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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Paddy's Markets Market
Paderewski, Ignaz
Padstow Suburb
Padstow Heights Suburb
Paean on Leichhardt's return Musical composition
Page, Benjamin
Page, David
Page, JF
Page, Russell
Page, Stephen
Paget, Violet
Pagewood Suburb
Pai Lau Archway
Pain, Arthur Wellesley
Paine, Daniel
Painter's Arms Hotel
Pak-a-pu Game
Paki, Peter
Palace Hotel Hotel
Palace Hotel Mortlake Hotel
Palace Theatre Theatre
Paling, Mary
Paling, Richard
Paling, William Henry
Palings Lane Street or lane
Palings Warehouse Office block
Palisade Hotel Hotel
Pallister House
Palm Beach Suburb
Palmer House House
Palmer's Mill Mill
Palmer, Benjamin
Palmer, Charles
Palmer, Charles Herbert
Palmer, Emma
Palmer, GT
Palmer, John
Palmer, Thomas Fyshe
Palmer, Vance
Palmerstone Estate Estate
Pan Arcadian House Hall
Pan-Korinthian Association of NSW Apostle Paul Ltd Community organisation
Pan-Macedonian Association Community organisation
Pan-Rhodian Benevolent Society Community organisation
Panama Ship
Panania Suburb
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Community organisation
Paniebollong
Pankey
Pankhurst, Adela

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Paddy's Markets

Traditional 'flea market' with clothing, souvenirs, fresh produce which grew up alongside the cattle and grain markets in George Street during the 1830s and was formalised near the Belmore Markets and later in Thomas Street Haymarket. The name 'Paddy's' is possibly borrowed from a similar market in Liverpool's Irish quarter. When the Market City complex was built in the 1990s Paddy's Market was accommodated in its basement.

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Market

Paderewski, Ignaz

Polish pianist and composer who was to become the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

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Padstow

South-western residential and industrial suburb on the western bank of Salt Pan Creek, on the site of the Padstow Park Estate, named after the town in Cornwall, England. It developed after the opening of the railway station in 1931.

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Suburb

Padstow Heights

South-western residential suburb on the western bank of Salt Pan Creek, named after the town in Cornwall, England.

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Paean on Leichhardt's return

Song by Isaac Nathan with words by AK Silvester.

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Musical composition

Page, Benjamin

Sea captain from Rhode Island, United States of America, who made stops at Sydney in the 1790s.

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Page, David

Musician and resident composer for the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Page, JF

Tanner in the Botany area who was prominent in local politics.

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Page, Russell

Dancer best known for his work with the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Page, Stephen

Dancer and choreographer best known for his association with the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Paget, Violet

English actress and comedian who established a theatre company in Sydney with her husband and who also toured extensively in Australia in the 1910s.

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Pagewood

South-eastern residential suburb, named in 1929 after Alderman F.J. Page of Botany Council. It was developed to provide housing in a period of shortage in Botany Municipality after the First World War.

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Pai Lau

Gateway to Cabramatta pedestrian mall which functions as a symbol of the South-East Asian communities and as a welcoming monument and celebration of freedom and democracy.

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Archway

Pain, Arthur Wellesley

Anglican bishop.

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Paine, Daniel

Sydney's first master boatbuilder, appointed by John Hunter.

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Painter's Arms

Inn in Castlereagh St.

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Hotel

Pak-a-pu

Chinese lottery game where a ticket is bought which contains rows of characters from the ancient poem Chian Ji Mun. The master ticket is kept hidden and is marked by the organiser of the game. The player marks a number of characters on their ticket. The ticket closest to the master ticket wins.

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Game

Paki, Peter

Māori musician and singer who frequently performs in Australia.

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Palace Hotel

Hotel first established near the wharf at Watsons Bay c 1886. Though modified several times it remains a popular Bay venue.

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Palace Hotel Mortlake

Hotel built in 1886 then demolished and rebuilt closer to its clientele's workplace at the Mortlake Gasworks.

