Similar projects were run in Sydney's lower socio economic areas like Redfern.

They chose the run down site of Sydney's first official European cemetery: on George Street, in the commercial heart of the city and organised for Sydney ’ s first royal visitor, HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, to lay a foundation stone on 4 April 1868, even before colonial authorities on Macquarie Street had approved the plan.

During the season finale, on one such mission to destroy such a device, Sydney is captured and discovers that the organization that SD-6 has been pursuing is being run by Irina Derevko, Sydney's mother and a former KGB spy.

If Sydney's water supply were to run out, it would be a major economic as well as humanitarian disaster.

The start of the 2005 Pre-Season Cup marked Sydney FC's first match at Allianz Stadium, as well as Dwight Yorke's first appearance for the club — Yorke scoring the first goal of Sydney's 3 – 1 win which stretched their unbeaten run to 9 competitive matches ( 15 including friendlies ).

Upon reaching the semi-finals, Sydney's unbeaten run finally ended at 11 with Perth Glory midfielder Nick Ward scoring in injury time to inflict the new club's first ever loss.

Initially funded through Federal Government funds, the centre is now funded mainly by the NSW Health and continues to run multi-disciplinary health care clinics and health education from its base in Leichhardt and in outreach locations throughout Sydney's inner west.

On its abolition, Morton commented that it was " essential for Sydney's progress " and replaced the City Council with a Commission, headed by another former Liberal leader, Vernon Treatt.

Round 11, 2004 saw Sydney end the Saints ' undefeated start to that season, winning by 17. 10 ( 112 ) to St Kilda's 11. 10 ( 76 ), before St Kilda retaliated with a 51-point thrashing in the semi-finals that ended Sydney's season on a low note.

Round 10, 2005 saw St Kilda and its Coleman Medal-winning full-forward, Fraser Gehrig, claim more revenge for its defeat to Sydney in the corresponding fixture the previous season, winning by 43 points, 15. 11 ( 101 ) to Sydney's 8. 10 ( 58 ), after which the Swans earned the ire of the media and the AFL Chief Executive, Andrew Demetriou, for their game plan in the match.

It was the turning point in Sydney's season, as they would earn some revenge of its own in a controversial preliminary final later that year, winning by 31 points and denying the Saints a place in the grand final.

Sydney's economy was buoyed by the 2011 announcement of funding for the Sydney Harbour dredging project, which was completed in 2012.

For example, Australian artist Peter Kingston, well known as a long time campaigner for the preservation of Sydney's Luna Park ) has produced many works inspired by Katoomba and surrounding areas including the etching " Brave and Cruel " which shows a dark figure leaving Leura Railway Station.

City Recital Hall is dedicated mainly to chamber music and chamber orchestra concerts, featuring many famous international artists as well as concert series by fine local groups such as the renowned Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney's foremost Baroque orchestra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.

The orchestra remained Sydney's main orchestra for much of the 1920s, accompanying many artists brought to Australia by producer J. C. Williamson, including the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz, who donated money to the Conservatorium library for orchestral parts.

On 2 January 1907 young Charles Kingsford Smith was rescued from certain drowning at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach by bathers who, just seven weeks later, were responsible for founding the world's first official surf life saving group at Bondi Beach on 21 February 1907, at a meeting held at the Royal Hotel Bondi Beach.

In 1827, when Devine was aged about 90, this land was acquired from him by a convict, Bernard Rochford, who sold it to many of Sydney's wealthiest and most influential inhabitants including the mayor.

Reid had become Sydney's leading barrister by impressing juries by his cross-examinations and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1898.

He was survived by his only child, John Ogden Greenstreet, born out of Sydney's marriage to Dorothy Marie Ogden.

Sections of the highway through Sydney's suburbs continue to be also known by its former names of Liverpool Road, Sydney Road and Copeland Street ( through Liverpool ).

Earlier in his career he had to support himself by working at Sydney's Mark Foys department store designing and painting window and other displays during the day.

Despite pouring rain, a huge public rally was held at Sydney's Circular Quay, protesting against the continuance of transportation to New South Wales, and the agitation was kept up until success was achieved in 1852, when an end was put to the practice by the British Government.

More recently Sydney's reputation has been revisited by Australian historians.

Sydney's papers are held by the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

In his will, he made the two bequests by which he is best remembered by the general public: funds for the Archibald Fountain in Sydney's Hyde Park, which he specified must be designed by a French sculptor, and the Archibald Prize for portraiture, now Australia's most prestigious art prize.

In 1934 the ANZAC Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park was built and featured the sculpture " The Sacrifice " by Rayner Hoff ( 1894 – 1937 ).

Goodes was drafted by Sydney into the Australian Football League as the No. 43 pick in the 1997 AFL Draft, Sydney's third round draft pick.

These people pioneered Sydney's private sector economy and were later joined by soldiers whose military service had expired, and later still by free settlers who began arriving from Britain.

Norton signed the band to his label Faultline and the album was released on 28 May 2007 ahead of Daysend's appearance at Sydney's two-day Come Together Festival.

Martin co-wrote one of Cream's most famous songs, " Tales of Brave Ulysses ", created the cover art for Cream's Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire albums, and in the 1970s, he became a champion of singer Tiny Tim, and of Sydney's embattled Luna Park.

* Homebake Festival: The competition is for an unsigned band to appear at the Homebake Festival on 8 December 2007 at Sydney's Domain, supporting bands such as The Divinyls, Missy Higgins, Gotye, Sarah Blasko and Cut Copy.

Simon has also appreared in recent years with Sydney bands including The Art and The Glimmer ( formerly The Mansons ), and in 2011 Ratcat were confirmed for Sydney's 2011 Homebake festival, subtitled " The Classic Edition ".

Once again, however, despite being one of Sydney's more popular live bands The Hanging Tree split.

The most popular talkback radio station historically was Sydney's 2UE, whose populist programs like The John Laws Morning Show, are widely syndicated across the continent.

After a rescue mission, Sydney's sister is taken by Sloane so he can get the formula that was stored in her brain by Rambaldi ( actually her unique nervous system can replay the graphical hand movements encoded in the Rambaldi Fluid-protein strands that cause unconscious, movements like handwriting ).

Today Inditex's stores can be seen in places like New York's Fifth Avenue, Milan's Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, London's Regent Street and Oxford Street, Frankfurt's Zeil, Shanghai's Nanjing West Road, Tokyo's Shibuya, Istanbul's Nişantaşı, Seoul's Myeong-dong, Sydney's Pitt Street Mall, Singapore's Orchard Road and Vienna's Kärntner Straße.

The area became part of Sydney's expanding tram network in 1889 and, like many suburbs in the inner-west, experienced rapid growth in the early twentieth century.

In the late 1950s and early 60s Bertles was a member of the developing modern jazz scene that grew out of venues like the Mocambo in Newtown and the El Rocco Jazz Cellar in Sydney's Kings Cross.

After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Narellan Vale were subdivided into housing blocks.

After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Narellan were subdivided into housing blocks.

After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Mount Annan were subdivided into housing blocks.

Nearby Marrickville was a major centre of Sydney's Greek community in the 1950s and 1960s and many of its residents moved south into suburbs like Earlwood, which offered larger family homes and blocks of land.

After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Camden South were subdivided into housing blocks.