hyde Park 1950s

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[045\045060]

(SRC15005)

Aerial view of the Governor Phillip Fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney October 2008

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Image courtesy of

[0810-0799-42]

After a prayer service over the grave of Father Serapheim Phocas, Waverley Cemetery, 2010

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Private collection

(Photo courtesy P. Diamadis)

After the ceremony unveiling the Cenotaph, Martin Place 21 February 1929

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Contributed By

State Archives & Records New South Wales

[12685_a007_a00704_8735000005r]

Anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius, Macquarie Place c1935

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By

Edward William Searle

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn4653858]

Anzac Bridge 2008

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Image courtesy of

[0803-1022-20]

Archibald Fountain and surrounds 1930s

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[SRC9320]

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park 2008

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Image courtesy of

[0803-1024-03]

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park undated

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-an23817353]

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Diana c1935

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By

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National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-an23817355]

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial, Coogee 17 December 2014

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By

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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39551170@N02/16285430032]

Balmain War Memorial at Loyalty Square c1916

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Contributed By

Private collection

(From the collection of Robert Mills)

Camperdown cemetery 'Sacred to the memory of Emily Alice Elliott' c1854

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[DL PX 26, f16]

(Dixson Library)

Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick's Estate, Manly, November 1935

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a214001 / PXE 789 (v.13), 11]

(Mitchell Library)

Carols by candlelight in Hyde Park, Sydney December 1970

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National Archives of Australia

[A1200, L85587]

Commemorative plaque to Kate Rickards on the Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

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By

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Private collection

Corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, the site of the first Government House November 1949

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By

Robert (Bob) Rice

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 002/Item 038]

(Mitchell Library)

Douglas Grant, draughtsman and soldier, with his ornamental pond and Harbour Bridge, Callan Park, between 1932-1940

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a4447079 / P1/2079]

(Mitchell Library)

...

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a368022 / PXE 789 (v.38), 94]

(Mitchell Library)

Emden gun in Hyde Park 2011

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By

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisconrad/420951329/]

Entrance to Domain, Sydney 1849

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[PIC Solander Box A12 #S465]

Explorers Tree, Katoomba c1890

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By

William Henry Bursle

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

First Government House (site) February 2012

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((Sydney Heritage) (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Floral tributes at Martin Place to the victims of the Lindt Cafe Siege, 19 December 2014

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CC BY-NC 2.5 AU

Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial, Green Park, Darlinghurst 2003

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By

Christopher League

Contributed By

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisleague/4527656165/]

Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial, Green Park, Darlinghurst c2005

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Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

Glebe Island and Anzac Bridge 2005

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Image courtesy of

[0508-0802-09]

Governor Phillip Fountain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney c1945

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By

Edward William Searle

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[PIC P838/1033a LOC Nitrate store PIC Box 24]

Governor Phillip's statue: Complete design with pedestal fountains and allegorical representation to be erected in the Inner Domain, ...

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National Library of Australia

[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 22 February 1896, p383 via Trove]

Grave of Katherine Plessos Crummer, Waverley Cemetery 2010

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Private collection

(Photo courtesy P. Diamadis)

Grave sculpture, St Stephen's Anglican Church, Newtown, Sydney, 1936

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Monument in memory of Nicholas Bochsa, erected by his partner Anna Bishop over his grave in Camperdown Cemetery, 1856

By

Edward William Searle

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[PIC P838/840 LOC Cold store SEA Box 7]

HMAS Sydney I mast and crow's nest, Bradleys Head 2010

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By

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmdoyle/4459698231/]

Hunter Baillie Church, Annandale c1930s

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_07932 / Home and Away 7932]

(Mitchell Library)

Il Porcellino replica, Sydney Hospital 2007

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By

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/25846046@N03/3435641689/]

In memory of Black Santa, plaque commemorating Syd 'Doc' Cunningham on King Street, Newtown 24 July 2010

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By

Newtown graffiti

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Interior of Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick's College, Manly, November 1935

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_07872 / Home and Away 7872]

(Mitchell Library)

Italian ex-servicemen give fascist salute at Cenotaph, Anzac Day parade, Martin Place April 1937

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_14490 / Home and Away 14490]

JA Hogue unveiling Sirius anchor and cannon, Macquarie Place, January 1907

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[d1_10840 / GPO1 10840]

(Mitchell Library)

La Perouse Monument c1885

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a7746046 (detail) / DL PX 148, 134]

(Dixson Library)

Legacy club members march past the Cenotaph 1930

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_05013 / DG ON4/5013]

Maiden Memorial Pavilion, Royal Botanic Gardens, 8 October 2009

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By

Kate's Photo Diary

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightcliff/4011838609]

Medallion in Sydney Town Hall, designed by Thomas Sapsford in 1885, to commemorate the departure and return of the NSW contingent ...

