Lost and Found: Stories from the City of Sydney Archives

Janet Villata and Dominique Novak D’Hennin from the City of Sydney Archives will share 3 stories of Sydney’s past that they discovered using the online Archives & History Resources catalogue.

One story relates to a lost person, one to a business lost in dramatic circumstances and one to a ‘lost’ building that was planned but never realised.

Janet and Dominique will also introduce you to the catalogue which contains over 1 million items about the City of Sydney. Access documents, photographs, maps and plans from as early as 1842 and see what discoveries you can make about Sydney, its people, streets and spaces.

Bio:

Janet Villata is the City Archivist at the City of Sydney. She leads a team of 5 and a volunteer workforce of 35. She was part of the project team that developed the catalogue, introduced in 2020, which helped transform access to the City of Sydney Archives.

Dominique Novak D’Hennin works part time as an archivist at both the City of Sydney Archives and a school archives. She is also an experienced teacher and lecturer.