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This novel by Eleanor Dark includes several historical Sydney characters.

Several locations around Sydney contain Aboriginal rock art, including Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, the Royal National Park, and the Brisbane Waters National Park. One of the most accessible sites is the North Bondi Golf Course, where you’ll find rock carvings just below the tower on Military Road.

The original settlers of Sydney Harbour, the Aboriginal Eora people, arrived almost 50,000 years ago. They fished in the summer months, and during winter they sought food inland and north towards the Hawkesbury River. At the time of white settlement, 1,500 Eora were estimated to live around the Sydney Harbour area.

Daring programming and stylistic versatility set this chamber orchestra apart – and the fact that the violinists play standing up. The players have a sense of cohesion usually only found in smaller ensembles.

Australia’s flagship youth theatre company presents radical versions of classics, plays by young writers, physical theatre and works written by leading Australian writers, such as Louis Nowra and Stephen Sewell. Many up-and-coming stars get their first taste of the limelight here. Nicole Kidman is ATYP’s patron.

This unique company blends traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture with international contemporary dance. Powerful, startling and inherently spiritual, Bangarra speaks with an ancient yet completely modern voice.

Witness Shakespeare like you’ve never seen. Since its foundation in 1990 by John Bell and Anna Volska, Sydney’s theatrical blue-bloods, this company has presented the works of the Bard and modern classics in an accessible style.

Former Noise Addict, now solo strummer, Lee beds down at Bondi when he isn’t hanging out in New York.