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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Stevens, Clive
Stevens, Frank
Stevens, Julia
Stevens, Ray
Stevenson, Cecil Vincent (Pa)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stewart House Hospital or other health organisation
Stewart Towers Lighthouse
Stewart, Bruce (La Pa)
Stewart, David
Stewart, Douglas
Stewart, Frederick
Stewart, Harold
Stewart, James
Stewart, Jane Ann (Aimie)
Stewart, John
Stewart, Mary Caroline
Stewart, Nellie
Stewart, Peter
Stewart, Rex
Stewart, Richard
Steyne Hotel Manly Hotel
Stichting Nederlandse School 'De Kangaroo' Community organisation
Still Creek River or creek
Stilwell, Frank
Stimpson, W
Stingray Rock Carving
Stirling Castle Ship
Stirling, James
Stockland Corporation Limited Commercial organisation
Stockrider's Song Song
Stokes, Patrick Vincent
Stokes, Sydney William
Stokes, William
Stolen Generations Group
Stone, George
Stone, John
Stone, Louis
Stone, Mary Ann
Stoneholm, Lindfield House
Stonemasons' Arms Ultimo Hotel
Stones Milk Bar site Shop
Stones, Bridget
Stones, William (Pop)
Stony Range Botanic Garden Park or open space
Storey Park Park or open space
Stork Club Commercial organisation
Storkey, PV
Storm Play
Storrier, Tim

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Stevens, Clive

Academic staff member, School of Architecture, University of New South Wales.

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Stevens, Frank

Champion swimmer, noted academic and successful barrister who spent his life fighting oppression, racism and corruption.

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Stevens, Julia

Sailor's wife who was resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Stevens, Ray

Local resident who was active in the Oatley swimming club for over 50 years.

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Stevenson, Cecil Vincent (Pa)

Electrical engineer who owned a business, Electrical Utilities, in George Street selling radio sets and electrical wares and conducted wireless transmissions from his home and shop. He founded 2EU (later 2UE) and physically built the equipment needed for its first broadcast in his Maroubra home. In his final broadcast, Stevenson said people thought he was crazy for this venture and though it was hard work to begin with, he managed to convince companies of the publicity value of radio.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer who visited Sydney in 1893.

Stewart House

Organisation established in 1929 to offer respite care and remedial nutrition for children in need. A facility was opened opposite South Curl Curl Beach in 1931, named for Sir Frederick and Lady Stewart.

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Hospital or other health organisation

Stewart Towers

Two early wooden lighthouses erected at either end of Barrenjoey Headland, replaced by Barrenjoey lighthouse in 1881.

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Lighthouse

Stewart, Bruce (La Pa)

Aboriginal rugby league player.

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Stewart, David

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One of the founders of the Workers' Educational Association in Sydney (WEA Sydney) in 1913, and the organisation's General Secretary from 1913 until his death in 1954. He was also a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Committe to UNESCO.

Stewart, Douglas

Poet whose love of the bush and the natural world inspired many of his works.

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Stewart, Frederick

Land developer at Chullora, bus company owner and federal politician who donated land at Dundas for the establishment of the Lottie Stewart hospital, named for his first wife.

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Stewart, Harold

Poet and oriental scholar who is best remembered as the co-creator of Ern Malley.

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Stewart, James

Publican.

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Stewart, Jane Ann (Aimie)

Irish immigrant who was only 17 years old when she travelled with 195 single women on the Earl Grey in 1848 to build a better life in the colony.

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Stewart, John

Shipwright at Greenwich.

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Stewart, Mary Caroline

The daughter of a Governor and wife of naval officer, Keith Stewart, Mary Stewart turned the first sod for the railway in Cleveland Paddock on 3 July 1850 and was chatelaine at Government House, Parramatta from 1849. The Evening News claimed that during her tenure 'many gay meetings were held at Parramatta, which, from time to time, broke out in wild dissipation' and included races, concerts and balls held at the Woolpack Inn. The article described her as a 'tall, handsome' with a 'gracious presence and charming manner'.

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Stewart, Nellie

Singer and actor who achieved national and international success in operettas and pantomimes before turning to comedy and drama as her voice failed.

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Stewart, Peter

Marine sergeant who sailed with the First Fleet.

