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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Ben Bolt Ship
Ben Buckler Locality
Ben Buckler Headland or point
Ben Linden House
Benares Ship
Bendrodt, James Charles
Beneath Clouds Film
Benedetti, Gisberto
Benedictine Abbey Cherrybrook Place of worship
Beneficial House Office blockShopping centre or retail premises
Beneláng
Benevolent Asylum Hospital
Benevolent Society of New South Wales Nonprofit or charity
Benfield, Arthur G
Benjamin, Arthur Leslie
Benjamin, J
Benkennie Locality
Benledi House
Bennelong
Bennelong Park Putney Park or open space
Bennelong Point Headland or point
Bennett & Wood Commercial organisation
Bennett Surfboards Commercial organisation
Bennett's Bakery Commercial organisation
Bennett's boot factory Industrial site
Bennett, Alfred
Bennett, Charles
Bennett, Edward
Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes
Bennett, Elizabeth Ann
Bennett, Emily Ann
Bennett, Frank
Bennett, George
Bennett, John
Bennett, John 1769-1788
Bennett, Samuel
Bennett, Sarah
Bennett, Susan
Bennett, William
Bennett, William C
Bennett, William Harrard
Bennett, William Harrard Jnr
Benns, Catherine
Benns, Joseph
Benson, Ann
Bent, Jeffery Hart
Bentley's Bridge Bridge
Bentley, Cecil
Bentley, Dick
Beppi's Restaurant Commercial organisation

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Ben Bolt

Ship.

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Ship

Ben Buckler

Locality on the peninsula at North Bondi. The name, a distortion of Benbecula, was given by Governor Macquarie who came from Benbecula in North Uist in the Hebrides, Scotland.

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Locality

Ben Buckler

Headland at Bondi named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

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Headland or point

Ben Linden

Federation cottage in Narellan built by George Blackmore in 1919.

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House

Benares

Steamer launched in 1858 which often had to stow tons of coal on deck to make the 15 day voyage from Mauritius to Albany. It remained in service between Europe and Australia for 4 years.

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Bendrodt, James Charles

Canadian-born professional roller-skater who became a successful entertainment entrepreneur with venues such as the Trocadero, Prince's restaurant and the Palais Royal.

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Beneath Clouds

Film made by Ivan Sen in 2002 in which two Indigenous teenagers travel to Sydney.

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Film

Benedetti, Gisberto

Builder.

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Benedictine Abbey Cherrybrook

Monastery of Benedictine monks, built in stages from 1962 and including historic stained glass from the first St Mary's Cathedral.

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Place of worship

Beneficial House

Brick Georgian revival building at 285-287 George Street North near Wynyard that was originally designed and built as a department store for the menswear retailer Peapes in 1922. In the 1970s it was converted into an office building.

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Office block

Shopping centre or retail premises

Beneláng

Aboriginal woman who lived along the Parramatta River at the time of white settlement.

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Benevolent Asylum

Asylum constructed by the Benevolent Society in 1821 to provide shelter and care to the poor, aged and infirm. Adjacent to the Old Sydney Burial Ground (Devonshire Street Cemetery), it was demolished to make way for the current Central Railway Station in 1901.

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Hospital

Benevolent Society of New South Wales

An early charitable society, founded in 1813 and renamed the Benevolent Society in 1818, that became one of Sydney's largest health and welfare providers.

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Nonprofit or charity

Benfield, Arthur G

Stained glass maker.

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Benjamin, Arthur Leslie

Composer, pianist and teacher who made his professional career in London with occasional tours of Australia.

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Benjamin, J

Early landholder at Rookwood.

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Benkennie

A locality within the Camden local government area.

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Benledi

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Grand Victorian mansion on the corner of Glebe Point and Wigram Roads in Glebe, built for timber merchant Alexander Kethel. It was later converted to a homeopathic hospital and general community hospital. It is now owned by the City of Sydney and houses the Glebe branch of the public library and other community groups. The adjacent park  was the site of the Sydney Hospital for Sick Children, founded in 1880. This was renamed the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in 1904 and moved to Camperdown in 1907. The hospital building was also used by the homeopathic hospital before it was razed for the park in 1968.

