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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Macdermott, Henry
Macdonald & Airth Commercial organisation
MacDonald, Alexander
Macdonald, Louisa
MacDonald, WA
Macdonald, William
Macdonaldtown Locality
Macedonian-Australian People's League Community organisation
MacFadyen, James
Macgregor, Elizabeth Ann
Macintosh, John
Macintosh, Judith
MacIntosh, William Priestly
Mack, Ted
Mackay, Pam
MacKay, William John
Mackellar, Charles Kinnaird
Mackellar, D
Mackellar, Dorothea
MacKellar, Harry
Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird   
Mackellar, Marion
Macken, John (Bud)
Mackenzie & Petersen Commercial organisation
MacKenzie Hatton, Elizabeth
Mackenzie, Harold 'Mack'
MacKenzie, Ken
Mackenzie, Stewart
Mackenzie, William Henry
Mackenzies Bay Bay or cove
Mackerras, Catherine
Mackerras, Charles
Mackey, Jack
Mackie, Alexander
MacKillop, Mary
MacLaurin Hall Hall
MacLaurin, Henry Normand
Maclean, Harold
Macleay Museum Cultural organisation
Macleay, Alexander
Macleay, Eliza
Macleay, Frances (Fanny)
Macleay, George
Macleay, William John
Macleay, William Sharp
Maclehose, James
MacLeod, Roy
MacNally, Matthew James
Macnamara, Bertha
MacNamara, Daniel

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Macdermott, Henry

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Soldier and later wine merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1845, and an advocate for working men, before bankruptcy forced him out of local politics.

Macdonald & Airth

Thomas Stoddart Macdonald and Robert Henry Airth, trading as Macdonald & Airth flour millers at Hill's Mill (formerly Craigend Mill) in the early 1840s. Became insolvent in 1843.

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Commercial organisation

MacDonald, Alexander

Early landowner at Mortlake.

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Macdonald, Louisa

Educationist whose fight for a university education in England equipped her well for the battle to establish the academic and corporate traditions of Women's College when a university education for women seemed to many 'not only unnecessary but unsuitable'.

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MacDonald, WA

Author and historian.

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Macdonald, William

Murderer known as 'Sydney Mutilator' who killed and mutilated four homeless men between 1961 and 1962 before being arrested in 1963.

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Macdonaldtown

A locality adjacent to Erskineville, named for early settler Stephen Macdonald.

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Locality

Macedonian-Australian People's League

Macedonian Australian community organisation.

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Community organisation

MacFadyen, James

First mayor of the Municipality of Botany.

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Macgregor, Elizabeth Ann

Art historian, curator and currently Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Macintosh, John

Ironmonger and City councillor who supplied the ironwork for the Garden Palace Exhibition Building in 1879.

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Macintosh, Judith

First woman to receive the University Medal for Architecture when her skyscraper design won the Sulman Prize for Design.

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MacIntosh, William Priestly

Stone cutter and sculptor whose work appears on many of Sydney's most prominent public buildings.

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Mack, Ted

Mayor of North Sydney who became a member New South Wales Legislative Assembly and then Federal politician.

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Mackay, Pam

Winner in 1958 of the Miss Australia Quest which raised money for the Spastic Centres of Australia.

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MacKay, William John

Police officer who migrated to Sydney and became Commissioner of Police in 1935.

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Mackellar, Charles Kinnaird

Doctor, politician and businessman. He was a director of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1886-1917.

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Mackellar, D

Lessee of Denistone House before its destruction by bushfire in 1855.

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Mackellar, Dorothea

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Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar was a poet and fiction writer. Her work My Country is one of Australia's best known poems.

MacKellar, Harry

Overseer of Kirkham who gained control of the property from the White family and subdivided the estate in 1900.

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Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird   

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Australian officer during the Boer War, where he lost his life. His body was repatriated to Australia by his family in 1905 and was re-buried in Waverley Cemetery.

