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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Bowden, Jane
Bowden, Joseph
Bowden, Thomas
Bowden, Thomas Kendall
Bowden, Thomas Wheaton
Bowen Mountain Suburb
Bowen, Edward George
Bowen, Edward John
Bowen, George Bartley
Bowen, LJ
Bowen-Daniels, Gill
Bower, Arthur
Bowers, Mary
Bowers, William
Bowker, Richard
Bowman, James
Bowman, Thomas
Bown, Charles
Box Hill Suburb
Box Hill House House
Boxall, Arthur d'Auvergne
Boyages, Steven
Boyce, Francis Bertie
Boyd Ship
Boyd, Ben
Boyd, Penleigh
Boyd, Robin
Boyd, Thomas
Boyle, John
Boys' Town Engadine Nonprofit or charity
BP Commercial organisation
Bra Boys Film
Brabham, Jack
Brabyn, John
Brace, Emmanuel
Bradbury Suburb
Bradbury Park House
Bradbury Park Park or open space
Bradbury, William
Bradfield Park Lindfield Park or open space
Bradfield Park Migrant Hostel Hostel
Bradfield Park Milsons Point Park or open space
Bradfield Park Public School Educational institution
Bradfield, JJC
Bradley Hall House
Bradley Reserve Reserve
Bradley, Eileen Burton
Bradley, Joan Burton
Bradley, Joseph
Bradley, Newton and Lamb Auctioneers Commercial organisation

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Bowden, Jane

Wife of Methodist pioneer and schoolmaster Thomas Bowden.

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Bowden, Joseph

Publican who managed several hotels in central Sydney late in the nineteenth century.

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Bowden, Thomas

Methodist schoolmaster who was invited to the colony by Reverend Samuel Marsden, and who devoted his life to a wide range of religious, educational and philanthropic duties.

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Bowden, Thomas Kendall

Solicitor who joined Allens law firm in 1857.

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Bowden, Thomas Wheaton

Ironmonger whose career also diversified into sugar production, land sales and auctioneering.

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Bowen Mountain

Township in foothills of Blue Mountains, south of Bells Line of Road.

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Suburb

Bowen, Edward George

Radiophysicist.

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Bowen, Edward John

Architect based in Rozelle.

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Bowen, George Bartley

Landowner at Mount Tomah who inherited the land from his father.

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Bowen, LJ

Bootmaker at Waterloo.

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Bowen-Daniels, Gill

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Dancer at Chequers nightclub in the 1950s and a witness in the trial of Shirley Beiger for the murder of Arthur Griffith.

Bower, Arthur

Poultry farmer, one of the first returned soldiers to take up land offer at Engadine in 1916.

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Bowers, Mary

Resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Bowers, William

Butcher.

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Bowker, Richard

Medical practitioner who became a parliamentarian.

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Bowman, James

Principal Surgeon at the Sydney Hospital between 1819 and 1836. He became a large landowner after marrying into the Macarthur family. Lyndhurst at Glebe was built for him in 1837.

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Bowman, Thomas

Stonemason and quarryman who traded from St Leonards during the mid-1800s.

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Bown, Charles

Fireman who followed his uncle Thomas Bown into professional fire service for insurance companies.

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Box Hill

North-western rural suburb. The area takes its name from either a stand of box trees that were once in the area or the fact that in the 19th century there were hunting boxes built on the tops of hills in this area.

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Box Hill House

House built by the Terry family of Box Hill.

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House

Boxall, Arthur d'Auvergne

South Australian artist who exhibited in Sydney and where he spent his later years teaching.

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Boyages, Steven

Medical practitioner and health administrator.

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Boyce, Francis Bertie

Campaigner for old age pensions, slum clearance, women's suffrage and temperance.

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Boyd

A convict ship of 395 tons that sailed in October 1809 from Sydney Cove to Whangaroa, New Zealand. The ship crew and passengers were massacred after a Māori chief's son was flogged onboard.

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Ship

Boyd, Ben

Entrepreneur in pastoral and whaling industries.

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Boyd, Penleigh

Painter of landscapes who studied in London, Melbourne and Paris. He won the Wynne Prize for landscape in 1914.

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Boyd, Robin

Architect and critic who worked mainly in Melbourne.

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Boyd, Thomas

Orchardist who farmed on a land grant in Turramurra.

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Boyle, John

Councillor on Hornsby Shire Council.

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Boys' Town Engadine

Boys' home founded by Father Thomas Dunlea at Engadine in 1939.

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Nonprofit or charity

BP

Global energy company.

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Commercial organisation

Bra Boys

Documentary film about the cultural evolution of the beachside suburb of Maroubra.

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Film

Brabham, Jack

Racing car driver and engineer who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966.

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Brabyn, John

Military officer and commandant at Port Dalrymple who became a magistrate and farmer in the Windsor district.

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Brace, Emmanuel

Convict tried for murdering Robert Wardell who testified for the Crown and was not executed.

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Bradbury

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South-western residential suburb, which remained rural until the 1960s when suburban development began to displace dairy farms. It includes Sherwood Hills model estate.

Bradbury Park

Two storey house built on the estate of the same name near Campbelltown.

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Bradbury Park

Park adjacent to Sherwood Hills estate, Campbelltown.

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Park or open space

Bradbury, William

Early settler in Campbelltown area in 1820s and 30s.

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Bradfield Park Lindfield

Park established on the site of the second Australasian Scout Jamboree held between December 1938 and January 1939.

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Bradfield Park Migrant Hostel

Migrant hostel established on a former RAAF training camp in Lindfield.

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Hostel

Bradfield Park Milsons Point

Park adjacent to Milsons Point railway station.

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Bradfield Park Public School

School established for the migrant and Housing Commission children living at Bradfield Park.

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Educational institution

Bradfield, JJC

Engineer and planner who designed and oversaw the building of the Harbour Bridge, underground railway and other Sydney infrastructure.

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Bradley Hall

Single-storey Colonial Georgian house in Paddington, built for Thomas Broughton, merchant, mayor and member of the first Legislative Assembly, since demolished. Part of the sandstone boundary wall of the property still exists in Bennetts Grove Road.

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Bradley Reserve

Park in South Turramurra, in Sydney's northern suburbs.

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Reserve

Bradley, Eileen Burton

Bush regenerator who opposed the use of chemicals and controlled burns to control weeds and developed, with her sister, an alternative method of hand weeding and minimum disturbance to encourage regrowth.

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Bradley, Joan Burton

Bush regenerator who with her sister, promoted native plants by using hand weeding and minimum disturbance to encourage regrowth.

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Bradley, Joseph

Conductor of the Sydney Royal Philharmonic Society from 1908-27.

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Bradley, Newton and Lamb Auctioneers

Auction firm established by Walter Bradley, Edward Newton and brothers Horace and Charles Fisher Lamb. Their auction rooms were in the Oriental Bank building which was on the corner of Spring and O'Connell streets before it was demolished. After Bradley retired in 1889, it became known as Newton and Lamb before Edward Newton decided to establish his own business as an auctioneer and valuer in 1892.

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