Blue Plaques
John Sulman & Bishop Sydney Linton
The architect Sir John Sulman and the Riverina’s first Anglican Bishop, Sydney Linton, designed a simple yet elegant building in the Riverina town of Hay in 1888.
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Joseph Laurie
Joseph Laurie (1832–1904) was one of the first Europeans to settle permanently on the mid-north coast and a pioneer of the New South Wales timber industry.
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June Bronhill (Gough)
June Bronhill (1929–2005) was an Australian soprano who became a celebrated star of light opera during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
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Little Company of Mary Sisters
The Little Company of Mary, a Catholic religious order, established the Calvary Hospital in Wagga Wagga in 1926.
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Nancy Bird Walton
Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009) was a pioneering Australian aviator and founder of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association.
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Sir Edward Hallstrom
Sir Edward Hallstrom (1886–1970) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He remains one of the Taronga Zoo’s most generous private benefactors.
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Professor Thomas Leech
Professor Thomas Leech (1902–1973) was head of the Scientific Services Division of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. He also helped develop the black box flight recorder.
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Walter Liberty Vernon
Walter Liberty Vernon (1846–1914) is one of Australia’s most important architects, responsible for some of Sydney’s iconic buildings.
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Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley (1939–1992) is one of Australia’s most celebrated 20th-century artists. His most-loved paintings capture Lavender Bay on Sydney’s harbour in all its moods.
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Arthur Stace
Arthur Stace (1885–1967), remembered as Mr Eternity, wrote ‘Eternity’ in chalk more than half a million times on the footpaths and doorsteps of Sydney.
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Grace Cossington Smith
Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984) is one of Australia’s most celebrated modernist painters, renowned for her iconic Sydney cityscapes and luminous interiors.
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Patrick White
Patrick White (1912–1990) was a celebrated novelist, playwright, poet, and political activist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973.
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