Mackellar, Marion

The wife of CK Mackellar and mother of their four children, including poet Dorothea Mackellar.

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Macken, John (Bud)

Hotel manager.

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Mackenzie & Petersen

Towage company formed in the 1930s.

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MacKenzie Hatton, Elizabeth

Missionary who worked with Pacific Islanders and Aborigines in Queensland before she was invited to help with Aboriginal children in Sydney, establishing a home for girls at Homebush.

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Mackenzie, Harold 'Mack'

Engineer who formed a towage partnership with Axel Petersen in the 1930s.

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MacKenzie, Ken

Māori bus driver.

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Mackenzie, Stewart

Criminal who clashed with Vera May Sariwee, the lover of well-known petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber. Mackenzie did not testify against Sariwee or Webber in court so the case was dismissed.

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Mackenzie, William Henry

Justice of the Peace and licensing magistrate.

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Mackenzies Bay

Bay between Tamarama and Bondi.

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Bay or cove

Mackerras, Catherine

Biographer.

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Mackerras, Charles

Conductor and oboist who performed with many of the world's greatest orchestras and opera companies.

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Mackey, Jack

Soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the a battle on Tarakan Island in 1945.

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Mackie, Alexander

Educationist whose long tenure at Sydney Teachers College saw great progress towards his ideal of teachers as well educated professionals.

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MacKillop, Mary

Founded the Catholic religious order Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and several schools and welfare institutions for the poor. She is the first Australian to be canonised.

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MacLaurin Hall

Gothic Revival hall on the second floor of the University of Sydney quadrangle. Before the construction of the present Fisher Library building in 1962, it was the original Fisher Library reading room.

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Hall

MacLaurin, Henry Normand

Physician and university administrator whose shrewd investment enabled the acquisition of numerous neighbourhood properties.

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Maclean, Harold

Public servant who, as New South Wales sheriff and comptroller-general of prisons, was instrumental in reforming many inhumane conditions in the prison system and defending the rights of prisoners.

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Macleay Museum

Oldest natural history collection in Australia, originating in the cabinets of Alexander Macleay, and expanded through the collecting networks of the Macleay family. The collection was donated to the University of Sydney by William John Macleay in the 1880s and a building constructed to house it. The Macleay Museum is now part of the University of Sydney Museums.

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Cultural organisation

Macleay, Alexander

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Public servant and entomologist who became a politician and landowner after emigrating to Sydney in 1825 to take up the position of Colonial Secretary.

Macleay, Eliza

Wife of the highest ranking public servant at the time whose personality was ill suited to the social role expected of her. She bore 17 children in 22 years though only 10 survived to adulthood.

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Macleay, Frances (Fanny)

Natural history artist who collected specimens for her father's and brother's scientific pursuits. She was an accomplished artist of fruit and flowers who had exhibited in London before emigrating.

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Macleay, George

Explorer and wealthy grazier who was politically active in the 1850s before retiring to Europe.

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Macleay, William John

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Patron of science whose study of insects, geology and botany was to form the basis of the Macleay Museum collection at the University of Sydney.

Macleay, William Sharp

Naturalist who joined his family in Australia in 1839 after a career in British diplomacy and devoted his time to zoology and entomology.

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Maclehose, James

Writer who published an illustrated guide to Sydney in 1839, 'Maclehose's picture of Sydney and strangers' guide in New South Wales for 1839'.

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MacLeod, Roy

Academic and author of many books and articles on social history of science, military history, research policy and the history of higher education.

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MacNally, Matthew James

Watercolour painter who worked in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney where he became well known for his paintings of historical building.

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Macnamara, Bertha

Activist considered to be the mother of the Australian Labor movement. Personal hardship opened her eyes to the workings of capitalism and she spent her life fighting for women's rights through her socialist bookshop and often speaking publicly at the Domain .

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MacNamara, Daniel

Early farmer in the Belmore district.

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