Sydney Harbour Foreshore Histories project

In 2013, The Dictionary received funds from the City of Sydney to commission a suite of entries highlighting the cultural histories of Sydney’s harbour foreshore.

The result is 21 entries by well-known writers of history, literature, theatre, dance, art and architecture including Edmund Capon, Delia Falconer, Ian Hoskins, Grace Karskens, David Marr and Frank Moorhouse.

We hope you enjoy reading these unique contributions to the Dictionary.

• A City of One’s Own: Women’s Sydney by Delia Falconer
• A Short History of the Black and White Artists’ Club by Lindsay Foyle
• Barangaroo and the Eora Fisherwomen by Grace Karskens
• Graeme Murphy’s Tivoli by Valerie Lawson
• Life After Wartime: Working with the Justice and Police Museum archive by Kate Richards
• Making Fire: Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia by Jasmin Sheppard
• Margaret Flockton at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney by Lesley Elkan and Catherine Wardrop
• Painting Old Sydney: Urban life, art and the roots of heritage conservation in Sydney by Caroline Butler-Bowden and Grace Karskens
• Percy Grainger at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music by Andrew Robson
• Sydney Harbour Bridge by Jim Poe
• Sydney Harbour: A Cultural Landscape by Ian Hoskins
• The Archibald Prize by Edmund Capon
• The Biennale of Sydney by Lizzy Marshall
• The Harbour End: Sydney Theatre Company at the Wharf by Jo Litson
• The Life and Death of Joe Lynch by Lindsay Foyle
• The Mitchell by David Marr
• The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia by Julie Ewington
• The Newcastle Hotel by Frank Moorhouse
• The Wharfies’ Film Unit by Lisa Milner
• Utzon’s Opera House by Eoghan Lewis
• William Chidley at Speakers Corner by Catie Gilchrist