100 years of May Gibbs’ Nutcote

This Library exhibition celebrates ‘Nutcote’, the Neutral Bay home of artist and children’s author May Gibbs from 1925 until her death in 1969. It was designed by the fashionable architect B.J. Waterhouse in the Inter-War Mediterranean style. The display features architectural plans, archives and photographs from Stanton’s collection.

The Big Picture: North Sydney panoramas

This Heritage Centre exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ‘Holtermann Panorama’, created by Charles Bayliss in 1875. The display showcases original panoramic prints made to document and celebrate the growth of Sydney or the north shore.

Online exhibition: Hidden history of the Chinese in North Sydney

This website explores the Chinese community who lived and worked in this area, often as market gardeners and shopkeepers, from 1870 to 1932. Their personal stories help to write the Chinese back into North Sydney’s history and enrich the broader story of Sydney.

Locality: Telling North Sydney stories in objects and pictures

This Library exhibition explores various aspects of North Sydney’s history using the stories associated with intriguing objects from North Sydney Council’s historical and pictorial collection.

Online exhibition: At home in North Sydney

This award-winning website explores North Sydney's history of diverse and fascinating range of dwellings dating from the first half of the 19th century through its built environment, featuring architecture, architects, builders and residents.

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Objects and art

Map collection

Postcard collection

Building North Sydney