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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Grimes, Charles
Grimes, Charles Robert
Grimes, George
Grit Magazine or periodical
Grocott, Joseph
Grose Bay Bay or cove
Grose Farm Farm
Grose River River or creek
Grose Vale Suburb
Grose Valley Valley
Grose Wold Suburb
Grose, Francis
Grose, Frank
Grose, Joseph Hickey
Gross, Richard
Grosvenor Hotel Hotel
Grosvenor Place Office block
Grotto Point Headland or point
Grotto Point Locality
Grotto Point lighthouse Lighthouse
Grotto Point Reserve Park or open space
Groves, Bert
Growth Centres Commission State or colonial government
Grubb,George C
Grubisich, Marin
Grubmeier, Heinz
Grubmeier, Rebecca
Gruner, Elioth
Gruppo Campari Commercial organisation
Gubbins, GW
Guerin, James
Guerin, Theodosia
Guest's grocers Commercial organisation
Guides NSW Glengarry State Training Centre Camp
Guildford Ship
Guildford Suburb
Guildford Soldiers Memorial School of Arts School of Arts hall
Guildford West Suburb
Guinness, Howard
Guiterman, David
Guiterman, Rosine
Gullett, Lucy Edith
Gulpilil, David
Gum-An-Nan Locality
Gumbery jah (Harry's song) Musical composition
Gumbramorra Creek River or creek
Gumbramorra Swamp Swamp
Gundamaian Locality
Gundimaine House
Gundungurra Reserve Park or open space

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Grimes, Charles

Surveyor-general who drew up a general plan of all the settlements, names and locations in the colony as well as undertaking administrative roles at Norfolk Island and Parramatta.

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Grimes, Charles Robert

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Soldier who served with the 50th Regiment in Australia from 23 March 1839 before being killed in action in the Batlle of Sobraon in 1846.

Grimes, George

Whaler and sea captain, commander of the barque Woodlark, who was also a landowner in south-west of Sydney.

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Grit

Journal promoting temperance published by the New South Wales Temperance Alliance.

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Magazine or periodical

Grocott, Joseph

Printseller and stationer in mid-nineteenth century Sydney.

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Grose Bay

An early name for what is now known as Mort Bay. It was named after Major Francis Grose who granted the land to Captain David Collins in 1794.

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Bay or cove

Grose Farm

Farm granted to Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose in 1792, which gave its name to the larger area set aside for the University of Sydney in the 1850s.

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Farm

Grose River

River which runs from Mount Victoria to the Hawkesbury, forging a deep valley through the Blue Mountains.

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River or creek

Grose Vale

North-western rural suburb in foothills of Blue Mountains.

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Suburb

Grose Valley

Valley and gorge carved by the Grose River from near Hartley Vale to edge of the mountains near Burralow Creek and Yarramundi.

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Valley

Grose Wold

Scattered north-western settlement between Yarramundi and Grose Vale on banks of Grose and Hawkesbury Rivers.

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Grose, Francis

Lieutenant-governor for two years after the departure of Governor Philip, who encouraged the initiative of the military and settlers, often to the detriment of government enterprise.

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Grose, Frank

Radio broadcaster.

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Grose, Joseph Hickey

Merchant and steamship owner who supplied wheat to the government stores in the 1820s, owned Grose's wharf at the foot of Bathurst Street, and later managed the adjacent Victoria Mills.

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Gross, Richard

First butcher in Greenwich.

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Grosvenor Hotel

Hotel constructed in 1874.

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Hotel

Grosvenor Place

Office and shopping complex comprising the Federation buildings Royal Naval House, the Johnson's Building, the Brooklyn Hotel and Federation Hall, and the 1980s office tower designed by Harry Seidler, which together fill the entire block between George, Essex, Grosvenor and Harrington Streets.

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Office block

Grotto Point

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Headland between Middle Harbour and North Harbour.

Headland or point

Grotto Point

Locality in Balgowlah north of Grotto Point park.

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Locality

Grotto Point lighthouse

Masonry and brick lighthouse that works together with the Parriwi Point lighthouse to guide ships into the harbour.

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Lighthouse

Grotto Point Reserve

Bushland on Grotto Point dedicated as a public reserve in 1912.

