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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Beencke, John
Beetson, Arthur
Begg, John Ely
Beiger, Edith Pearl
Beiger, Maurice Andrew
Beiger, Shirley Patricia
Beilharz, Kirsty
Beinssen, Irmhild
Belcher, James
Bele
Belfield Suburb
Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco
Belgrave, Thomas
Belgravia Hotel Hotel
Belinski, Irina
Bell Suburb
Bell Shakespeare Performing group
Bell, Archibald
Bell, Charles Edward
Bell, Edward
Bell, Gladstone
Bell, John
Bell, John Anthony
Bella Vista Suburb
Bellamy, James
Bellamy, Sarah
Bellamy, William
Bellear, Kaye
Beller, Beryl
Bellevue HouseHouse
Bellevue Estate Estate
Bellevue Hill Suburb
Bellingham, Francis
Bellingham, George
Bellingham, Richard
Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich
Bello Retiro House
Bellona Ship
Bellotti, Domenico
Bellotti, Santa Maria
Belmore Suburb
Belmore Hotel Hotel
Belmore Paragon No 1 Theatre
Belmore Paragon No 2 Theatre
Belmore Park Park or open space
Belmore railway station Railway station
Belmore Sportsground Park or open space
Belrose Suburb
Belvoir Street Theatre Theatre
Belvoir Theatre Company Performing group

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Beencke, John

Builder and newsagent who constructed the first pedestrian bridge across Berry's Creek at Greenwich.

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Beetson, Arthur

Rugby league footballer and coach, who became the first Aboriginal player to captain an Australian national team in any sport.

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Begg, John Ely

Tanner and property owner.

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Beiger, Edith Pearl

Shopkeeper whose daughter Shirley Beiger was tried for and acquitted of the murder of Arthur Griffith in 1954.

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Beiger, Maurice Andrew

Father of Shirley Beiger, who was acquitted in 1954 of murdering her boyfriend outside Chequers Nightclub. He was described at different times in the press as a war pensioner and as working for the Department of the Interior in Melbourne in 1954.

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Beiger, Shirley Patricia

Model and magazine cover girl who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was acquitted of the crime and her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.

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Beilharz, Kirsty

Composer and interactive media artist.

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Beinssen, Irmhild

Activist in Sydney's German community for three decades.

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Belcher, James

Government forestry officer and settler at Lidcombe in the 1860s.

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Bele

Aboriginal man who resided close to Sydney Town in the 1840s.

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Belfield

South-western residential, light industrial and commercial suburb subdivided and sold as home sites after the First World War, some for war service homes. Three streets in the area are named after troop ships of the period.

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Suburb

Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco

Founder of construction company Transfield and patron of the arts.

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Belgrave, Thomas

Medical practitioner who was active in the Geographical and Royal Societies and an advocate of technical education in Sydney during the 1870s. He later practised in Western Australia.

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Belgravia Hotel

Original hotel at Medlow Bath opened by Mr and Mrs Ellis in 1891.

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Hotel

Belinski, Irina

Russian community leader.

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Bell

Small far north-western rural village. Its railway station is the highest on the New South Wales TrainLink network.

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Bell Shakespeare

Theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and classics.

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Performing group

Bell, Archibald

Explorer who was only 19 when he followed an Aboriginal woman to discover a route across the Blue Mountains from Richmond to Mount Tomah. His name is commemorated in Bell's Line of Road.

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Bell, Charles Edward

Engineer who apprenticed under his father, Edward Bell, the City Engineer and City Surveyor before being appointed Assistant Draftsman and Assistant Engineer.

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Bell, Edward

Sydney's City Engineer and Surveyor who, between 1856 and 1870, was responsible for the design and management of construction on a wide variety of projects including water and sewerage systems, pedestrian and vehicular circulation and public buildings.

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Bell, Gladstone

Cellist.

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Bell, John

Early landholder at Mosman who worked with Archibald Mosman to establish a whaling station there.

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Bell, John Anthony

Actor and theatre director who has been instrumental in shaping Australian theatre.

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Bella Vista

North-western residential suburb, with a ribbon of light industrial, commercial and retail development in the Norwest Business Park along the Old Windsor Road. It is named after the homestead and farm of the Pearce family.

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Bellamy, James

Landholder at Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Crosslands Reserve.

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Bellamy, Sarah

Convict who worked as a washerwoman, raising a large family and finding a respected place in colonial society.

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Bellamy, William

Early European settler in Pennant Hills area.

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Bellear, Kaye

Activist who fought to obtain housing for poor Aboriginal people in Redfern in the early 1970s.

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Beller, Beryl

Dharawal elder at La Perouse.

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Bellevue

Colonial mansion on Glebe Point of late Victorian Italianate design. It was only used as a home until 1925 when a timber mill was operated from and around the site. When Blackwattle Bay Park was created by landfill in the 1970s only the house was retained due to community lobbying and currently operates as a cafe and community centre.

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House

Bellevue Estate

Real estate subdivision along Bellevue Road Bellevue Hill which was released between 1905 and 1913.

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Estate

Bellevue Hill

Affluent suburb overlooking the harbour five kilometres east of central Sydney. In the nineteenth century it was home to villas built by the colony's emerging plutocracy. Mass suburban development was helped by the extension of the tram line to Bondi Beach in 1914.

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Bellingham, Francis

Secretary and librarian at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts who sued for wrongful dismissal.

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Bellingham, George

Farmer who emigrated with his wife and two young children in the early 1840s and settled near Camden.

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Bellingham, Richard

Farmer who purchased part of the Kirkham estate when it was subdivided in 1900.

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Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich

Russian admiral and explorer who was the commander of the ship Vostok that arrived in Sydney in 1820 as part of a Russian expedition through the Pacific and the Antarctic. Also known as Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

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Bello Retiro

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A large house with outbuildings, stables etc. built in the early 1830s on the Cooks River Road near Newtown by Alexander Brodie Spark, and then owned by businessman John Lord. Most of its grounds were subdivided into building allotments in the early 1840s and the house was renamed Holmwood in the 1850s. The building had been demolished by 1893.

Bellona

Convict transport ship that first arrived in Sydney in 1793.

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Ship

Bellotti, Domenico

Italian settler who fled to Australia after the failure of French nobleman Marquis de Rays' abortive settlement attempt in New Ireland.

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Bellotti, Santa Maria

Italian migrant who had lost family in the aborted attempt to settle in New Ireland organised by the French nobleman Marquis de Rays.

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Belmore

South-western suburb containing a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial developments. After the First World War, many returned servicemen settled there.

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Belmore Hotel

Pub opened in Belmore in 1928.

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Belmore Paragon No 1

Cinema which operated in Belmore from 1923.

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Theatre

Belmore Paragon No 2

Cinema seating over 1000 patrons which operated between 1928 and 1958.

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Belmore Park

Park near Central Railway Station.

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Park or open space

Belmore railway station

Terminus station built in the 1890s to extend the line from Sydenham. It was constructed to relieve congestion on the Main South Line as well as to promote agriculture and suburban growth.

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Railway station

Belmore Sportsground

Reserve in Tobruk Avenue Belmore.

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Belrose

North-eastern residential suburb. Its name is derived from two flowers, the Christmas Bell and the native rose.

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Belvoir Street Theatre

Theatre venue founded in 1984 in what was previously a salt factory. The building was purchased by a syndicate when demolition was threatened and currently has 600 owners including actors, writers and playwrights.

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Belvoir Theatre Company

Company made up of two syndicates who sold shares to achieve ownership of the Nimrod Theatre building which became the Belvoir, and to establish a company to stage productions which were contemporary and politically sharp, often by women.

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