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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Leura Village Fair Market
Leuralla House
Levarrier, Ivonne
Lever Brothers Commercial organisation
Lever Brothers Factory, Balmain Industrial site
Lever, William
Levey, Barnett
Levey, Sarah
Levey, Solomon
Leviņš, Jānis
Levy, Daniel
Levy, Gerry
Levy, Jock
Lewers, Gerald
Lewers, Margo
Lewin, John William
Lewin, Mary
Lewis & Sanders Commercial organisation
Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain Fountain
Lewis, Biddy
Lewis, Essington
Lewis, H
Lewis, Jack
Lewis, Jeannie
Lewis, John
Lewis, John (d 1794)
Lewis, Mortimer
Lewis, Thomas Lancelot
Lewisham Suburb
Lewisham Hospital Hospital or other health organisation
Lewisham Hotel Hotel
Lewisham Public School Educational institution
Lewisham viaduct Viaduct
Lexcen, Ben
Ley, Andrews & Company Commercial organisation
Ley, Louise
Ley, Thomas John
Liberty Grove Suburb
Liberty Plains Locality
Libia Ship
Library Act 1939 Legislation
Lidbury, Frederick
Lidcombe Suburb
Lidcombe Baseball Club Sporting club or association
Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club Club
Lidcombe Council Local government
Lidcombe Fire Station Fire station
Lidcombe Hospital Hospital or other health organisation
Lidcombe railway station Railway station
Lidcombe Town Hall Town hall

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Leura Village Fair

Street market with performers and music held in spring.

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Market

Leuralla

Two storey house in Federation style built on the site of another imposing residence destroyed by bushfire in 1909.

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House

Levarrier, Ivonne

Pianist and teacher.

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Lever Brothers

Commercial soap manufacturer with factory at Balmain.

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Commercial organisation

Lever Brothers Factory, Balmain

Soap factory at White Bay founded by Lever Brothers Ltd. After closure it was redeveloped as a housing estate.

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Industrial site

Lever, William

British co-founder of Lever Brothers soap manufacturers, who constructed a factory in Rozelle and visited Sydney in 1914.

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Levey, Barnett

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Merchant and theatre owner who was the first Jewish free settler in the colony, and ran Sydney's first commercial theatre.

Levey, Sarah

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Wife of Barnett Levey.

Levey, Solomon

Convict who became a successful businessman after his pardon, and one of the richest men in the colony.

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Leviņš, Jānis

Latvian resident of Millers Point.

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Levy, Daniel

Lawyer and politician who was active in Jewish affairs.

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Levy, Gerry

Active member of many Jewish community organizations.

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Levy, Jock

Wharf labourer who brought his film and theatre experience to union films of workers rights and conditions.

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Lewers, Gerald

Sculptor and construction engineer who often worked on joint commissions with his wife Margo.

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Lewers, Margo

Artist and designer who worked in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, sculpture and mosaic. She often worked on commissions with her husband Gerald. After their deaths, their home in Emu Plains was given to the Penrity City Council and became the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.

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Lewin, John William

Australia's first professional artist, who published Australia's first illustrated book 'Birds of New South Wales' in 1813. He also worked as the colonial coroner from 1810 until his death in 1819. The headstone to his grave was moved to Pioneer Memorial Park in Botany Cemetery in 1976.

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Lewin, Mary

One of the first grant holders at Botany.

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Lewis & Sanders

Building company in Auburn which declared bankruptcy in 1899

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Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain

Drinking fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with a red granite base with Art Nouveau bronze statue of a young girl standing amid reeds, a heron and frogs. The fountain was a gift to the people of Sydney  in 1889from the Levy family in memory of Lewis Wofle Levy (1815–85), politician and businessman. The statue, by C B Birch (1832–93), is an important example of aestheticism in Sydney.

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Fountain

Lewis, Biddy

Aboriginal woman who lived on her own land at Marramarra Creek from the 1830s.

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Lewis, Essington

Industrialist, primarily with BHP and associated companies. Born 1881, died 1961.

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Lewis, H

Teacher with the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction Technical Education Branch who was manager of the Erskineville Bootmaking School from its inception.

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Lewis, Jack

Performer who specialised in dangerous stunts.

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Lewis, Jeannie

Singer, songwriter and political activist.

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Lewis, John

Convict settler on the Hawkesbury.

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Lewis, John (d 1794)

Elderly convict who was murdered in 1794 at Parramatta. No charges were ever laid.

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Lewis, Mortimer

Surveyor and architect whose work as Colonial Architect had a huge influence on Sydney's public buildings.

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Lewis, Thomas Lancelot

Soldier, farmer and politician who became Premier in 1975.

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Lewisham

Inner-western residential and commercial suburb named after the estate of emancipist jeweller Jacob Josephson. It developed with the construction of the Redfern-Parramatta railway line in the 1850s.

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Suburb

Lewisham Hospital

Catholic hospital first run by the Little Company of Mary.

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Hospital or other health organisation

Lewisham Hotel

Local pub on Parramatta Road at Lewisham.

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Hotel

Lewisham Public School

Local public school in Lewisham.

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Educational institution

Lewisham viaduct

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Eight span stone arch viaduct over Long Cove Creek built in 1855 for the Sydney to Parramatta Railway. It was replaced in 1886 by a Whipple truss railway bridge.

Viaduct

Lexcen, Ben

Yachtsman and marine architect who designed some of Australia's most successful boats.

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Ley, Andrews & Company

Legal firm operating in the late 1920s, often associated with shady business dealings

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Ley, Louise

Wife of Thomas Ley.

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Ley, Thomas John

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Self-made politician whose opponents mysteriously disappeared.

Liberty Grove

Inner-western residential suburb built on former industrial site adjacent to Rhodes and Concord West, made a separate suburb in 1998. Its name refers to free settlers who arrived on the Bellona in 1793 and were granted land in the area by Major Francis Grose.

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Liberty Plains

Area of western Sydney, owned by the Wangal people, but granted to free settlers in the 1790s.

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Locality

Libia

Italian warship which visited Sydney in January 1922.

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Ship

Library Act 1939

Legislation passed by the New South Wales Government on 2 November 1939 that aimed to encourage local governments to establish free public libraries for their citizens, including financial subsidies. Full proclamation of the Act was delayed until January 1944 due to World War II. The Library Board overseeing the establishment and running of the libraries was constituted in February, and public libraries were rapidly established around the state by councils adopting the Act.

 

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Legislation

Lidbury, Frederick

Business manager of home decorating business in George Street at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Lidcombe

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Western suburb, 14 kilometres west of central Sydney, nestled around Rookwood Cemetery. Lidcombe has industry and commercial development along with residential areas.

Lidcombe Baseball Club

Baseball club established 1935 as part of the Cumberland Baseball Association

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Sporting club or association

Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club

Social club established in 1946 by the local parish priest.

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Club

Lidcombe Council

Local government council incorporated in 1891 as Rookwood, renamed Lidcombe in 1914 and merged into Auburn Council in 1949.

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Local government

Lidcombe Fire Station

Nineteenth century fire station in Lidcombe next to the Town Hall

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Fire station

Lidcombe Hospital

Nineteenth century hospital which changed its focus of care from the mentally ill to the destitute and elderly. After several decades as a teaching hospital it merged with Bankstown hospital in 1996.

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Lidcombe railway station

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Major junction station on the CityRail network which was enlarged to accommodate the line to Olympic Park in 1999.

Railway station

Lidcombe Town Hall

Municipal building to cater for the rapid growth of the area in the 1890s.

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Town hall