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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Cogswell, Nathaniel
Cohen Brothers & Co Commercial organisation
Cohen, Edward Aaron
Cohen, Francis Lyon
Cohen, Harvey
Cohen, Henry
Cohen, Ian
Cohen, John J
Cohen, Phillip
Cohen, Phillip Joseph
Cohen, Samuel
Còisir Ghàidhlig Astrailianach Performing group
Coke, Thomas Walter
Cold Chisel Performing group
Cole, James
Cole, John
Cole, Nat King
Cole, Peggy
Cole, Percival
Cole, Robert
Cole, Stanley Llewellyn
Cole, William Washington
Colebee Suburb
Colebee
Colebee and Nurragingy's land grant site Reserve
Colebee c1760-1806
Colebee, Kitty
Coleborne, WG
Coleman Park Park or open space
Coleman, Cecil
Colethread, John
Colette, Toni
Colgate-Palmolive Radio Unit Commercial organisation
Colindia Estate Estate
Colinjong
Coliseum Picture Theatre Theatre
Collaroy Suburb
Collaroy Plateau Hill or mountain
Collaroy Plateau Suburb
Colleano's All-Star Circus Performing group
Colleano, Con
College Green Estate Estate
College of Fine Arts Educational institution
Collegium Musicum Performing group
Colley, Edwin
Collicott, Mary
Collicott, Thomas
Collingridge Point Locality
Collingridge, Arthur
Collingridge, George

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Cogswell, Nathaniel

American sailor and trader who was a member of the Entreprise crew, and later traded staple goods to Sydney.

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Cohen Brothers & Co

Manufacturer and retailer of men's clothing.

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Commercial organisation

Cohen, Edward Aaron

Merchant, parliamentarian and Jewish community leader who emigrated to Sydney and managed his father's wholesale grocery firm on George Street. He moved to Melbourne in 1842 and became an auctioneer and then moved to Sydney before returning to Melbourne again. In the late 1840s, he acquired land at Haslams Creek in Rookwood. In August 1862 the government purchased 200 acres of Cohen's land at Haslams Creek for 2000 pounds to turn into Rookwood Cemetery.

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Cohen, Francis Lyon

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Musician and army chaplain who was chief minister of Sydney's Great Synagogue for nearly thirty years, and active in all facets of Jewish life.

Cohen, Harvey

Daredevil student who climbed the Harbour Bridge in 1961 with friends evading the barriers erected to prevent such a climb.

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Cohen, Henry

Jewish tailor and convict from London, England who was transported for 14 years after being convicted of possession of a stolen bank note on 16 May 1833. His wife and 10 children arrived separately in Sydney and his brother-in-law was Joseph Simmons. He was granted a conditional pardon in 1842 and established a grocery store on George Street called H Cohen and Sons.

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Cohen, Ian

Australian politician who represented the Greens on the New South Wales Legislative Council.

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Cohen, John J

Architect who became a lawyer, politician, and District Court judge, and was very involved in public affairs.

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Cohen, Phillip

Businessman.

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Cohen, Phillip Joseph

Free settler who acted as a marriage celebrant for Sydney's Jewish community, and held religious services in his home during the 1830s.

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Cohen, Samuel

Businessman, Jewish community leader and political activist who acted as Greek consul for many years between 1907 and 1923.

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Còisir Ghàidhlig Astrailianach

Australian Gaelic Singers, formed in Sydney in 1982.

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Performing group

Coke, Thomas Walter

Son of Bennelong who was adopted by Reverend William Walker.

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Cold Chisel

Rock band originally formed in Adelaide in 1973 and renamed 1974, which achieved success in Australia and New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Cole, James

Early settler at Mooney Mooney.

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Cole, John

Owner of the Oran Park homestead from 1968 to 1969.

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Cole, Nat King

American jazz pianist and singer.

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Cole, Peggy

Owner of the Oran Park homestead from 1968 to 1969.