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Stewart, Rex

American jazz cornetist.

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Stewart, Richard

Actor and theatre entrepreneur who toured with his family company through Europe and America.

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Steyne Hotel Manly

Second oldest hotel on the Corso at Manly.

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Hotel

Stichting Nederlandse School 'De Kangaroo'

Dutch primary school in Gordon

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Community organisation

Still Creek

Stream that runs from Arcadia into Berowra Creek at Crosslands.

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River or creek

Stilwell, Frank

University of Sydney Professor of political economy and writer.

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Stimpson, W

Early landowner in the Camden district.

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Stingray Rock

Sandstone rock at Kangaroo Point with Aboriginal carvings.

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Carving

Stirling Castle

Brig of 351 tons chartered to bring Scottish immigrants to Sydney in 1831, carrying the founders of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. Its destruction on the north eastern coast of Australia in 1836 was later to become infamous when the survivors were saved by local Aboriginal people before returning to civilisation.

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Ship

Stirling, James

Naval officer and explorer who travelled briefly inland from Sydney before exploring and promoting settlement on the Swan River in Western Australia in 1827.

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Stockland Corporation Limited

Diversified property group which develops, owns and manages retail centres, business parks, office buildings, retirement villages, etc.

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Commercial organisation

Stockrider's Song

Composition by William G James

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Song

Stokes, Patrick Vincent

Engine driver and publican, Patrick Stokes was a Councillor of the City of Sydney and served as Lord Mayor 1925-26.

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Stokes, Sydney William

Surveyor and army officer whose surveying practice was involved with the development of the western suburbs and northern beaches.

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Stokes, William

Early landowner in the Asquith area.

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Stolen Generations

Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments from the late 1800s to the 1970s.

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Group

Stone, George

Saddler and temperance advocate.

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Stone, John

Soldier granted land in Ryde area.

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Stone, Louis

Novelist and playwright.

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Stone, Mary Ann

Dressmaker, milliner and temperance advocate.

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Stoneholm, Lindfield

Stone cottage on one acre of land on Lane Cove Road near Lindfield Station, that was surrounded by distinctive Monterey pinetrees from the 1890s until 1929 when the road was widened.

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House

Stonemasons' Arms Ultimo

One of many hotels to line Parramatta road from the 1820s. The building still exists at 135 Broadway.

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Stones Milk Bar site

Popular bar and coffee lounge in Coogee. Established by William 'Pop' Stones and wife Bridget, it became famous all over Sydney. Patrons sat at marble tables and ordered milkshakes or their renowned fruit cocktails with penny ice cream. Amateur performers provided entertainment and concerts were conducted on Sunday evenings. During World War II, the bar was a popular haunt among American servicement and Prince Philip also reputedly visited it as a young naval officer. The bar was sold after Mrs Stones' death but remained within the Stones' family, becoming a Teen Cabaret until it was sold in 1967 and converted into a Hungarian restaurant. Afterward it became the Coogee Comedy Theatre Restaurant.

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Shop

Stones, Bridget

Described as a 'formidable lady', Stones established and ran the famous Stones Milk Bar in Coogee for almost 30 years. A local boy named Peter Cook recalled how he and his contemporaries would call Stones 'Mum' and 'she would open a packet of cigarettes and sell them to the kids one at a time for threepence'.

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Stones, William (Pop)

Shopkeeper who established and ran the famous Stones Milk Bar in Coogee.

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Stony Range Botanic Garden

Botanical garden of Australian native plants created in a former quarry and managed by Warringah Council.

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Park or open space

Storey Park

A reserve bounded by Old Berowra Road, Pacific Highway and Lodge Street.

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Stork Club

Night club in Sylvania Waters which featured drag shows

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Storkey, PV

Born in New Zealand 1893, migrated to Australia 1911, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force 1915. He won the Victoria Cross in France in 1918. Later studied law and became a judge. Died in England 1969.

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Storm

Play written by Sumner Locke Elliott as a teenager in 1933. The play won the Nellie Stewart Annual Prize for the best play by an Australian author in the Junior Theatre League drama competition.

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Play

Storrier, Tim

Artist who was the youngest recipient of the Sulman Prize at age eighteen.

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