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Gunnamatta Bay Locality
Guns 'n' Rosé Book
Gunther, William James
Gurner, John
Gurney, Theodore
Gurr, Thomas Stuart
Gustin, Lena (Mamma Lena)
Guthrie, Bessie
Gweagal people Ethnic group
Gymea Suburb
Gymea Bay Suburb
Gymea Bay School of Arts hall School of Arts hall
H Cohen and Son Commercial organisation
H Desbrowe Annear c1921 Painting
Haag, Stefan
Habbe, Alexander
Haberfield Suburb
Haberfield Public School Educational institution
Haberfield School of Arts hall School of Arts hall
Hackett, Ron
Hacking River River or creek
Hacking, Henry
Hackings Creek River or creek
Haddrick, Ron
Haddy, Anne
Hadlington, James
Hage, Ghassan
Hagon, Richard Charles
Haigh, William
Hail! Men of America, Hail! Song
Hair Performance
Haira, Ron
Hajduk Split football tour 1949 Sporting event
Hakoah Club Sporting club or association
Hale, William
Half Way House Homebush Hotel
Halfway House Inn Enmore Hotel
Hall, Charles
Hall, Edward Smith
Hall, ELS
Hall, Fiona
Hall, George
Hall, Hayden Hezekiah
Hall, James
Hall, Joseph
Hall, Ken
Hall, Lawrence
Hall, Libby
Hall, Richard
Hall, Stephen

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Gunnamatta Bay

Area surrounding large bay on the northern shore of Port Hacking.

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Locality

Guns 'n' Rosé

Crime novel set in Terrigal on the New South Wales central coast.

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Book

Gunther, William James

Anglican minister at Seven Hills.

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Gurner, John

Chief clerk of the Supreme Court who left government service in 1841 to pursue more lucrative private practice as a solicitor.

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Gurney, Theodore

Second professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Sydney.

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Gurr, Thomas Stuart

Journalist and writer.

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Gustin, Lena (Mamma Lena)

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Radio broadcaster and welfare worker who was the voice of the Italian community from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Guthrie, Bessie

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Designer, publisher and feminist whose leftist sympathies and political consciousness led her to campaign for children's rights and provide a safe house for victims of domestic abuse.

Gweagal people

Aboriginal clan who lived predominantly south of Botany Bay.

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Ethnic group

Gymea

Southern residential suburb. It was named after the Gymea Lily in 1855 by W.A.B. Greaves, New South Wales government surveyor.

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Suburb

Gymea Bay

Southern bayside residential suburb overlooking Port Hacking. It was proclaimed a village in 1933 and a suburb in 1973.

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Gymea Bay School of Arts hall

Community hall built in 1929, and later moved to Gymea Oval, then demolished.

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School of Arts hall

H Cohen and Son

Wholesale grocery store established by Jewish tailor and convict, Henry Cohen, in the early 1840s on George St where Australia Square now stands. The site also included the Cohen family's house and is depicted in Joseph Fowles' Sydney in 1848. For a time, the store was run by Cohen's second son, Edward Cohen, before he moved to Melbourne.

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Commercial organisation

H Desbrowe Annear c1921

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Portrait by William Beckwith McInnes of Melbourne architect Harold Desbrowe Annear which won the first Archibald Prize in 1921.

Painting

Haag, Stefan

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Singer, director and theatre administrator who built a varied career in music, theatre, television and teaching, advocating the development of an Australian artistic sensibility.

Habbe, Alexander

Danish-born scenic artist who painted sets for theatres in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Haberfield

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Inner western residential suburb. Planned by real estate agent Richard Stanton as a 'model suburb' at the end of the nineteenth century, it retains much of its Federation architecture.

Haberfield Public School

Established as a demonstration school in 1910.

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Educational institution

Haberfield School of Arts hall

Community hall used by the School of Arts, and later as a dancing school, before Ashfield Council took it over in 1964.

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Hackett, Ron

Film, television and theatre actor of the 1970s to early 2000s.

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Hacking River

River in Sydney's south that flows through the Royal National Park to Port Hacking.

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River or creek

Hacking, Henry

Sailor and ship's pilot who explored extensively before he was convicted of theft and transported to Van Diemen's Land. Port Hacking is named for him.

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Hackings Creek

Original name of Haslams Creek, which flows into Homebush Bay

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Haddrick, Ron

Actor who first appeared on stage in 1946 and who also worked extensively on radio and television.

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Haddy, Anne

Actor whose career spanned over three decades in television, film and on stage.

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Hadlington, James

Poultry farmer and author who managed the Grantham Poultry Research Farm at Seven Hills from about 1906.

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Hage, Ghassan

Lebanese born academic in the field of anthropology and social theory.

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Hagon, Richard Charles

Owner of a successful tailoring business, Richard Hagon served as a Councillor in the City of Sydney Council and was Lord Mayor in 1933.

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Haigh, William

Employment agent in Sydney in the mid nineteenth century.

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Hail! Men of America, Hail!

Song written by Hugo Alpen to welcome the American Fleet in 1908 with words by Roderick Quinn.

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Song

Hair

Groundbreaking rock musical performed in Sydney from 6 June 1969 for two years.

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Performance

Haira, Ron

Māori businessman.

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Hajduk Split football tour 1949

Visit to Australia by Croatia's oldest football team.

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Sporting event

Hakoah Club

Jewish sporting and cultural organization.

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Sporting club or association

Hale, William

Tanner in the Botany area.

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Half Way House Homebush

Public house on the Parramatta Road at Homebush.

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Hotel

Halfway House Inn Enmore

Inn on Enmore Road Enmore in the 1840s. The site was subsequently used for the house Thurnby built in the 1850s.

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Hall, Charles

Labourer who was transported for theft.

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Hall, Edward Smith

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Banker, charity worker and editor who used his editorial position as an advocate of a free press, representative government and trial by common jury.

Hall, ELS

Local politician.

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Hall, Fiona

Photographer and sculptor.

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Hall, George

Early settler who received the first land grant in Arcadia.

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Hall, Hayden Hezekiah

American-born businessman who operated mail ships and steamships between Sydney and San Francisco.

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Hall, James

Shopkeeper and postmaster at Artarmon.

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Hall, Joseph

Convict who arrived in Sydney as part of the First Fleet. He was convicted in London 1784 of highway robbery and sentenced to 14 years transportation to America, but escaped after a convict mutiny on the Mercury. He was recaptured and departed for New South Wales on the Charlotte in 1788. After being sentenced to hang, with three of his fellow mutineers, for the theft of food in February 1788, he was given a reprieve and sent with Henry Lavell, one of the others charged, to Pinchgut until June. He was sent to Norfolk Island on the Sirius in 1790 and eventually received a conditional pardon, after which he settled on Norfolk Island.

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Hall, Ken

Film producer and director who sought to convey the unique Australian character on film with characters like Dad and Dave and the Rudds.

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Hall, Lawrence

Self taught inventor who designed the Mowhall mower, a precursor to the Victa lawn mower.

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Hall, Libby

Architect.

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Hall, Richard

Editor and writer.

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Hall, Stephen

Theatre entrepreneur.

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