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Peapes Department store
Pearce, Aaron
Pearce, Henry Robert (Bobby)
Pearce, John
Pearce, Matthew
Pearce, Phillip A
Pearce, Simeon Henry
Pearce, Vera
Pearce, Villiers
Pearces Corner Locality
Pearl Ship
Pearl Bay Locality
Pearson, John
Pearson, TE
Peart, Charles
Peat, George
Peat, Hannah
Peats Bight Bay or cove
Peats Crater Geological feature
Peats Ferry Locality
Peats Ferry Road Bridge Bridge
Peckman, Harry
Peddle, Thorpe and Walker Commercial organisation
Peden, John
Peel's dairy, Baulkham Hills Farm
Peel's dairy, Gladesville Farm
Peel's dairy, Vaucluse Farm
Peel, John F
Peisley, Wilfred
Pelham, Paul
Pell, Morris Birkbeck
Pembroke Villa House
Pembroke, Frances
Pembroke, Thomas Michael
Pemell, James
Pemulwuy Suburb
Pemulwuy
Pemulwuy, the rainbow warrior Book
Pendle Hill Suburb
Pendrill's School Educational institution
Pendrill, John
Pendry, William
Penfold Place Street or lane
Penfold, Edwin
Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Commercial organisation
Pennant Hills Suburb
Pennant Hills Government Establishment Farm
Pennant Hills Progress Society Community organisation
Pennant Hills railway station Railway station
Pennant Hills Wharf Wharf or dock

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Peapes

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Menswear store that traded on George Street near Wynyard for over one hundred years. It opened in 1866 as Peapes and Shaw on the eastern side of the street between Hunter Street and the post office, and in 1889 moved to new premises almost directly opposite. A new building, now known as Beneficial House, was erected by the store on this site in 1922 and occupied by the firm until 1970.

Department store

Pearce, Aaron

Emancipist who became a timber getter in the 1830s in the forests covering present day Pennant Hills.

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Pearce, Henry Robert (Bobby)

Australian-Canadian sculler of the 1920s and 1930s who won two Olympic gold medals in the single sculls and was world sculling champion three times.

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Pearce, John

Early radio broadcaster who pioneered talkback radio.

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Pearce, Matthew

Early landowner in the Castle Hill district, whose original grant is still known as Kings Langley Farm.

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Pearce, Phillip A

Landowner from a family of orchardists at Bella Vista who offered land for the construction of a new church at Seven Hills.

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Pearce, Simeon Henry

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Early settler at Randwick who promoted its development tirelessly for almost 40 years.

Pearce, Vera

Actress who began performing in pantomimes at five and sprang to musical-comedy fame in Sydney 1911. She was a star of Harry Rickards's Tivoli circuit for seven years.

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Pearce, Villiers

Free settler who held public positions in Jamaica and New South Wales before attempting to slander Dr Robert Wardell in 1832 and who was convicted of forgery in 1846.

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Pearces Corner

Area at intersection of Pennant Hills Road and Pacific Highway first settled by convict and timber getter Aaron Pierce. The incorrect spelling has persisted since the 1830s.

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Locality

Pearl

Steamship built by James Merriman in 1875 for the pearl-shell industry in the Torres Strait.

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Ship

Pearl Bay

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Bay in Middle Harbour between Beauty Point and the Spit Bridge.

Pearson, John

Coal lumper who suffered horrific injuries working on the docks.

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Pearson, TE

New Zealand-born industrialist who manufactured sandsoap.

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Peart, Charles

High diver and circus performer famous for diving from a 50 foot tower into a 6 x 6 ft tank of water only 3' 6" deep. His dive on 8 May 1896 led to his death.

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Peat, George

Early landowner who established a ferry crossing of the Hawkesbury River.

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Peat, Hannah

Convicted of intent to deceive, Hannah was transported with her daughter. She was to marry convict Charles Peat in 1788.

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Peats Bight

Small bay on the southern side of the Hawkesbury River west of Brooklyn.

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Bay or cove

Peats Crater

Amphitheatre formed by an extinct volcano two kilometres west of Kangaroo Point near Brooklyn.

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Geological feature

Peats Ferry

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Area around the ferry which operated across the Hawkesbury near Brooklyn until 1945. The ferry had been established in 1840 by George Peat.

