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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Broad, J
Broadbent, James
Broadbent, Joseph
Broadhurst, Edward
Broadhurst, William Henry
Broadsmith, Harry
Broadway Street or lane
Broadway Hotel Hotel
Broadway picture theatre Theatre
Broadway shopping centre Mall
Brock, Peter
Brodrick, Robert Hargreave
Brodsky, Isadore
Brogan, John
Brogden, John
Broken Bay Bay or cove
Broken Melody Film
Bromwich, John
Bronhill, June
Bronte Suburb
Bronte Baths Swimming pool
Bronte Beach Beach
Bronte Bogey Hole Swimming pool
Bronte House House
Bronte Park Park or open space
Bronte Splashers Sporting club or association
Bronte Surf Club Sporting club or association
Brook, Maggie
Brooke, Gustavus
Brooker, William
Brookfield Multiplex Group Commercial organisation
Brooklands House
Brooklyn Suburb
Brooklyn Hotel Hotel
Brooklyn railway station Railway station
Brooks, Barbara
Brooks, Christiana Eliza
Brooks, Geraldine
Brooks, Richard
Brooks, Richard 1765-1833
Brooks, William M
Brookvale Suburb
Brookvale brickworks Industrial site
Brookvale Bus Depot Industrial site
Brookvale Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business association
Brookvale Gospel Hall Hall
Brookvale Hall Hall
Brookvale Hotel Hotel
Brookvale House House
Brookvale Park Park or open space

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Broad, J

Early landholder at Fairlight.

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Broadbent, James

Architectural historian and cartoonist who does satirical drawings about the heritage 'business'.

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Broadbent, Joseph

Early landholder at Belfield.

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Broadhurst, Edward

Successful barrister and politician whose public career faltered when he was accused of duelling to defend his sister's honour.

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Broadhurst, William Henry

Photographer who published charming views of the North Shore between 1900 and 1927, often hand coloured by his daughters.

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Broadsmith, Harry

Aviation engineer who helped establish Mascot as an aviation centre in Australia before returning to Britain in the late 1920s.

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Broadway

Street at the western edge of Sydney's central business district which gives its name to the locality around it.

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Street or lane

Broadway Hotel

Inter-war functionalist style hotel designed as the Hotel Broadway by architect Sidney Warden, it is indicative of the first phases of development after the widening of Broadway in the 1930s. It became famous for the billboard banter between its publican and the rector of St Barnabas church opposite.

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Hotel

Broadway picture theatre

Cinema at the corner of Broadway and Mountain Street, Ultimo. Later became the Phoenician Club of Australia.

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Theatre

Broadway shopping centre

Shopping centre occupying one of two former Grace Bros department store buildings dating from 1923.

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Mall

Brock, Peter

Racing car driver who raced successfully for over three decades.

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Brodrick, Robert Hargreave

Sydney's City Architect in early 1900s who oversaw major changes to the city.

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Brodsky, Isadore

Historian and writer.

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Brogan, John

Architect.

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Brogden, John

NSW Liberal Opposition Leader 2002-05.

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Broken Bay

Large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 kilometres north of Port Jackson.

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Bay or cove

Broken Melody

Film made by Ken G Hall in 1937, featuring a composer struggling to write an opera.

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Film

Bromwich, John

Leading doubles tennis player of 1940s and 50s.

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Bronhill, June

Opera and operetta singer, famed for roles in The Merry Widow and The Sound of Music.

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Bronte

Eastern beachside suburb, between Tamarama and Clovelly. Its name comes from Bronte House and its estate, whch was most likely named after the British naval hero Lord Nelson, who was created Duke of Bronte by the King of Naples in 1799.

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Suburb

Bronte Baths

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Ocean baths at Bronte Beach.

Swimming pool

Bronte Beach

Small beach between Tamarama and Clovelly.

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Beach

Bronte Bogey Hole

Ocean swimming pool at the south end of Bronte Beach.

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Bronte House

House begun by Mortimer Lewis but completed by Robert Lowe in an unusual Gothic Italianate style. Its position in a picturesque valley was enhanced by extensive gardens attributed to Georgiana Lowe. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate and privately leased.

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House

Bronte Park

Popular picnic spot behind Bronte Beach.

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Park or open space

Bronte Splashers

Swimming club formed at Bronte Baths in 1924, initially to maintain swimming fitness in the winter months.

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Sporting club or association

Bronte Surf Club

Lifesaving association formed at Bronte in 1903.

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Brook, Maggie

Mistress of Thomas Ley.

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Brooke, Gustavus

Irish actor renowned for his tragedian roles who toured Australia on several occasions.

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Brooker, William

Carpenter and sawyer in Campbelltown who was stabbed by Frederick Fisher in 1825 when he went to collect a debt from Fisher's lodger Charles Rennett.

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Brookfield Multiplex Group

Global contracting and development company.

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Commercial organisation

Brooklands

Stone house built by William Francis Parker in Brookvale in 1879.

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Brooklyn

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Far northern suburb on the Hawkesbury River. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales has accepted that Brooklyn was so named because the Union Bridge Company of New York, built both the New York Brooklyn Bridge and the first railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River. However the bridge in New York was built by a different company, the 'New York Bridge Company' and the area was called Brooklyn by at least 1883 when the land was subdivided and sold, well in advance of the construction of the planned bridge. Many historians believe it more likely that the area was named Brooklyn after the borough in New York because of its proximity to Long Island in the Hawkesbury River.

Brooklyn Hotel

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Weatherboard hotel at Brooklyn that was the 'one particular and completed building' in the township when the railway to the Hawkesbury opened in 1887. Originally known as the Flat Rock Hotel, the name was changed to the Brooklyn Hotel in 1884. The hotel closed in 1913 and the building was destroyed by fire in the 1920s.

Brooklyn railway station

Station serving Brooklyn since 1887, variously known as Brooklyn and Hawkesbury River until the latter name was decided on in 1906.

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Railway station

Brooks, Barbara

Sydney writer and independent scholar.

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Brooks, Christiana Eliza

Wife of the mariner, merchant and settler, Richard Brooks.

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Brooks, Geraldine

Journalist and author who grew up in Sydney.

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Brooks, Richard

Theatre director and teacher.

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Brooks, Richard 1765-1833

Mariner, merchant and settler who became a successful shipping agent before moving to western Sydney to manage his extensive pastoral portfolio in the Illawarra and Lake George districts.

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Brooks, William M

Printer and publisher whose involvement in a variety of business committees was to lead into state politics.

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Brookvale

Suburb in Sydney's northern beaches region which was home to Chinese and Italian market gardens. These were gradually replaced by industrial and residential development in the postwar period, when it was selected in the Cumberland Planning Scheme as the main area for industrial zoning in Warringah.

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Brookvale brickworks

Brickworks using clay from quarries on Beacon Hill which became a medium density housing development after its closure in 1996.

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Industrial site

Brookvale Bus Depot

Main bus depot on the northern beaches, established after the tram system was closed in that area in 1939.

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Brookvale Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Business association that fostered business networks during Brookvale's industrialisation.

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Business association

Brookvale Gospel Hall

Church and Sunday school in Roger Street Brookvale.

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Hall

Brookvale Hall

Hall built as an Anglican Sunday school, which was the first venue for St Luke's Church, Brookvale.

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Brookvale Hotel

Hotel established to take advantage of the industrial boom of the 1950s in Brookvale.

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Brookvale House

Stone house built by the Malcolm family in Brookvale in 1884.

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Brookvale Park

Park opposite site of old Warringah Council Chambers which contains Brookvale Oval, home to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Rugby League Club.

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