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Widely hailed as Australia's greatest pop artist, Martin Sharp runs a lot deeper than mere paint on canvas or cement. In 60s London he reigned supreme as king of the rock'n'roll art movement, designing bills for Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix and album sleeves for Cream (he wrote the lyrics for 'Tales of Brave Ulysses') and magazines for the infamous Oz. The Cranbook old boy then came home and founded Sydney's legendary art confederacy, the Yellow House. He now weaves his magic from an art house in Bellevue Hill.
Sacred site Luna Park, whose amazing restoration Sharp oversaw with murals, arcadia and a full face-lift.
Rampaging Roy Slaven (John Doyle) and HG Nelson (Greig Pickhaver) are as integral to Sydney Sundays as Victas and lamb roasts. Since 1986, their slot on Triple J has been taking the piss from anyone on the bludge, on the blub or on the lam from the truth. On air as This Sporting Life and on TV talking Dreams, Dumps or Memphis Trousers, they alchemise as only best mates can, tipping sacred cows and pushing Sydney to the precipice of lunacy.
Sacred site The boys broadcast from Triple J studios (700 Harris St, Ultimo).
The Souths mascot is part-man, part superhero, all heart.
George Gittoes has led Death a merry dance in the world's warzones "waging a war on war using creativity instead of bullets". The Rockdale painter and maverick film director founded the Yellow House with Martin Sharp (see above) before evolving into the cage-rattling auteur of today. His new film, The Miscreants, is a shock-doco where he goes head to head with Al-Qaeda in a film tipped for Oscar honours. Next? He's prepping a film about "my Sydney - a sleazy city full of dark gems."
Sacred siteThe Yellow House, Macleay St Kings Cross 2011
The winner of Australia's first Best Actor Oscar never lived to accept the award but as Howard Beale, the mad newsreader who screamed, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!", he was immortal. Finch was already a Sydney hero before he conquered London's stage and held Hollywood in thrall. Sacred site "Kings Cross. I lived always on the edge of destitution, I have never been happier."
Sacred site "Kings Cross. I lived always on the edge of destitution, I have never been happier."
Now 81 years young, "Miss Dally" is responsible for opening Australia's first deportment schools, teaching young ladies "not just etiquette, but... confidence." Having spurned Hollywood and Gregory Peck (with whom she enjoyed a love affair), this grand madam of manners presides over a finishing school and charity empire. Her belief? "True kindness can make everyone feel better about themselves."
Sacred siteJune Dally-Watkins School of Education and Training, 210 Clarence St, Sydney 2000.
The Sydney slum kids who shook the rock world.
"I don't have any friends in there," she says at the Parliament where she's state member, "they're all out here." By 'here', Sydney's Lord Mayor means the 22 gritty and colourful suburbs that comprise City of Sydney, whose denizens she has served for 28 years. Every inch her name, Clover has delivered her home town a fertile field with a long term vision. Recently re-elected as Lord Mayor, her vow is: 'Let's keep the momentum going'. Let'shope for all our sakes she does.
Sacred siteTown Hall, George St, Sydney 2000
She has met queens, princesses, kings, Dalai Lamas and ambassadors and, this year, the pope - always with the same humble lines: "Welcome to the traditional land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Welcome to Sydney. Welcome to Australia." These words 'Aunty' Sylvia Scott speaks as an unofficial spokeswoman of Sydney's indigenous people. A Wiradjeri woman whose called Sydney home for 60 years, Aunty Sylvia has devoted her life to children and education and earning respect for those who go without it.
Sacred site Aunty Sylvia founded the Murrawina preschool for indigenous kids (160-202 George St, Redfern).
The woman who first grew the world's favourite apple hailed from Eastwood.
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