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Palace Theatre

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Variety theatre, later used as a cinema, in Pitt Street that was built for George Adams in 1896 as part of the Tattersall's Hotel complex. The building had Sydney's first electric power station installed in the basement to provide light for the theatre.

Theatre

Paling, Mary

First wife of William Paling.

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Paling, Richard

Music store proprietor and brother of William Paling.

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Paling, William Henry

Musician and teacher who became a businessman, selling instruments, publishing music and promoting concerts.

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Palings Lane

Thoroughfare to the original 1880s Palings Warehouse now lined with restaurants and bars.

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Street or lane

Palings Warehouse

Office building which used innovative engineering techniques to straddle the Tank Stream and featured safe deposit vaults in the basement. Only the facade still exists as a reminder of the musical heritage of the area.

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Office block

Palisade Hotel

The original pub on this site, popular with wharf workers,was built around 1880 near the palisade fence that ran from Munn Street to Bettington Street. The current seven storey Federation Free style hotel built by the Sydney Harbour Trust operated for over eighty years before being closed for redevelopment.

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Pallister

Victorian mansion which is now part of Greenwich Hospital.

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House

Palm Beach

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Far northern beachside suburb on the Barrenjoey Peninsula. It was named after the cabbage tree palms which were common in the area.

Palmer House

Home built in 1960 by Allen and Jack. It has a modern flat roof with post and beam design.

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Palmer's Mill

Large stone windmill constructed by Commisary John Palmer that he operated along with a smaller timber mill and the government bakery on land in the present-day upper Botanic Gardens. 

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Mill

Palmer, Benjamin

Publican and long serving alderman on City of Sydney Council who was Mayor at the opening of the Sydney Town Hall in 1876.

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Palmer, Charles

Free settler who established a successful farm on the first land grant at Agnes Banks in 1803.

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Palmer, Charles Herbert

Minister and teacher who ran a school at Studley Park.

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Palmer, Emma

Publican who assisted her husband at the Liverpool Arms.

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Palmer, GT

English-born landholder who lived in Parramatta and was granted land in Bringelly.

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Palmer, John

Purser of the Sirius who arrived in the first fleet, and later settled in Sydney with his family. Known as 'Little Jack' Palmer, he became an eminent and successful citizen, with extensive farms.

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Palmer, Thomas Fyshe

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Unitarian minister transported to New South Wales for sedition who became a pioneer in trade, manufacture and shipbuilding in Sydney.

Palmer, Vance

Writer.

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Palmerstone Estate

Estate of 32 acres bounded by Birrell, Dickson and Henrietta streets at Waverley with a two storey stone house. The estate was successively subdivided between 1920 and 1940.

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Estate

Pan Arcadian House

Classical Revival style building initially built as a Masonic Temple it is now known as the Pan Arcadian House.

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Hall

Pan-Korinthian Association of NSW Apostle Paul Ltd

Community organisation formed by migrants from Corinth in Greece.

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Community organisation

Pan-Macedonian Association

Community group established in the 1960s as the voice of the Greek Macedonian population.

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Pan-Rhodian Benevolent Society

Greek community club established by migrants from Rhodes.

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Panama

Ship of 522 tons which bought 188 government immigrants to Port Jackson in 1849.

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Ship

Panania

South-western residential suburb with an Aboriginal name meaning 'sun rising in the east and shining on the hills.' Settlement began in the 1890s on small orchards and poultry farms, with residential development following the opening of the railway station in 1931 and continuing after the Second World War.

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Panepirotic Federation of Australia

Federation of organisations representing migrants who originated from the Epirus region of Greece.

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Paniebollong

Daughter of Daringa and Colebee.

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Pankey

Aboriginal clan leader in the Rose Bay area.

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Pankhurst, Adela

Suffrage campaigner and activist who emigrated to Australia in 1914, moving to Sydney in 1918, where she had a long and erratic career as a political campaigner for a range of causes.

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