It began in 2007 with Australian Research Council funding and launched on 5 November 2009.
[2] Heurist, developed by the University 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 the Drupal platform.
[4] Contributions are sourced from hundreds of academics, writers and researchers.