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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Thomas Arbuthnot Ship
Thomas Cook Commercial organisation
Thomas Street Asylum Hospital or other health organisation
Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Hospital or other health organisation
Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital building Hospital
Thomas, Martin
Thomas, Ted
Thomas, Wilfrid
Thompson, Alexander
Thompson, Andrew
Thompson, George
Thompson, Gerald Marr
Thompson, James
Thompson, Jimmy
Thompson, John
Thompson, John Joseph
Thompson, Joseph
Thompson, Lindsay
Thompson, Lisle
Thompson, Pat
Thompson, Sarah Jane
Thompson, Thomas
Thompson, William
Thompsons Corner Locality
Thomson, Anne Deas
Thomson, Edgar F
Thomson, Edward Deas
Thomson, Eliza
Thomson, Ian
Thomson, Nigel
Thomson, Robert
Thorn, Ann
Thorn, John
Thorn, Sarah
Thorne, Danny
Thornhill, Michael
Thornleigh Suburb
Thornley and Smedley Commercial organisation
Thornton Hill Quarry Industrial site
Thornton's Hill Hill or mountain
Thornton, Frances
Thornton, George
Thornton, Mary Ann
Thornton, Samuel
Thorp's punt Punt
Thorp, James
Thorp, Joshua
Thorp, S George
Thorp, Sarah A
Thorpe, Billy

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Thomas Arbuthnot

Ship of 720 tons which arrived from Plymouth in 1849 with over 260 government immigrants.

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Ship

Thomas Cook

Travel and publishing company established in England in 1873.

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Commercial organisation

Thomas Street Asylum

Asylum established by the Benevolent Society to resume the duties of care conducted by Benevolent Asylum which had been resumed for railway expansion. It took in destitute women and children until the 1920s, and provided handouts to struggling families for much longer. Its forbidding façade has been incorporated into a hotel.

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Hospital or other health organisation

Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital

Hospital endowed by Thomas Walker, for convalescents who were sent from other hospitals to the greenery and fresh air of the hospital on the river at Concord.

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Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital building

Hospital endowed by Thomas Walker on his estate Yaralla for convalescents who were sent from other hospitals to the greenery and fresh air of the hospital on the river at Concord. Designed by John Sulman and opened in 1893. The complex, including the Joanna Walker Memorial Childrens’ Convalescent Hospital that was also in the grounds, was transferred to the New South Wales Health Department in 1979. It is now occupied by the Rivendell School and the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Service.

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Hospital

Thomas, Martin

Historian and academic in the field of Australian and transnational cultural history.

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Thomas, Ted

Aboriginal activist at Salt Pan Creek who helped educate younger generations in Aboriginal land rights.

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Thomas, Wilfrid

British born broadcaster who had a significant career in Australia.

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Thompson, Alexander

Teacher and administrator whose knowledge and interest in social and child welfare shaped his successful career in public instruction.

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Thompson, Andrew

Convict who became a police officer, magistrate, salt manufacturer, shipbuilder and successful farmer and businessman.

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Thompson, George

Shipbuilder at Tom Uglys Point, Blakehurst

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Thompson, Gerald Marr

Highly regarded musical and theatrical critic. One newspaper, 'House', published the following quote in June 1922: 'No theatrical first night, no concert that claims to be a concert, is complete without the presence of this veteran dramatic and musical critic...No other man in Australia can so well tell the truth with a minimum of pain. To read between Thompson's lines is to read the facts'.

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Thompson, James

Early landowner in Ryde district.

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Thompson, Jimmy

Author.

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Thompson, John

Deputy Surveyor General who as a competent sketcher and draughtsman, used his leisure hours to record views of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land whilst on official surveying expeditions.

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Thompson, John Joseph

Poet and broadcaster who wrote and narrated many radio documentaries and is remembered for his activism in urban conservation in Paddington.

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Thompson, Joseph

Early resident of Pitt St Sydney.

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Thompson, Lindsay

Local businessman and politician in Burwood.

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Thompson, Lisle

Baptist minister.

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Thompson, Pat

Activist and community leader who, with her husband John, founded the Paddington Society which ensured the historical character of the suburb was retained.

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Thompson, Sarah Jane

First wife of Chinese born Mak Sai Ying.

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Thompson, Thomas

Emancipist who established a bakery at Thompson's Corner in West Pennant Hills.

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Thompson, William

Real estate developer, owner of Parrot's Farm, Studley Park, in 1884.

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Thompsons Corner

Locality in West Pennant Hills, at the junction of Castle Hill Road and Pennant Hills Road

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Locality

Thomson, Anne Deas

Second daughter of Governor Bourke.

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Thomson, Edgar F

Doctor who became an army officer during World War II, and was a leading pathologist and officeholder in several medical organisations after returning to Sydney.

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Thomson, Edward Deas

Colonial secretary associated with the movement for responsible government and the gold discoveries. He was an able administrator and one of the 16 original members of Sydney University senate.

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Thomson, Eliza

Daughter of Thomas and Mary Reibey who married Thomas Thomson and moved to Hobart, Tasmania.

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Thomson, Ian

John Whyte (Ian) Thomson was the New South Wales Government Architect from 1978-1988.

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Thomson, Nigel

Artist known for his satirical paintings of Australian society.

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Thomson, Robert

Secretary of Australian Mutual Provident Society 1854-65, later co-founder in 1873 of Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society.

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Thorn, Ann

Early settler in the Ryde and Meadowbank area with her husband James Shepherd, transported 1791.

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Thorn, John

Police constable granted land as a reward for capturing bushrangers. His grant became the area Thornleigh.

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Thorn, Sarah

Convict transported for larceny in 1814.

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Thorne, Danny

Aboriginal community activist who formed the South West Metro Waratahs rugby league team to build a sense of community in the Campbelltown area.

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Thornhill, Michael

Australian film director

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Thornleigh

North-western residential suburb, named for Constable John Thorn, who was granted the land after the capture of a dangerous gang of bushrangers in 1830. 'Leigh' is the old English name for a meadow or cleared forest land.

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Suburb

Thornley and Smedley

Architectural practice in York Street.

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Thornton Hill Quarry

Quarry in Fairlight on the south side of Sydney Road in the vicinity of Woods Parade, Hilltop Crescent and Bellevue Street.

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Industrial site

Thornton's Hill

High point on the ridge line at Fairlight.

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Hill or mountain

Thornton, Frances

Daughter of George Thornton.

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Thornton, George

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Merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1857 and first chairman of Woollahra Borough Council in 1860. A member of Parliament and director of many companies, he was appointed protector of Aborigines in 1880.

Thornton, Mary Ann

Wife of George Thornton.

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Thornton, Samuel

Free settler and publican in early Sydney.

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Thorp's punt

Punt built by Joshua Thorp across the Cooks River at Undercliffe.

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Punt

Thorp, James

Master millwright from Surrey who arrived in Sydney in early 1793. Employed by the British governement to work as a miller in the colony for three years, he and fellow millwright Thomas Allen were based at Parramatta. Thorp returned to England in 1796

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Thorp, Joshua

Architect and assistant colonial engineer who settled near the Cooks River before emigrating to New Zealand.

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Thorp, S George

Architect who designed homes at Daceyville and later formed the company Peddle Thorp and Walker.

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Thorp, Sarah A

Early settler in the Canterbury area who was bought there as a new bride.

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Thorpe, Billy

Rock singer and songwriter.

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