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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Henson, HB
Hepburn, Katherine
Hepple, Edward
Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre Pitt Street Theatre
Herbert, George
Herbert, John
Herbert, Xavier
Hercules Ship
Herd, Margaret
Hereford House House
Hereward Ship
Herford, John W
Heritage Act 1977 Legislation
Heritage Council of New South Wales State or colonial government
Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)
Herman, Sali
Hermes Magazine or periodical
Hermis-Ilion Association of NSW Community organisation
Hermitage Farm Farm
Herne Bay Progress Association Community organisation
Hero Ship
Hero of Waterloo hotel Hotel
Herring, Gerard Edgar
Herring, Sydney
Herring, William Alick
Hervel, Antoine
Herz, Maximilian
Het Tentenkamp Locality
Hetherington, Norman (Heth)
Hewett, Dorothy
Heydon, Jabez King
Heydon, Sophia
Heysen, Hans
Hibberd, Lily
Hibbler, Al
Hibbs, Peter
Hibernian Association Cultural organisation
Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Commercial organisation
Hickey, Tom
Hicks, Joseph
Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite
Hicks, Mary Jane
Hicks, Zachary
Hickson, Jill
Hickson, Robert
Higgins, Eleanor
Higgins, Thomas
Higgins, Thomas Edward
Higgs, Kerryn

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Henson, HB

Engineer who submitted a detailed plan to clean up and modify the Cooks River and Sheas Creek to allow barges to travel between the Parramatta and Cooks rivers.

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Hepburn, Katherine

American actor who briefly visited Australia.

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Hepple, Edward

Theatre and television actor and scriptwriter.

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Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket

Theatre in Quay Street Haymarket. Originally known as the Empire Theatre its name was changed to Her Majesty's in 1960 after renovations. It burned down in 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by a smaller theatre with the same name. This was subsequently demolished and replaced by an apartment building.

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Theatre

Her Majesty's Theatre Pitt Street

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Largest and best-equipped theatre in Sydney when it opened in 1887, Her Majesty's was rebuilt after a fire destroyed the theatre in 1902. Closed as a theatre in the 1930s, the building survived until the redevelopment of the site for Centrepoint in the 1970s.

Herbert, George

Secretary of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union.

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Herbert, John

Landowner who received a 100 acres grant near Kirkham in 1812.

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Herbert, Xavier

Author and outspoken champion of Indigenous issues particularly Aboriginal people living on missions.

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Hercules

Irish convict ship which carried 173 male and female convicts to the colony in 1802.

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Ship

Herd, Margaret

Radio presenter who was known as the Fairy Godmother.

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Hereford House

Villa built for George Williams on his estate in Glebe on the current site of Foley Park. The carriageway and some fig trees remain.

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House

Hereward

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Iron clipper of 1513 tons which traded between Britain and the colonies and was wrecked on the northern end of Maroubra Beach in 1898 though all 25 crew survived. The wreckage remained on the beach for several decades.

Herford, John W

Tanner who became involved in local government in Botany.

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Heritage Act 1977

Legislation to conserve the environmental heritage of the State.

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Legislation

Heritage Council of New South Wales

Independent statutory body created by the Heritage Act 1977. Advisory body formed to identify and protect heritage place and items significant to the state and provide expert advice on heritage matters to the government minister responsible for heritage.

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State or colonial government

Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)

Architect, historian and author who, after working with the Allied Works Council during World War II, established his own architectural practice and taught at Sydney Technical College.

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Herman, Sali

Painter who recorded the terraces and lanes of the inner city. He won the Wynne Prize in 1944, 1962 and 1965 and the Sulman Prize in 1946 and 1948.

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Hermes

Undergraduate students' literary magazine at the University of Sydney, published since 1886.

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Magazine or periodical

Hermis-Ilion Association of NSW

Community support organisation formed by migrants from the Olympia region of Greece.

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Community organisation

Hermitage Farm

Farm established on a land grants at Petersham in 1794.

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Farm

Herne Bay Progress Association

Community group formed to improve services in the area which often involved objecting to the large Aboriginal population living nearby.

