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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Moore, Thomas
Moore, William
Moore, William Henry
Moorebank Suburb
Moorefield racecourse Sporting venue
Moorefields Locality
Moores Creek Reserve Park or open space
Moores, David
Moorhouse, Frank
Moorhouse, Geoffrey
Moorooboora
Mop, Maryann
Moran & Cato Commercial organisation
Moran, Patrick
Morand, Monsieur
More front than Anthony Horderns Saying
More nuts than the Bridge Saying
Morell and Kemp Commercial organisation
Morell, Gustavus Alphonse
Morgan, Bob
Morgan, Cosby William
Morgan, Francis
Morgan, James Squire Woodward
Morgan, Lionel
Morgan, Mary (Molly)
Morgan, Sally
Moriah College Educational institution
Moriarty, Edward Orpen
Morley Ship
Morley, James
Morning Bay Suburb
Morning Chronicle Newspaper
Morning Sacrifice Play
Morrin, Beryl Gladys
Morris, Alan (Mo)
Morris, George Peel
Morris, Jan
Morris, John C
Morrison, Ann
Morrison, Archibald
Morrison, George Ernest
Morrison, Sibyl
Morrisons Bay Bay or cove
Morrow & Gordon Commercial organisation
Mort & Co Commercial organisation
Mort Bay Locality
Mort Bay container wharf Wharf or dock
Mort's Dock Wharf or dock
Mort's Dock and Engineering Company Commercial organisation
Mort's Wool Stores, Circular Quay Warehouse or bond store

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Moore, Thomas

Sailor, boatbuilder, magistrate and philanthropist who endowed Moore College. He was also labelled 'the King of Liverpool' as his 1809 land grant in Moorebank made him the first citizen of Liverpool. He also funded and oversaw the construction of many of the area's public buildings and he became the magistrate of the Georges River district in 1810 - a position he held until his death.

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Moore, William

Early practitioner of homeopathy in New South Wales, who acquired large landholdings in northern Sydney, and left money endowing the Glebe Homeopathic Hospital.

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Moore, William Henry

Londoner who became the first free solicitor in the colony, leading a chequered career serving the Crown and in private practice.

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Moorebank

South-western residential and industrial suburb, bordered to the west by Georges River. It has been proposed as the site for a major intermodal freight terminal.

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Suburb

Moorefield racecourse

Racecourse established by Peter Moore in 1888 at the corner of President Avenue and Rocky Point Road (now Princes Highway) Kogarah. The site is now occupied by Moorefield Girls high school and St George TAFE.

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Sporting venue

Moorefields

Locality on the site of the former Moorefield racecourse at the intersection of President Avenue and Princes Highway, Kogarah.

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Locality

Moores Creek Reserve

Park in East Lindfield adjoining Moores Creek.

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Park or open space

Moores, David

Early landowner in the Cromer area. About 1910 his land was subdivided and sold as the Narrabeen Heights Estate.

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Moorhouse, Frank

Writer and former journalist who has often used his local area in Balmain as setting for his work.

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Moorhouse, Geoffrey

English journalist and author who wrote many books based on his travels.

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Moorooboora

Leader of the Murro-ore-dial (Pathway Place) clan south of Port Jackson.

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Mop, Maryann

Resident of Pitt Street who was to marry Thomas Brown in 1865.

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Moran & Cato

Largest grocery chain in Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century which grew from a Melbourne store opened in 1881.

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Commercial organisation

Moran, Patrick

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Staunch supporter of Catholics' political and civil rights, Cardinal Moran presided over extensive building of churches, schools and Catholic institutions.

Morand, Monsieur

French-born convict transported for forgery of banknotes

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More front than Anthony Horderns

Saying referring to someone known for their impudence or cool assertion, the reference being to Anthony Hordern's department store which occupied a large city block.

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Saying

More nuts than the Bridge

Expression referring to someone who was thought to be "nuts", or a bit crazy, the reference being to the nuts and bolts used in building the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Morell and Kemp

Architecture and design company on Pitt Street founded by the prominent civil engineer and architect Gustavus Alphonse Morell. Morell was later joined by his friend and fellow architect John Edward Kemp who then became a junior partner in May 1885.

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Morell, Gustavus Alphonse

Prominent architect and civil engineer in Sydney, Morell established a business with John Edward Kemp and designed many buildings incuding The Swifts mansion in Darling Point and Her Majesty's Theatre on Pitt Street which was closed and demolished in 1933.

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Morgan, Bob

Aboriginal community leader.

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Morgan, Cosby William

Medical practitioner.

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Morgan, Francis

Irish convict who was executed by hanging on Pinchgut after he killed a man on the north shore of the Harbour. His body was left on the gibbet so his skeleton would act as a deterent.

