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From stolen cutters to American whalers, early Sydney convicts risked death at sea to escape brutal punishment, creating some of Australia’s most extraordinary maritime escape stories.

Discover the history of Mort Bay in Balmain, home to Australia’s first dry dock. Learn how Mort’s Dock shaped Sydney’s maritime industry, its wartime contributions, and the bay’s transformation into public parkland.

The first peoples of the Parramatta district, from whom the name was derived, were the Burramattagal.  By Alec Smart Read more on...

From Bohemian beginnings with Norman Lindsay to decades of artistic brilliance in St Ives, Margaret Coen’s vivid flower studies and...

The Harbourside trek from Gooragal – the headland east of Taylors Bay - to the lookouts atop Middle Head...

The Life and Legacy of Bungaree, the First Aboriginal to Circumnavigate the Continent.

The Como Heritage and Environment Trail is a four-kilometre circuit walk around Como

The memorial to the Dunbar tragedy in Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, honours the victims of one of Australia's worst maritime disaster.

Historic musical links to Newtown includes iconic places, events and performers.