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Park or open space

Groves, Bert

Indigenous rights leader, soldier and accomplished speaker who fought hard to improve the conditions in which Aborigines lived on government stations and reserves throughout the State.

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Growth Centres Commission

Commission to establish the North West and South West Growth Centres to streamline the supply of greenfield land for urban development and coordinate the delivery of infrastructure.

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State or colonial government

Grubb,George C

Evangelist who visited Australia in 1891-2 and 1911.

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Grubisich, Marin

Croatian community spokesperson.

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Grubmeier, Heinz

German immigrant who pioneered millet broom making in Australia, who developed and patented the flat, triangular shape still in use today.

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Grubmeier, Rebecca

German migrant who founded Commonwealth Brooms which continued the work of her husband Heinz, a highly skilled broom maker.

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Gruner, Elioth

Landscape artist who studied with Julian Ashton and adopted the plein air style.

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Gruppo Campari

Global wine and spirit manufacturer.

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Commercial organisation

Gubbins, GW

Naval officer who conducted surveys along eastern Australia and into the Pacific.

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Guerin, James

Actor.

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Guerin, Theodosia

Actor who performed on the stage from the 1840s until the 1870s.

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Guest's grocers

Early grocery shop in Fairlight

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Guides NSW Glengarry State Training Centre

State training camp for NSW Guides, located in a tract of bushland in the northern suburbs of Sydney.

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Camp

Guildford

Convict ship of 521 tons which made eight voyages to Australia between 1812 and 1829 carrying over 1500 male convicts.

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Ship

Guildford

Western residential suburb named by Lieutenant Samuel North in 1837 for his friend the Earl of Guildford. It now has a large Lebanese community.

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Guildford Soldiers Memorial School of Arts

Community hall constructed in stages 1901-25 and renamed and dedicated as a war memorial in 1933.

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School of Arts hall

Guildford West

Western residential suburb. It was separated from Guildford in 1994.

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Guinness, Howard

Anglican minister who pioneered student ministry and became chaplain at the University of Sydney.

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Guiterman, David

American businessman of German descent who suffered from the social repression at the start of World War I.

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Guiterman, Rosine

Jewish activist, poet and humanitarian whose commitment to teaching, social action and the theatre seemed inexhaustible.

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Gullett, Lucy Edith

Medical practioner and philanthropist who drove the campaign to establish a hospital run for and by women.

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Gulpilil, David

Dancer and actor who had a traditional upbringing in North Eastern Arnhem land before being cast in his first film Walkabout in 1970.

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Gum-An-Nan

Area near the mouth of the Cooks River which was put up for sale in fifty acres lots in 1838. Because of realignment of the river mouth for expansion of the Sydney airport the site is now under the international terminal.

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Gumbery jah (Harry's song)

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Aboriginal chant or song performed by Corrangie (Harry) between 1820 and 1823 and transcribed by Judge Barron Field. It was first published in 1823 when The London Magazine published Field's article ‘Journal of an excursion across the Blue Mountains of New South Wales’ and again in 1825 in Fields' Geographic Memoirs of New South Wales. The work was performed by Matthew Doyle and Clarence Slockee and recorded by Kevin Hunt Conservatorium of Music in 2010.

Musical composition

Gumbramorra Creek

Creek that ran through the Marrickville valley draining the Gumbramorra swamp into the Cooks River, with its mouth close to Tempe Railway Station. Much of the western side of modern day Sydenham and Marrickville lies across its former path and is still subject to flooding.

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Gumbramorra Swamp

Swamp on the north of the Cooks River in the Marrickville valley between Marrickville and Sydenham. Most of the swamp had been drained and the land resumed and developed by the early 20th century, but flooding in the area continues to be an issue. Sydenham Road, that runs from Sydenham through Marrickville, was originally called Swamp Road.

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Swamp

Gundamaian

A locality in the Royal National Park, on the southern side of Port Hacking south-east of Gymea Bay

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Gundimaine

Imposing residential design in the Federation style by the architects Spain and Rowe made all the more prominent by occupying an island site.

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House

Gundungurra Reserve

Park in Mount Annan.

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