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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Harris, R Keith
Harris, Standish Lawrence
Harris, Thomas
Harris, William Henry
Harrison, Anne
Harrison, George
Harrison, James
Harrison, Wayne
Harrison, Zillah
Harrower, Elizabeth
Harry ( Corrangie )
Harry Rickards's Tivoli Theatre
Harry's Cafe de Wheels Shopping centre or retail premises
Harry, Jan S
Hart, Catherine
Hart, William (Billy)
Hartford Rivers, G
Hartog, Haan
Hartshorne, Barnabas
Hartt, Cecil
Harvey, Frank
Harvey, Henry
Harvey, John Henry
Harvie, James Fraser
Harvie, William Coleridge
Harwood, Marian Fleming
Hashemy Ship
Haslams Creek River or creek
Haslams Creek railway accident 1858 Transport disaster
Haslem, Samuel
Hassall and Stockham Commercial organisation
Hassall Grove Suburb
Hassall, Anne
Hassall, James
Hassall, James Samuel
Hassall, Rowland
Hassall, Samuel
Hassall, Thomas
Hassan, John
HASSELL Commercial organisation
Hassell Park Park or open space
Hastings Deering Pty Ltd Commercial organisation
Hat Hill Hill or mountain
Hatfield, JR
Hathorn, Libby
Hattersley, George
Hattersley, Margaret
Hatzistergos, John
Hatzivasilis, Georgos
Hauslaib, William Russell

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Harris, R Keith

Twentieth-century Sydney architect who also exhibited sketches and paintings.

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Harris, Standish Lawrence

Free settler whose brief and quarrelsome appointment as Colonial Architect made little impact on the colony.

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Harris, Thomas

Landholder who inherited his uncle's properties.

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Harris, William Henry

One of the third generation of the Harris family to ow property in Ultimo.

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Harrison, Anne

One of the earliest suicides at The Gap.

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Harrison, George

English musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of The Beatles.

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Harrison, James

Journalist, newspaper proprietor and pioneer in the refrigeration industry.

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Harrison, Wayne

Theatre director, producer, writer and performer.

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Harrison, Zillah

Singer who formed her own touring company in the 1910s.

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Harrower, Elizabeth

Novelist and short story writer.

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Harry ( Corrangie )

Harry, or Corrangie, was an Aboriginal leader in Parramatta and Kissing Point before 1840.  

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Harry Rickards's Tivoli

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Vaudeville theatre in Castlereagh Street.

Theatre

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Pie cart which has become an iconic tourist attraction and late night food stop for generations of Sydneysiders and visiting sailors. Now in a fixed location at Woolloomooloo it was started by Harry Edwards and has been visited by many celebrities some of whom are remembered in the murals on the cart.

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Shopping centre or retail premises

Harry, Jan S

Poet, satirist and political and social commentator.

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Hart, Catherine

Convict who was tried on 8 December 1784 at the Old Bailey, London for theft and sentenced to seven years' transportation. On Lady Penrhyn she developed a relationship with seaman John Fisher with whom she had a son after she was transferred to Prince of Wales. She was later sent to Norfolk Island aboard Sirius.

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Hart, William (Billy)

The first airman to qualify as a pilot in Australia in 1911, who made several historic flights before he was injured in an accident. He later resumed his career as a dentist.

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Hartford Rivers, G

American embalmer who established an embalming school with appropriate diplomas for undertakers.

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Hartog, Haan

Last Dutch convict to be transported.

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Hartshorne, Barnabas

Shopkeeper at Canterbury from its early days as a village.

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Hartt, Cecil

Cartoonist who perfected the image of the Australian digger as independent, easygoing and disrespectful of authority.

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Harvey, Frank

Actor, producer and writer who, for more than 20 years, was a renowned leading man in Australian professional theatre.

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Harvey, Henry

Convict transported for theft who became a government servant to his new wife before establishing himself as a miller and shopkeeper in Parramatta.

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Harvey, John Henry

Architect and avid amateur photographer whose work is now held at the State Library of Victoria. He undertook design work for G A Morell on the Gothic mansion, Swifts.

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Harvie, James Fraser

Clerk who enlisted in the A Company, 20th Battalion and served in the Gallipoli peninsula in August 1915. His battalion was responsible for the defence of Russell's Top until their withdrawal from the peninsula in December 1915. He arrived in Egypt in January 1916, after which his service record notes various instances of misbehaviour including: absence without leave, 'failing to salute an officer' and being found 'out of bounds in a brothel'. He would serve with the Imperial Camel Corps, 12th Light Horse Regiment and Australian Mounted Division before returning to Sydney.

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Harvie, William Coleridge

Clerk who enlisted as a private in the 14th Reinforcement, 18th Battalion and served in France. He suffered a gun shot wound to his leg in August 1916 and was transferred to England. He was ill and transferred to England again in March 1917. He proceeded to Camiers, France in May 1917 and was admitted to hospital with trench fever two months later. He was reported missing in action in October 1917 and was later found wounded having been exposed to poisonous gas. He spent time in hospital and training camps in England before he was sent back to Camiers. In May 1918, he was admitted to a field hospital with diarrhoea and rejoined his unit before he was 'struck off strength' in January 1919.

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Harwood, Marian Fleming

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Linguist, pacifist and philanthropist who represented the peace societies of Australia at several overseas conferences prior to World War I before returning to become an anti-war campaigner.

Hashemy

Convict ship of 638 tons which experienced a cholera outbreak on its 1849 voyage.

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Ship

Haslams Creek

Creek flowing through Sydney Olympic Park into Homebush Bay.

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River or creek

Haslams Creek railway accident 1858

Australia's first railway accident

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Transport disaster

Haslem, Samuel

Convict who was granted land in the Liberty Plains area, later called Lidcombe, and who became a farmer and innkeeper.

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Hassall and Stockham

Architectural practice in Sydney in the first decades of the twentieth century.

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Commercial organisation

Hassall Grove

Western residential suburb north of Mount Druitt, subdivided by the New South Wales Housing Commission in the 1980s. It is named after the Rev. Thomas Hassall, 'the galloping parson', son-in-law of the Rev. Samuel Marsden.

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Suburb

Hassall, Anne

Wife of Thomas Hassall and daughter of Samuel Marsden.

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Hassall, James

Pastoralist and farmer who got into difficulties in the depression of the 1840s and moved to Victoria.

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Hassall, James Samuel

Anglican clergyman, the third generation of his family to follow the calling.

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Hassall, Rowland

Clergyman and missionary who amassed considerable land in the new colony.

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Hassall, Samuel

Farmer and manager of the government herds.

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Hassall, Thomas

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Anglican minister who was also a woolgrower and landowner, known as the 'squire of Denbigh'.

Hassan, John

Muslim sailor.

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HASSELL

International design practice which combines expertise in architecture, interior design and landscape architecture.

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Hassell Park

Sportsground on the corner of Mona Vale Road and Mawson Street in St Ives.

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Park or open space

Hastings Deering Pty Ltd

Heavy earth moving equipment company.

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Hat Hill

Hill in Blackheath Plateau about 4.8 kilometres north east of Mount Boyce.

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Hill or mountain

Hatfield, JR

Early landholder at Tamarama.

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Hathorn, Libby

Children's author.

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Hattersley, George

Cabinetmaker.

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Hattersley, Margaret

Manager of a lace cleaning business on Pitt Street.

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Hatzistergos, John

Politician.

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Hatzivasilis, Georgos

Editor and broadcaster.

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Hauslaib, William Russell

American-born businessman who was actively involved in Sydney's civic and business organisations, notably as a foundation member of the American National Club.

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