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By

Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

[Sydney Town Hall Collection 04-055]

Memorial bust of Robert Wardell (based on his death mask) in St James Church c2000

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By

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Memorial card on the death of Cardinal Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney 1911

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National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn4455812]

Memorial tablet to KK Mackellar on the wall in the Emergency Department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, February 2018

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By

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Memorial to Sydney Rickards, the young son of Harry and Kate Rickards in Waverley Cemetery 2012

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By

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Private collection

Memorial to the Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps by the Macquarie Street gates of the Royal Botanic Gardens 6 October 2014

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Monument in memory of NC Bochsa, erected by Anna Bishop over his grave in Camperdown Cemetery, 1856

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a4236001 / SV1/Cem/Campe/1]

(Mitchell Library)

Monument to the Irish People 1798, Waverley Cemetery c1898

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Contributed By

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

[Registration No: 85/1286-130]

(Tyrrell Photographic Collection)

Mourning woman laying wreath on the Cenotaph on Anzac Day c1930

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a239002 / PXE 789 (v.30), 78]

(Mitchell Library)

New Zealand soldier statue, eastern end of Anzac Bridge, Rozelle 2009

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/elver72/3801205236]

Next of kin plaque: Private J A Newcomb, 18 Battalion, AIF c1920

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Australian War Memorial

Observatory Park, South African War Monument 30 May 1986

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[047/047633]

(CRS 128/35)

Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park c1934

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City of Sydney Archives

[020320]

(NSCA CRS 538/063)

Page of the program for the Anzac Day Commemoration, April 25th, 1916, Town Hall, Sydney

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National Library of Australia

[nla.aus-vn3803163-2-s6]

Proposed Archibald Memorial Fountain to be erected in one of the public gardens of Sydney 1927

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National Library of Australia

[nla.news-article16372476]

(The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 1927, p12)

Ratings from the new aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney march past the Cenotaph in Martin Place 1949

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Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

(Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs)

Rayner Hoff in his studio at the National Art School with work created for the Anzac War Memorial c1934

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Contributed By

Australian War Memorial

Redfern's tribute to fallen soldiers: memorial unveiled in Redfern Park by Mr JST McGowen MLC 28 January 1920

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 1920, p8)

Regatta on Parramatta River from Searle's Monument c1925

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Courtesy Canada Bay Connections,

City of Canada Bay Library

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadabayconnections/4794576681/]

Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

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By

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Rickards Memorial in Waverley Cemetery 2012

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By

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Private collection

Soldiers' memorial in Double Bay park August 1919

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 1919, p8)

South African War Memorial, Parramatta c1930

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By

John Henry Harvey

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

[Acc np: H91.300/368]

Sydney ANZAC War Memorial 2008

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Image courtesy of

[0803-1020-28]

The Anderson Fountain in Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta June 2015

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By

Michaela Ann Cameron

Contributed By

Michaela Ann Cameron

The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba c1910

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

The Harriett Biffin Pathology Laboratory Plaque at Rachel Forster Hospital 2007

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By

Weir Phillips Heritage

Contributed By

Weir Phillips Heritage

(Heritage Impact Study, 2007)

The Marrickville 'Winged Victory' World War I memorial, c1919

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Contributed By

Australian War Memorial

The Miranda Satire 1924

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

('Burlesques in Stone', Construction and Local Government Journal, 30 January 1924 p8)

The Parramatta River with Searle's monument c1915

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The Robert Brough Memorial Fountain 7 January 2021

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The grave of Abbe le Receveur, Botany Bay 30 November 1842

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Oswald Walters B Brierly

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a944006 / DGD 19, 2a]

(Dixson Galleries)

The monument erected to the memory of Lieutenant Grieve, killed at the Battle of Paardeberg, Vaucluse 1903

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State Library of New South Wales

(Australian Town and Country Journal, 13 May 1903, p32)

The war memorial at Steyne Park, Double Bay c1919

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Australian War Memorial

Tom Power, Famine Memorial event August 2003

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Great Famine Commemoration Committee

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Tree. Clontarf. Where Duke of Edinburgh was shot, March 12th 1868

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Ultimo Presbyterian Church World War I Roll of Honour, photographed 2015

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Unveiling of Leichhardt War Memorial, 9 April 1922

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Arthur Ernest Foster

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a6911002 / ON 30, Box 59 No 777]

Unveiling the Eastwood War Memorial, 24 May 1925

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a215031 / PXE 789 (v.14), 49]

(Mitchell Library)

WWI Memorial School of Arts, Liverpool c1940

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Australian War Memorial

War memorial clock, Northbridge

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Willoughby City Library

[PF 6535348]

Wentworth Memorial Church, Vaucluse

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Hector Abrahams

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Private collection

Women lay wreaths on the wharf at Woolloomooloo where the WWI troops departed, c1931

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State Library of New South Wales

[hood_02026 / Home and Away 2026]

(Mitchell Library)

Wreaths at the Balmain War Memorial Loyalty Square 5 April 2009

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