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Cole, Percival

Teacher, educator and writer who was very influential in reshaping education in Sydney in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Cole, Robert

Criminal who escaped from Long Bay prison in 2006.

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Cole, Stanley Llewellyn

Carrier whose business success lead him into industry representation and local and state politics.

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Cole, William Washington

American circus owner.

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Colebee

North-western residential suburb. It is named after the first Aboriginal person in Australia to be given a land grant by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

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Suburb

Colebee

Aboriginal man who helped guide William Cox when surveying the Blue Mountains road, and was granted land at Blacktown.

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Colebee and Nurragingy's land grant site

Land grant of 30 acres to Colebee and Nurragingy. Granted in 1819 by Governor Macquarie for their loyalty and service to government as guides, it remains a site of significance for Aboriginal people.

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Reserve

Colebee c1760-1806

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Cadigal man captured with Bennelong, who became familiar with the Europeans but disappeared after 1806.

Colebee, Kitty

One of the first girls enrolled at the Native Institute at Parramatta.

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Coleborne, WG

Architect of the Oatley School of Arts building.

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Coleman Park

A reserve bounded by Georges Avenue, Joseph Street. Leila Street and Notting Hill Road, Lidcombe.

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Park or open space

Coleman, Cecil

Solicitor with Allen Allen and Hemsley.

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Colethread, John

Early landowner in the Ryde area.

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Colette, Toni

Film, television and theatre actor and musician.

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Colgate-Palmolive Radio Unit

Radio production unit formed by George Patterson in the 1930s to overcome wartime newsprint shortages. Programmes were produced to both entertain and advertise company products.

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Colindia Estate

Large estate at Neutral Bay subdivided in the early twentieth century.

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Estate

Colinjong

Aboriginal man from Botany Bay killed by Nanbarry in 1806.

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Coliseum Picture Theatre

Cinema constructed in 1911 in a former tram depot in Miller Street, North Sydney next to the Coliseum Picture Hall (which later became the Independent Theatre).

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Theatre

Collaroy

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Northern residential beach suburb. It is named after a coastal steamer which ran aground north of Long Reef in 1881.

Collaroy Plateau

Sandstone plateau above the northern beaches of Sydney.

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Hill or mountain

Collaroy Plateau

Northern residential suburb separated from Collaroy in 2011. It was previously made a suburb in 1977 but gazetted as a locality again in 1984.

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Colleano's All-Star Circus

Circus troupe formed in 1910 and made up of all 12 members of the Colleano (Sullivan) family.

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Colleano, Con

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Aboriginal man who achieved fame as an acclaimed tightrope walker in the 1920s and 1930s as part of the Colleano's All Star Circus and as a solo act, in Australia and the United States of America.

College Green Estate

Subdivision of a swampy area at Fairy Bower, now a residential precinct.

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College of Fine Arts

The creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales (COFA), formed 1 January 1990 from the City Art Institute.

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Educational institution

Collegium Musicum

Chamber music group which performed in Sydney from the late 1930s until the 1950s.

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Colley, Edwin

Stonemason on the Great Hall at the University of Sydney. Also a noted amateur vocalist and singing-class instructor.

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Collicott, Mary

The wife of a convict who followed her husband to Sydney with her three children as well as three of her husband's children from a previous marriage, and later became matron of the Female Orphan School.

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Collicott, Thomas

Merchant convicted of failing to affix revenue stamps to his medicine bottles who was transported to New South Wales, where his wife Mary joined him along with their children from previous marriages.

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Collingridge Point

On the western shore of Berowra Creek. Named for local artist George Collingridge (1848-1931).

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Locality

Collingridge, Arthur

Engraver, art teacher and art publisher who, with his brother George, were regular exhibitors at the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Collingridge, George

Artist and engraver who settled at Berowra, and later Hornsby, and devoted his life to researching the earliest European discovery of Australia.

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