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Hero

Tugboat which was a regular sight on the harbour for almost fifty years until sunk by a freighter off Blues Point. It was salvaged and returned to service between 1943 and 1963.

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Hero of Waterloo hotel

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One of Sydney's oldest hotels, built from local sandstone, which has provided refreshment to the changing population of Millers Point since 1845.

Hotel

Herring, Gerard Edgar

Born in Cromer, England, he was an early landholder in the Cromer area.

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Herring, Sydney

Soldier who joined the AIF in 1904 and rose to brigadier general during World War I. After the war he returned to his first career of real estate agent, retaining the honorary rank of brigadier general.

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Herring, William Alick

Caretaker and early resident of Cromer.

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Hervel, Antoine

French merchant who recognised the prominence of Sydney as a commercial centre as early as 1826.

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Herz, Maximilian

German-born Sydney doctor who was interned during World War I.

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Het Tentenkamp

Camp site at Narrabeen established by the Dutch community in the 1950s to house post-war migrants.

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Locality

Hetherington, Norman (Heth)

Puppeteer, artist, teacher and cartoonist who began experimenting with marionettes with Clovelly Puppet Theatre in 1952. He went on to present puppets on television from 1956. He is best known as the creator of the marionette 'Mr Squiggle', who drew with his nose and appeared regularly on ABC children's television from 1959-1999, Australia's longest running children's television series. Hetherington was the sole operator and voice of Mr. Squiggle.

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Hewett, Dorothy

Feminist poet, novelist and playwright.

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Heydon, Jabez King

Printer who became a landowner at Ermington and was later a local politician at Hunters Hill. He was publisher of the Freeman's Journal after his conversion to Catholicism in 1846.

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Heydon, Sophia

Farmer in the Ermington area.

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Heysen, Hans

Artist who trained with James Ashton and studied overseas but settled in the Adelaide Hills and became famous for his depictions of these and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

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Hibberd, Lily

Visual artist and writer practicing in performance, painting, photography, video and installation. She works in collaboration with communities and artists to tell old and new stories based on places, memories and histories.

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Hibbler, Al

American baritone vocalist.

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Hibbs, Peter

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First Fleet seaman who played a role in the exploration of Tasmania and Australia's eastern seaboard. He allegedly sailed with Captain James Cook on HMB Endeavour and was credited in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette of 1890 as being the second Englishman after Sir Joseph Banks to step ashore at Botany Bay in 1770. However, no primary source material has been found to confirm this. Hibbs was part of the crew during the wreck of HMS Sirius on its way to Norfolk Island. While at Norfolk Island his wife arrived aboard Surprize with her baby girl, whom they raised as their own.

Hibernian Association

Irish cultural organisation.

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Cultural organisation

Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society

Church based support network established to provide hospital, sickness and funeral benefits through insurance style subscription.

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Commercial organisation

Hickey, Tom

Community activist in Putney.

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Hicks, Joseph

Early landowner at Grotto Point.

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Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite

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Matron of the Immigration Depot and Destitute Asylum at Hyde Park Barracks for over two decades.

Hicks, Mary Jane

Victim of a gang rape in 1886, the trial of her assailants was to polarise the colony especially when four men were hung for the crime.

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Hicks, Zachary

Lieutenant on the Endeavour voyage of 1770.

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Hickson, Jill

Businessperson with background in marketing and international relations.

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Hickson, Robert

Civil engineer who significantly improved bridge design and road construction, extended metropolitan water supply and sewerage and vastly improved the Sydney waterfront.

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Higgins, Eleanor

Convict and early settler of the Epping area. She was tried at the Old Bailey, London on 12 December 1787 for stealing four linen sheets and was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. She married David Kilpack who received a grant of 80 acres in Ryde which was known as the 'Field of Mars'. When David died she sold part of the land but continued to farm in her own right.

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Higgins, Thomas

Emancipist who had been transported for stealing a black mare. He became an early settler in the Epping area.

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Higgins, Thomas Edward

First permanent settler in the Hornsby Valley.

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Higgs, Kerryn

Author of the first lesbian novel published in Australia.

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