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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Say Tin Fong
Sayer, Mandy
Saywell, Thomas
Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi
Scates, Bruce
Sceberras, Rinaldo
Sceusa, Francesco
Schaeffer, Philip
Scharkie, CR
Schatkowski, Militan
Schaw, WGB
Schell, Frederic
Schofield, Leo
Scholey, Rosa
Schuurman, Alfred
Schwebel, Adam
Scoles, John
Scott Griffiths, Jennie
Scott, Alexander Walker
Scott, Andrew George
Scott, Geoffrey
Scott, Harriet 1804-1866
Scott, Harriet 1830-1907
Scott, Hugh
Scott, James
Scott, Jane
Scott, Montagu
Scott, Rose
Scott, Thomas Hobbes
Scott, William
Scratchley, Peter
Scriven, Peter
Scrymgeour, William Tindal
Sculthorpe, Peter
Seaborn, Rodney
Seale, Allen
Seamer, John Henry
Searle, Henry
Sebastian, Guy
Seddon, Richard
Seddon, William
Sedgewick, Edward
Sedgewick, Elizabeth
Sedgewick, Ted
See, John
Sefton, Charles
Seidler, Harry
Seland, James
Selby, Desmond
Seldon, Richard

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Say Tin Fong

Owner of a boarding house in Dixon Street in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Sayer, Mandy

Novelist whose work is often set in Kings Cross.

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Saywell, Thomas

Speculator, merchant, coal mine owner and financier who did much to develop the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Brighton-Le-Sands and Sydenham.

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Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi

President of Italy 1992-1999.

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Scates, Bruce

Historian and academic who has written several books on Gallipoli.

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Sceberras, Rinaldo

Maltese-born British army officer who arrived in Sydney in 1837 and supervised convicts building the Hume Highway near Goulburn.

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Sceusa, Francesco

Socialist who directed his political activities towards assisting Italian migrants.

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Schaeffer, Philip

Farmer recruited as a superintendant of convicts. He became a farmer at Parramatta and elsewhere but was not successful and died in the Benevolent Asylum.

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Scharkie, CR

Charles R Scharkie, Mayor of Manly 1948-1950

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Schatkowski, Militan

Sailor who lived in Newcastle, New South Wales before he enlisted in 1914. After the war and while still in England he adopted his wife's name citing in a statutory declaration that: 'I am desirous that my name should be changed in all records to Militian Oldham, it being my intention to marry a natural born English subject and I desire to have an English name'.

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Schaw, WGB

Captain of the 46th Regiment which ran raids against Aboriginal people near Appin and Airds.

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Schell, Frederic

Artist who embraced the new style of landscape painting outdoors.

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Schofield, Leo

Restaurant critic, advertising agent and arts festival director.

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Scholey, Rosa

Pitt Street resident who operated a variety of businesses including a boarding house, newsagent and registry office from the 1860s.

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Schuurman, Alfred

Founding editor of the 'Dutch Australian Weekly', 1951.

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Schwebel, Adam

German born stonemason who settled near Marrickville to be close to the quarries at Undercliffe.

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Scoles, John

Carter and labourer who was resident in Harrington Street in the 1860s and 1870s.

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Scott Griffiths, Jennie

Texas-born journalist and political activist who opposed conscription during World War I and promoted feminism and socialism. Her views cost her her job as editor of the Australian Women's Weekly.

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Scott, Alexander Walker

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Entomologist and entrepreneur who began many innovative projects in the Hunter Valley and Newcastle leading to a role in state government but who became increasingly devoted to the study of insects in the colony.

Scott, Andrew George

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Con man and bushranger who was tried and hanged in Sydney in 1880. His alias as a bushranger was Captain Moonlite, or Moonlight.

Scott, Geoffrey

Historian.

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Scott, Harriet 1804-1866

Early Sydney resident who grew up in the The Rocks.

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Scott, Harriet 1830-1907

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Botanical illustrator who with her sister, made a huge contribution to colonial natural science by collecting specimens and recording them meticulously.

Scott, Hugh

Anglican rector.

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Scott, James

Sergeant of marines on the First Fleet who travelled with his family and stayed in the colony for three years. His diary is one of the few surviving contemporary accounts of the first settlement of Australia.

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Scott, Jane

Military wife who travelled with her husband in the First Fleet, giving birth to a daughter at Rio de Janeiro and a son in Sydney in 1790.

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Scott, Montagu

British-born artist and cartoonist who worked in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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Scott, Rose

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Feminist campaigner who was a founder of the Australian women's suffrage movement, and a lifelong advocate for the rights of women and children.

Scott, Thomas Hobbes

Anglican minister in western Sydney in the 1820s who became close to the Macarthur family. He was a tireless worker and did much to promote education in the colony.

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Scott, William

The first government astronomer appointed to the Sydney Observatory.

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Scratchley, Peter

Engineer and soldier who advised on each colonies defences.

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Scriven, Peter

Artistic director and founder of the Marionette Theatre of Australia who played a huge role in establishing puppetry as a serious artform in Australia.

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Scrymgeour, William Tindal

Pastoralist and businessman who owned property in Queensland and at Putney.

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Sculthorpe, Peter

Composer of orchestral and chamber music who has sought to combine elements of native Australian music with that of Asia and the West.

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Seaborn, Rodney

A psychiatrist and patron of Australian theatre, he formed a foundation that purchased the Stables Theatre. A significant performing arts archive in the foundation's name is based at NIDA.

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Seale, Allen

Much loved gardening author, journalist and broadcaster who appeared on television and radio from the 1950s.

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Seamer, John Henry

Timber merchant, Mayor of Glebe Council in 1878

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Searle, Henry

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Sculler from Grafton who trained in Sydney and won a world championship race in Sydney in 1888 and London in 1889. On his return to Australia later in 1889 he contracted typhoid and died in Melbourne.

Sebastian, Guy

Malaysian born singer-songwriter who achieved fame in 2003 by winning the 'Australian Idol' television talent program.

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Seddon, Richard

Cabinetmaker whose wife's drinking habits drove him to the debtor's prison.

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Seddon, William

Missionary for the Sydney City Mission in Chippendale.

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Sedgewick, Edward

Farmer who established Smeaton Grange on land inherited by his wife Elizabeth.

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Sedgewick, Elizabeth

Inherited land from her father James Fitzpatrick and with her husband Edward Sedgewick, built Smeaton Grange.

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Sedgewick, Ted

Sheep and dairy farmer who inherited the family property Smeaton Grange.

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See, John

Merchant and politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislature and was then Premier of New South Wales from 28 March 1901 until 14 June 1904.

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Sefton, Charles

Boxer who fought James Parton (known as Bellinger) near Botany in January 1814 in an illegal match.

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Seidler, Harry

Austrian-born architect of iconic residential and commercial buildings considered to have been one of the leading exponents of Modernism in Australia.

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Seland, James

Coal lumper and planksman who worked at Sydney wharves. He had arrived in Sydney in 1889 from Norway and lived in the Rocks with his family. He was naturalised in October 1903, with one of his references provided by another coal lumper Herman Nielsen. Seland died on 3 November 1905 after being hit by a basket and knocked into the hold of the steamship Kanowna while at work loading coal on 23 October. His fifth child had been been born on 22 October, the night before the accident.     

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Selby, Desmond

Swimming pool lessee at Coogee.

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Seldon, Richard

Master mariner, Greenwich landowner and politician.

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