TheDictionary of Sydney is adigital humanities project to produce an online, expert-written encyclopaedia of all aspects of thehistory of Sydney.
The Dictionary is a partnership between theCity of Sydney, theUniversity of Sydney, theUniversity of Technology Sydney, theState Library of New South Wales and theState Records Authority of New South Wales. It began in 2007 withAustralian Research Council funding and launched on 5 November 2009.[1]
Geographically, the Dictionary of Sydney includes the wholeSydney basin and chronologically spans the years from the earliest human habitation to the present. It also invited historical contributions from disciplines such as archaeology, sociology, literary studies, historical geography and cultural studies.[2]
Heurist, developed by theUniversity of Sydney was the underlying technology for the project. The Dictionary of Sydney won an Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Award for Interpretation and Presentation in April 2010.[3]
The site now resides at the State Library of New South Wales on theDrupal platform.
The Dictionary was archived in 2021.[4]
Contributions are sourced from hundreds of academics, writers and researchers. Notable contributors includeKeith Vincent Smith, with 15 entries, including entries onBennelong andPemulwuy.