Bennelong

Eora man who had an important role in relations between the colonists and the local people. With Colebee, Bennelong was abducted by Governor Phillip at Manly on 25 November 1789 and held at Government House. He escaped in May 1790, but started visiting the colony voluntarily later in the year. In December 1792, he travelled to England with Phillip, returning in 1795. 

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Bennelong Park Putney

Park along the Putney foreshore of the Parramatta River, west of Kissing Point Bay

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Park or open space

Bennelong Point

Rocky outcrop to the east of Sydney Cove, which was a tidal island when Europeans arrived, but was joined to the mainland with rocky rubble in 1818 to provide a basis for Fort Macquarie to be built there. The point is named for Bennelong, who lived in a house on the point in the 1790s.

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Bennett & Wood

Manufacturers of penny-farthings who embraced safety bicycles and were eventually to see motor vehicles as the way to further develop their business. The company was established by Mr. Charles W. Bennett and Mr. Charles R. Wood.

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Commercial organisation

Bennett Surfboards

Early surfboard manufacturer in Brookvale.

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Bennett's Bakery

Bakery which established the wealth and position of its owner and occupied a prominent position on Parramatta.

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Bennett's boot factory

Boot factory operating near Sydney Meat Preserving Works in Lidcombe in 1890.

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Industrial site

Bennett, Alfred

Businessman who inherited his father, Samuel Bennett's, successful newspaper business.

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Bennett, Charles

Publican at Tom Uglys Point.

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Bennett, Edward

Early landholder at Cherrybrook.

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Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes

Convicted of possessing forged bank notes she was to become a respected baker's wife and matriach in Parramatta by the early nineteenth century.

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Bennett, Elizabeth Ann

Child born to emancipists.

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Bennett, Emily Ann

Wife of the newspaper proprietor Alfred Bennett who, after his death, owned and rented out the family home - Clairvaux House.

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Bennett, Frank

Partner and manager of the Evening News and the Australian Town and Country Journal, having taken over on the death of his father.

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Bennett, George

Physician and naturalist whose interest in the unique flora and fauna in Australia lead him to establish his medical practice in the colony.

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Bennett, John

Emancipist who purchased Chatham Farm at Ryde in 1806 and expanded it in 1818 by buying part of William Balmain's estate.

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Bennett, John 1769-1788

Transported for seven years for highway robbery, his behaviour deteriorated during and after the voyage and he was hanged for theft in May within four months of arriving in the colony.

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Bennett, Samuel

Journalist, historian and newspaper owner who published Sydney's first evening newspaper and The Australian Town and Country Journal.

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Bennett, Sarah

Publican who assisted two husbands at the bar before becoming publican in her own right in 1898.

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Bennett, Susan

Early landowner in West Ryde area.

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Bennett, William

Early landholder at West Ryde.

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Bennett, William C

Engineer and surveyor who became commissioner for main roads.

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Bennett, William Harrard

Convict tried at Surrey who settled in Parramatta and became a wealthy baker and landowner.

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Bennett, William Harrard Jnr

Son of emancipists who lived a comfortable privileged life after his parents commercial success.

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Benns, Catherine

Early settler on Scotland Island.

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Benns, Joseph

Early settler on Scotland Island.

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Benson, Ann

Early landholder at Gladesville.

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Bent, Jeffery Hart

First Supreme Court judge in Sydney, who was dismissed by Governor Macquarie.

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Bentley's Bridge

Stone bridge across Rushcutters Creek built by convicts under the supervision of Lieutenant ACD Bentley.

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Bridge

Bentley, Cecil

Tennis racquet manufacturer who built St Bernard's at Blakehurst.

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Bentley, Dick

Comedian and actor who worked in both England and Australia and became famous for the character Ron Glum from the show Take It From Here.

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Beppi's Restaurant

Italian restaurant established in 1956 which claims to be the longest running restaurant under the same ownership in Sydney.

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