Peats Ferry Road Bridge

Road bridge across the Hawkesbury river near Brooklyn.

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Bridge

Peckman, Harry

Coachman and poet who recognised the potential of tourism to showcase the Blue Mountains with tours and verse.

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Peddle, Thorpe and Walker

Architectural practice founded in Sydney in 1889.

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Commercial organisation

Peden, John

Barrister and professor of law, who later became a member and president of the Legislative Council.

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Peel's dairy, Baulkham Hills

Dairy established in 1928 by J F Peel who already operated a dairy a Gladesville. When the Gladesville dairy was sold in 1949 Baulkham Hills became his main dairy.

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Farm

Peel's dairy, Gladesville

Dairy supplying milk locally and through a depot in Vaucluse until the property was sold in 1949. The dairy was then moved to Baulkham Hills.

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Peel's dairy, Vaucluse

Milk depot which delivered milk from Gladesville and Baulkham Hills in Vaucluse and parts of Rose Bay from the late nineteenth century. When it closed the site became the Diamond Bay Bowling Club and greens.

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Peel, John F

John F Peel operated a dairy in Gladesville and, from 1928, became a major landowner with dairies in the Baulkham Hills and Blacktown area.
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Peisley, Wilfred

Artist who exhibited with the XV Independent Group of Artists and in New York.

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Pelham, Paul

English descriptive vocalist and character comedian who performed at Sydney's Tivoli Theatre.

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Pell, Morris Birkbeck

Professor of mathematics who was chosen from 26 candidates as first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Sydney, with a salary of £825.

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Pembroke Villa

Sandstone cottage at 19 Johnston St Balmain

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House

Pembroke, Frances

Publican's wife who was forced into prostitution when her husband was gaoled.

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Pembroke, Thomas Michael

Irish emancipist who settled in the Blue Mountains and built the first inn at Lawson.

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Pemell, James

Businessman and magistrate.

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Pemulwuy

Western residential and industrial suburb, bordered to the west by Prospect Reservoir and to the north by the M4 Motorway. Assigned suburb status in 2004, it is named for the Aboriginal warrior (c1750 - 1802) who led resistance to European invasion.

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Suburb

Pemulwuy

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Aboriginal warrior who led a campaign of resistance against European settlers.

Pemulwuy, the rainbow warrior

Novel by Eric Willmot written in 1987.

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Book

Pendle Hill

Western residential suburb, now with a large Sri Lankan Tamil community. In 1923 George Bond established a cotton spinning mill here and the suburb was named after the hill in Lancashire, centre of England's cotton industry.

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Pendrill's School

A grammar school for boys which was established by the Reverend John Pendrill in his residence - Eglinton House, Glebe. Many of Sydney's elite families sent their sons to be educated there, among them the sons of the Colonial Architect Edmund Blacket as well as the newspaper proprietor, Samuel Bennett.

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Educational institution

Pendrill, John

Clergyman from Gloucester, England who commenced his career in the Anglican Church in his home country before going to Ghent, Belgium. After arriving in Sydney he established a school for boys in Glebe.

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Pendry, William

Orchardist in the Lane Cove area who took advantage of the good transport links to the city.

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Penfold Place

Private laneway used to service the stationery warehouse from the 1830s.

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Street or lane

Penfold, Edwin

Tobacco merchant who had a shop at 452 George Street, Sydney during the late 1850s up to his retirement in 1874. He later took an interest in public affairs and social services, serving as secretary of the Benevolent Asylum and establishing Burwood Public School.

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Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Shipping company with origins in trade routes to Australia in the 1860s. Competing companies, the Orient line and P&O, were to finally merge in 1960.

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Pennant Hills

Suburb built on Dharug land north-west of central Sydney which was first used by Europeans for timber-getting, and later for farms and orchards. The suburb grew steadily after the arrival of the railway line in 1887.

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Pennant Hills Government Establishment

Convict timber camp established to take advantage of the local forests and easy access to river transport.

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Pennant Hills Progress Society

Community lobby group established to improve amenities and services in the area.

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Community organisation

Pennant Hills railway station

Railway station opened in 1887 to improve facilities for transport of farm produce to Sydney

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Railway station

Pennant Hills Wharf

Wharf on the Parramatta River at Ermington used in the 1820s to ship timber by water to Sydney.

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Wharf or dock