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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Shand, Ron
Shane's Park estate Estate
Shanes Park Suburb
Shankar, Ravi
Shapcote, Peter John
Shaping Our Cities Report or plan
Shaping Western Sydney Report or plan
Share the Spirit Film
Shark Arm murder 1935 Crime
Shark Island Island
Sharman, James (Jimmy)
Sharman, Jim
Sharp, Martin
Sharp, William
Sharpe, Wendy
Sharpie's Golf House Commercial organisation
Sharpie's Golf House sign Sign
Shaughnessy, Thomas
Shaw, Archibald John
Shaw, Artie
Shaw, ES
Shaw, Gayfield
Shaw, Jack
Shaw, Mary
Shaw, Shadrach
Sheahan, Terry
Sheahan, William
Shearer, Andrew
Sheas Creek River or creek
Sheather, Anne
Sheather, Silas
Sheehan, Jenny
Sheerin & Hennessy Commercial organisation
Shehadie, Nicholas
Sheils, John
Sheldon Forest Park or open space
Shell Australia Commercial organisation
Shell Cove Locality
Shell National Folkloric Festival Festival
Shell Refining Terminal Industrial site
Shelley, Elizabeth
Shelley, Max
Shelley, William
Shelly Beach Cronulla Beach
Shelly Beach Manly Beach
Shepherd, Isaac
Shepherd, James
Shepherd, Thomas
Sheppard, Margaret
Sheppard, Richard Moxey

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Shand, Ron

Actor and comedian who began in vaudeville and musical comedy before a successful television acting career.

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Shane's Park estate

Property on South Creek in western Sydney which gave its name to the suburb.

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Estate

Shanes Park

North-western semi-rural and bushland suburb, named after one of the properties of Surgeon John Harris (1754 -1838). It contains an intact remnant of the grassy woodlands which once covered Sydney's west.

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Suburb

Shankar, Ravi

Indian musician and composer who has toured the world playing the sitar.

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Shapcote, Peter John

Seaman who sailed with the Second Fleet aboard the storeship, Justinian, arriving in Sydney only to find his father had died during the voyage aboard Neptune.

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Shaping Our Cities

Planning strategy for the greater metropolitan region of Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Central Coast.

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Report or plan

Shaping Western Sydney

Planning report for the future of the western region of Sydney

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Share the Spirit

Promotional video supporting Sydney's bid for the 2000 Olympic Games.

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Film

Shark Arm murder 1935

Murder revealed when a captured shark regurgitated a severed arm with tattoos in Coogee Aquarium in 1935.

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Crime

Shark Island

Island in Sydney Harbour opposite Rose Bay, part of Sydney Harbour National Park.

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Island

Sharman, James (Jimmy)

Boxer and boxing entrepreneur who toured country shows with his boxing troupe.

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Sharman, Jim

Director and writer for film and stage.

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Sharp, Martin

Pop artist and cartoonist who has contributed to Australian and international pop culture since 1960.

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Sharp, William

Mariner who mastered supply ship Golden Grove during the First Fleet and its return voyage to England.

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Sharpe, Wendy

Acclaimed artist who has won both the Sulman and Archibald prizes.

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Sharpie's Golf House

Golf shop established in Elizabeth Street in 1946 by Jack Landis and made famous by its neon sign. Sharpie's refers to professional golfer Lindsay Sharp.

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Commercial organisation

Sharpie's Golf House sign

Neon sign erected between 1958 and 1964 above Sharpie's Golf House in Elizabeth Street. In over 44 years of operation the golfer hit the ball over 17 million times.

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Sign

Shaughnessy, Thomas

Cabinet maker and undertaker who conducted successfully conducted both branches of business in the 1820s.

