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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Hegarty, Mary
Heifetz, Jascha
Heiss, Anita
Hellings, Harry (Bull)
Helpmann, Robert
Hely, EA
Hely, Frederick Augustus
Hemington, Charles
Hemingway, Dorothy May
Hemsley, Alfred
Henderson, Hugh Jenner
Henderson, Marie Braybrooke
Henley, Thomas
Hennessy, John Francis (Jack)
Henning, Edmund Biddulph
Henning, Emily
Henning, Rachel Biddulph
Hennings, John
Henry, Lucien
Henry, William
Henson, Bill
Henson, HB
Hepburn, Katherine
Hepple, Edward
Herbert, George
Herbert, John
Herbert, Xavier
Herd, Margaret
Herford, John W
Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)
Herman, Sali
Herring, Gerard Edgar
Herring, Sydney
Herring, William Alick
Hervel, Antoine
Herz, Maximilian
Hetherington, Norman (Heth)
Hewett, Dorothy
Heydon, Jabez King
Heydon, Sophia
Heysen, Hans
Hibberd, Lily
Hibbler, Al
Hibbs, Peter
Hickey, Tom
Hicks, Joseph
Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite
Hicks, Mary Jane
Hicks, Zachary
Hickson, Jill

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Hegarty, Mary

Classical scholar and teacher.

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Heifetz, Jascha

Lithuanian born American violinist considered to be one of the finest violinists of all time. He toured extensively before injury forced him to focus on teaching.

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Heiss, Anita

Author of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

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Hellings, Harry (Bull)

Member of a well known swimming family who was honorary handicapper for the Amateur Swimming Association.

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Helpmann, Robert

Ballet dancer, actor, producer, director and choreographer whose professional career was built in England though he returned to Australia in the 1950s and 60s for ballet and theatrical performances.

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Hely, EA

Early landholder at Balgowlah Heights within what is now Sydney Harbour National Park around Reef Beach.

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Hely, Frederick Augustus

Public servant who arrived in the colony in 1823 as principal superintendant of convicts and served as a magistrate as well as establishing a farm north of Sydney.

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Hemington, Charles

Businessman and entrepreneur who developed fairy Bower as a tourist destination.

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Hemingway, Dorothy May

Actor and theatrical producer active from the late 1930s up to the late 1950s, producing plays for Bryant's Playhouse, Mosman Theatre Guild, Little Theatre and Independent Theatre.

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Hemsley, Alfred

English-born lawyer who joined the Allen legal firm in 1894, making it Allen, Allen and Hemsley, and later served as a member of the Legislative Council.

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Henderson, Hugh Jenner

Station hand who enlisted in 1915 but after having been wounded at Gallipoli, took up land at Bankstown.

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Henderson, Marie Braybrooke

English comic actress who settled in Australia.

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Henley, Thomas

Plasterer and builder who combined an active career as alderman in Drummoyne with his position in the Legislative Assembly for over three decades.

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Hennessy, John Francis (Jack)

Architect who had a major influence on church architecture and played a significant role in ensuring registration and professional training for architects.

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Henning, Edmund Biddulph

Pastoralist and company director. Usually called Biddulph.

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Henning, Emily

Wife of Edmund Biddulph Henning. She was born in North Sydney, the daughter of wine merchant William Tucker.

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Henning, Rachel Biddulph

Colonial English migrant whose letters to her family about her colonial experiences were serialised posthumously in The Bulletin in 1951-1952 with illustrations by Norman Lindsay as The Letters of Rachel Henning, and subsequently published as a book. Her papers are now in the Mitchell Library.

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Hennings, John

Scenic artist and set designer for theatre.

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Henry, Lucien

French-born artist and teacher who was one of the first to use Australian motifs in his sculpture and decorative art, and was a founder of the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Henry, William

Emancipist and early settler whose timber felling business cleared much of the Lane Cove area.

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Henson, Bill

Art photographer whose work focuses on ambiguity and transition though images of children and adolescents.

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Henson, HB

Engineer who submitted a detailed plan to clean up and modify the Cooks River and Sheas Creek to allow barges to travel between the Parramatta and Cooks rivers.

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Hepburn, Katherine

American actor who briefly visited Australia.

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Hepple, Edward

Theatre and television actor and scriptwriter.

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Herbert, George

Secretary of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union.

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Herbert, John

Landowner who received a 100 acres grant near Kirkham in 1812.

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Herbert, Xavier

Author and outspoken champion of Indigenous issues particularly Aboriginal people living on missions.

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Herd, Margaret

Radio presenter who was known as the Fairy Godmother.

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Herford, John W

Tanner who became involved in local government in Botany.

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Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)

Architect, historian and author who, after working with the Allied Works Council during World War II, established his own architectural practice and taught at Sydney Technical College.

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Herman, Sali

Painter who recorded the terraces and lanes of the inner city. He won the Wynne Prize in 1944, 1962 and 1965 and the Sulman Prize in 1946 and 1948.

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Herring, Gerard Edgar

Born in Cromer, England, he was an early landholder in the Cromer area.

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Herring, Sydney

Soldier who joined the AIF in 1904 and rose to brigadier general during World War I. After the war he returned to his first career of real estate agent, retaining the honorary rank of brigadier general.

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Herring, William Alick

Caretaker and early resident of Cromer.

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Hervel, Antoine

French merchant who recognised the prominence of Sydney as a commercial centre as early as 1826.

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Herz, Maximilian

German-born Sydney doctor who was interned during World War I.

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Hetherington, Norman (Heth)

Puppeteer, artist, teacher and cartoonist who began experimenting with marionettes with Clovelly Puppet Theatre in 1952. He went on to present puppets on television from 1956. He is best known as the creator of the marionette 'Mr Squiggle', who drew with his nose and appeared regularly on ABC children's television from 1959-1999, Australia's longest running children's television series. Hetherington was the sole operator and voice of Mr. Squiggle.

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Hewett, Dorothy

Feminist poet, novelist and playwright.

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Heydon, Jabez King

Printer who became a landowner at Ermington and was later a local politician at Hunters Hill. He was publisher of the Freeman's Journal after his conversion to Catholicism in 1846.

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Heydon, Sophia

Farmer in the Ermington area.

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Heysen, Hans

Artist who trained with James Ashton and studied overseas but settled in the Adelaide Hills and became famous for his depictions of these and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

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Hibberd, Lily

Visual artist and writer practicing in performance, painting, photography, video and installation. She works in collaboration with communities and artists to tell old and new stories based on places, memories and histories.

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Hibbler, Al

American baritone vocalist.

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Hibbs, Peter

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First Fleet seaman who played a role in the exploration of Tasmania and Australia's eastern seaboard. He allegedly sailed with Captain James Cook on HMB Endeavour and was credited in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette of 1890 as being the second Englishman after Sir Joseph Banks to step ashore at Botany Bay in 1770. However, no primary source material has been found to confirm this. Hibbs was part of the crew during the wreck of HMS Sirius on its way to Norfolk Island. While at Norfolk Island his wife arrived aboard Surprize with her baby girl, whom they raised as their own.

Hickey, Tom

Community activist in Putney.

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Hicks, Joseph

Early landowner at Grotto Point.

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Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite

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Matron of the Immigration Depot and Destitute Asylum at Hyde Park Barracks for over two decades.

Hicks, Mary Jane

Victim of a gang rape in 1886, the trial of her assailants was to polarise the colony especially when four men were hung for the crime.

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Hicks, Zachary

Lieutenant on the Endeavour voyage of 1770.

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Hickson, Jill

Businessperson with background in marketing and international relations.

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