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Morgan, James Squire Woodward

Prominent interwar artist and etcher who studied under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long.

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Morgan, Lionel

Aboriginal rugby league player and the first indigenous player selected at test level.

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Morgan, Mary (Molly)

Dressmaker convicted of stealing hempen yarn from a bleaching factory. After arriving in Sydney, she was sent to Parramatta where she and her husband opened a small shop. In 1794, she escaped the colony and worked as a dressmaker in Plymouth, England and bigamously married another man. Her husband accused her of burning down their home and she was found guilty at the Croydon Sessions and once again transported. In Sydney she acquired a protector and was given land and cattle near Parramatta but was sent to Newcastle penal settlement after she branded the cattle as her own. After receiving a ticket-of-leave in 1819, she was given land which she farmed herself at Wallis Plains. She opened a wine shanty, was granted more land at Anvil Creek and opened the Angel Inn in Maitland which, by the 1820s, made her a wealthy woman. Wallis Plains became known as Molly Morgan's, however, during her final years her wealth was dramatically reduced.

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Morgan, Sally

Indigenous artist and author.

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Moriah College

The college is an independent, co-educational modern Orthodox Jewish school founded in 1942.

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Educational institution

Moriarty, Edward Orpen

Engineer and surveyor who became engineer of Sydney's water supply in 1877 in addition to his duties across the state in road design, harbours and river navigation.

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Morley

Convict transport ship which made several voyages from London to Sydney from 1817.

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Ship

Morley, James

Emancipist transported for theft who became a partner in a shipping fiim which supplied settlers on the Hawkesbury within 13 years of his arrival. He also held several land grants, a wine licence and owned a timber yard, rasing a large family who contributed to the growth of the colony.

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Morning Bay

Small northern suburb on western shore of Pittwater.

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Morning Chronicle

Catholic newspaper.

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Newspaper

Morning Sacrifice

In this play, teachers fight a superior who is backed by a corrupt school system. One of the few mid 20th century plays still in the contemporary repertoire.

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Play

Morrin, Beryl Gladys

Shark vistim who was attacked while swimming in the Georges River at Kentucky.

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Morris, Alan (Mo)

Advertising creative director and copywriter who used a colloquial and irreverent style of advertising with great success.

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Morris, George Peel

Councillor on Hornsby Shire Council.

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Morris, Jan

Welsh historian and travel writer, born 1926

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Morris, John C

Emancipated convict granted land in the Ryde area as a reward for bravery when the ship Guardian hit an iceberg off the Cape of Good Hope.

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Morrison, Ann

Wife of James Creighton, who, with her father Barnet Toole, died in a boating accident off South Head in January 1829. Ann was also on the boat but survived. In 1829 she married James Dingle, who is believed to have drowned while escaping from Norfolk Island in 1833. Both Creighton and Dingle had taken part in the robbery of the Bank of Australia in 1828.  She married George Morrison in 1840.

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Morrison, Archibald

Soldier in the New South Wales Corps who was an early land holder at Ryde.

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Morrison, George Ernest

Journalist and doctor who travelled extensively, particularly in Asia, and was known as 'Chinese' Morrison.

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Morrison, Sibyl

First woman to work as a barrister in Sydney.

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Morrisons Bay

Bay on Parramatta River between Tennyson Point and Putney.

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Bay or cove

Morrow & Gordon

Architectural practice which designed for many large commercial clients.

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Mort & Co

Wool brokerage and auction company formed by Thomas Mort in 1854.

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Mort Bay

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Bay on the Balmain peninsula between Ballast and Simmons Points converted from a port and maritime industrial area to residential and park lands.

Mort Bay container wharf

Container wharf on the site of Mort's Dock, a historic shipyard, which only operated for a short time before port operations moved to Botany Bay.

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Wharf or dock

Mort's Dock

The first dry dock in Australia, opened in 1855 to repair the new commercial steamers, and later becoming a large engineering facility.

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Mort's Dock and Engineering Company

Engineering company formed by Thomas Mort in 1872 but managed by James Franki for over 50 years until his retirement in 1922. It had grown out of his ownership of Mort's Dock at Balmain and the company he had formed with Captain Thomas Routree in 1854. The company owned a second dry dock at Woolwich.

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Mort's Wool Stores, Circular Quay

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Large Italianate warehouse on the corner of Alfred and Young Streets at Circular Quay that was designed by Edmund Blacket in the 1860s for Mort & Co. The building was extended in the 1880s, and demolished in 1959 (by which time it was known as the Farmers and Graziers Building) to make way for the construction of the AMP Building.

Warehouse or bond store