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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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AWA Radio Centre Pennant Hills Industrial site
Axam, Charles
Ayres, John
Ayres, William
Ayton, Elizabeth
Ayton, William
Azella
Baalman, Peter John
Baan Lao Commercial organisation
Babbage, Eden Herschel
Babe: Pig in the City Film
Babworth House Residential block
Bachelet, Michelle
Back Row East Street or lane
Backhouse & Laidley Commercial organisation
Backhouse, Benjamin
Backhouse, Clarence
Backhouse, James
Backless Betty from Bondi Book
Bacon, Matthew
Badcoe, Peter
Badgally Estate Estate
Badgery, James
Badgerys Creek Suburb
Badham, Charles
Badham, Herbert
Bagatella, Rino
Baggs, Sydney A
Baglin, Douglass
Bagnall, William
Baha'i House of Worship Place of worship
Bailey & Jorgenson Tugs Commercial organisation
Bailey, Amelia
Bailey, Bert
Bailey, Charles
Bailey, Robin
Bailey, Victor Albert
Bailliere's New South Wales Gazetteer and Road Guide 1866 Book
Bain, James C
Bainbridge, George
Baird, Bruce George
Bakaitis, Helmut
Baker, Frederick
Baker, Glenn A
Baker, Harold
Baker, Maggie
Baker, Mary
Baker, Richard
Baker, Robert Walter
Baker, Sidney John

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AWA Radio Centre Pennant Hills

Communication centre which used a 20 kilowatt transmitter for overseas broadcasting and the wireless telephone service to Great Britain and Europe.

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Industrial site

Axam, Charles

Dairy farmer at Mount Gilead.

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Ayres, John

Early landholder in St Ives.

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Ayres, William

Convict and saddler who was transported to New South Wales aboard the First Fleet ship, Friendship. He was convicted of highway robbery with violence in 1783 and attempted to escape on a ship for America in 1784. He spent two years on a prison hulk before arriving in Sydney. He was attacked by a group of Aboriginal people while collecting herbs for tea in 1788. He departed the colony after his sentence expired.

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Ayton, Elizabeth

Teacher who emigrated with her family in the 'Beejapore' in 1857. She established her own school in 1860.

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Ayton, William

House painter who emigrated with his family in the 'Beejapore' in 1857.

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Azella

Tightrope walker and trapeze artist who performed in Sydney in 1877.

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Baalman, Peter John

Leaseholder of the swimming baths at Sans Souci and former oyster farmer.

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Baan Lao

Lao restaurant.

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Commercial organisation

Babbage, Eden Herschel

Banker who helped preserve Roseville Chase foreshore.

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Babe: Pig in the City

Movie set in a futuristic post-modern fantasy land that combines the Sydney skyline with global icons such as Red Square and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Film

Babworth House

Federation Arts and Craft style home with 24 bedrooms and grand ballroom which was once owned by St Vincent's Hospital before restoration in 1998 to luxury apartments. It was built for Sir Samuel Hordern and designed by architectural firm Morrow and De Putron.

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Residential block

Bachelet, Michelle

First woman President of Chile from 2006 until 2010.

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Back Row East

The eastern back row of the early township of Sydney, where Phillip Street runs today. Behind the street lay bush and scrub. Also known as Back Row, and later as Mulgrave Street, it was renamed 'Phillip Street' by Macquarie in 1810. Back Row West is modern day Kent Street on the other side of the city.

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Street or lane

Backhouse & Laidley

Architectural practice.

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Backhouse, Benjamin

Architect and social reformer who campaigned to improve Sydney's sewerage system.

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Backhouse, Clarence

Architect and painter.

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Backhouse, James

Naturalist and Quaker missionary who travelled extensively and reported to several colonial governments on prison reform and transportation in Australia and South Africa.

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Backless Betty from Bondi

Humorous poem written in 1930 by Kenneth Slessor, and published in a collection of the same name.

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Book

Bacon, Matthew

Early landholder at Dee Why.

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Badcoe, Peter

Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a soldier under heavy fire during the Vietnam War.

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Badgally Estate

Estate of Edward Lomas Moore near Campbelltown.

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Estate

Badgery, James

Free settler who established a mill in Sydney as well as having extensive land grants at Bringelly, Suttons Forest and along the Hawkesbury.

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Badgerys Creek

South-western rural suburb, named for free settler James Badgery who was granted land there by Governor Macquarie. It has been proposed as the site for a second Sydney airport since 1986.

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Suburb

Badham, Charles

Renowned scholar who became Professor of Classics and was to influence the role of public examinations and the growth of a free public library in Sydney.

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Badham, Herbert

Modernist artist and writer whose figurative paintings depicted city life and beach scenes.

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Bagatella, Rino

Italian community leader who assisted in the foundation of Club Marconi.

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Baggs, Sydney A

Architect who specialized in the environmental impact of buildings.

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Baglin, Douglass

Photographer who documented many of Sydney's heritage buildings.

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Bagnall, William

Local identity in Brookvale in late nineteenth century.

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Baha'i House of Worship

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Nine-sided Baha'i temple sited high above Sydney's northern beaches.

Place of worship

Bailey & Jorgenson Tugs

Tugboat company in Balmain.

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Bailey, Amelia

Soprano.

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Bailey, Bert

Actor, writer and theatrical manager who became famous in film as Dad Rudd.

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Bailey, Charles

Tugboat operator in Balmain at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Bailey, Robin

English actor of theatre and television.

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Bailey, Victor Albert

Physicist.

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Bailliere's New South Wales Gazetteer and Road Guide 1866

Geographical dictionary and atlas with information of the colony for the year 1866.

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Bain, James C

Suburban vaudeville entrepreneur.

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Bainbridge, George

Early pilot at Watsons Bay.

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Baird, Bruce George

State and federal Liberal politician who held public office between 1984 to 2007.

 

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Bakaitis, Helmut

Film and theatre director, actor and screenwriter.

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Baker, Frederick

Organ builder who made the organ at St Benedict's Catholic church Broadway.

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Baker, Glenn A

Australian journalist, commentator and broadcaster well known for his vast knowledge of Rock music.

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Baker, Harold

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Notable sportsman who won three New South Wales swimming championships in 1906 and captained the Australian water polo team. He played Rugby football for Australia three times against New Zealand. He also won boxing and wrestling championships and worked as a boxing referee. Once described as a 'man with a marble mouth and a jaw of steel. A man of ice with frozen eyes and a frozen voice', he became famous for his role in the Coogee Beach surf rescue of 1911.

Baker, Maggie

Policewoman who was serving in the police force during the time of Sydney's razor gangs and was described by author Larry Writer as Lillian Armfield's 'right-hand woman'. Baker's true identity is not known as she adopted a pseudonym when describing her memories of the famous gangland figures, Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine.

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Baker, Mary

Orchardist, who with her husband, was one of the first in the Lindfield area.

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Baker, Richard

Botanist, curator and academic whose studies of Australian plants, particularly eucalypts, were often controversial.

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Baker, Robert Walter

Gallipoli veteran who took up land at Bankstown Soldier Settlement.

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Baker, Sidney John

Philologist and author of The Australian Language (1966).

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