Sydney Secrets from the Dictionary of Sydney

Overview

Fancy yourself a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to entertaining an out-of-towner in Sydney? Sure, you may be able to pinpoint the hottest speakeasies and restaurant hole-in-the-walls but we guarantee, you’ve got nothing on the bank of knowledge the team over at the Dictionary Of Sydney can boast.

A City Of Sydney initiative, the Dictionary is a database of historical facts about our city and its attractions, created by, basically, a bunch of history geeks who get their kicks via rifling through ancient archives. They’re thorough and they’ve found the dirt on everything from when exactly Sydney’s first lesbians made their voices heard, to the city’s complicated infrastructure and far more randomly, when we first began using ice (the frozen water, people). The good news for us is they’re dying to spill about their findings.

Being staged inside the Reading Room of Customs House’s fabulously stocked three-level library, Sydney Secrets invites Sydneysiders to meet with the researchers behind the dictionary as they discuss popular urban myths and debunk the falsities. Furthermore, the team has enlisted some live music and refreshments to help keep the crowds happy. The fun kicks off at 7.30pm while the talks commence at 8pm.