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Shaw, Archibald John

Catholic priest, inventor and radio pioneer who experimented with wireless telegraphy at Ascot house. In 1910 he began to design and manufacture receivers and transmitters, building a 240-foot tower in his backyard that could transmit messages at over 3,200 kilometres. He had a flair for invention which led him to produce a prototype electric car, Morse code and telephone sets and design a remote-controlled submarine. In 1914, his Shaw Wireless Company was investigated by the Order of the Sacred Heart in 1914 and it was found he misappropriated 10,000 pounds of mission funds. Shaw sold his patents and works to the Commonwealth Government in 1916 for 55,000 pounds, though he then died suddenly and there was controversy when his cash could not be traced which resulted in a royal commission on defence administration.

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Shaw, Artie

American jazz musician, composer and bandleader who played at the Trocadero in Sydney with his American Navy Band in 1943.

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Shaw, ES

Sutherland Shire President in 1937.

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Shaw, Gayfield

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Successful artist and early-twentieth century gallery owner.

Shaw, Jack

Builder and developer.

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Shaw, Mary

Historian of the Mark Foy story and that of the Hydro Majestic Hotel.

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Shaw, Shadrach

Convict sentenced to transportation for fraud who later became the first importer of goods to the colony.

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Sheahan, Terry

Lawyer and Labor politician.

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Sheahan, William

Lawyer and public servant who held several portfolios in the Legislative Assembly in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Shearer, Andrew

Clerk who enlisted in the 53rd Battalion, disembarking at Liverpool, England in October 1917. He was attached to the Australian Army Pay Corps in England in December 1917 and then to the Australian Army Medical Corps. He was attached to duty at a hospital in Tidworth, promoted to ER Corporal in May 1918, promoted to ER Sergeant in May 1919 and was then discharged from the AIF in 1920. He chose to stay in England to marry and work.

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Sheas Creek

Creek now confined to a stormwater channel flowing from Alexandria into the Alexandra Canal.

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River or creek

Sheather, Anne

Wife of Silas Sheather.

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Sheather, Silas

Horticulturalist who specialised in vegetables and flowers especially camellias.

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Sheehan, Jenny

One of the co-founders of the National Black Theatre, a non-Indigenous theatre student at the University of Sydney.

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Sheerin & Hennessy

Architectural practise established by Jack Hennessy and Joseph I. Sheerin who together designed many Catholic buildings in the city.

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Shehadie, Nicholas

Rugby union player of Lebanese origin who achieved success as an international sportsman before his career in business and politics.

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Sheils, John

Publican who operated Woodford House while it was owned by Alfred Fairfax.

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Sheldon Forest

Pocket of bushland located in a narrow valley between Turramurra and Pymble.

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Park or open space

Shell Australia

Global petroleum company which opened the first bulk kerosene facility at Gore Bay in 1901.

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Shell Cove

Cove on the north shore of Sydney Harbour adjacent to Kurraba point and Cremorne Point.

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Locality

Shell National Folkloric Festival

An annual ethnic folk festival first held in Sydney in 1973 and involving performers from several dozen ethnic groups.

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Festival

Shell Refining Terminal

Oil refinery site on the eastern side of the Greenwich peninsula.

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Industrial site

Shelley, Elizabeth

Teacher who was placed in charge of the Native Institution at Parramatta upon the death of her husband.

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Shelley, Max

Landscape designer prominent in Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Shelley, William

Missionary and trader who used his trading expeditions to the Pacific islands to finance his missionary work.

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Shelly Beach Cronulla

Most southerly beach in Cronulla with pavilion, bathing pool and parkland.

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Beach

Shelly Beach Manly

Small beach area near Fairy Bower at Manly protected from the ocean swell by a long reef.

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Shepherd, Isaac

Landowner and politician.

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Shepherd, James

Transported in 1791, he was granted land in the Meadowbank-Ryde area in 1795.

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Shepherd, Thomas

Early landholder in Darlington and Chippendale who established a commercial nursery in the 1820s.

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Sheppard, Margaret

Poet and Glebe activist.

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Sheppard, Richard Moxey

Western Sydney orchardist who developed the Imperial mandarin, now one of Australia's leading varieties.

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