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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Fitzroy Gardens Park or open space
FitzRoy, Charles Augustus
FitzRoy, George
FitzRoy, Mary
Fitzsimons, David
FitzSimons, Peter
Five Bells Poem
Five Bells (novel) Book
Five Dock Suburb
Five Dock Bay Bay or cove
Five Dock racecourse Racecourse
Five Ways Locality
FJ Holden Film
FJ Walker memorial fountain and monolith Fountain
FL Barker & Company Commercial organisation
Flagstaff Inn Hotel
Flanagan, James Everard
Flanagan, Mervyn Ambrose Leslie
Flannagan, Robert
Flannery, Tim
Flat Rock Creek River or creek
Flat Rock Creek Reserve Park or open space
Fleischmann, Arthur
Fleming, Jim
Flemington Locality
Flemington Car Sidings Industrial site
Flemington Markets Market
Flemington sale yards Market
Fletcher's Gaol Gaol or detention centre
Fletcher, David
Fletcher, Joseph
Fletcher, Judith
Fletcher, Mary Anne
Flick, Casper
Flickerfest Festival
Flinders, Matthew
Flint & Steel Bay Bay or cove
Flinton House
Flitcroft, Esther Bridget (Ettie)
Flitcroft, Francis Joseph Maher (Frank)
Flitcroft, Margaret (Alice)
Flockton, Margaret
Flood & Co Commercial organisation
Flood, Charlotte
Flood, Edward
Flood, Joseph
Flower, Dulcie
Flower, Pat
Flower, Salting and Company Commercial organisation
Flowers, Fred

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Fitzroy Gardens

Public park constructed when the house Maramanah was sold to the City of Sydney in 1945 and demolished.

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Park or open space

FitzRoy, Charles Augustus

Governor of New South Wales during the upheaval of the gold rushes, he was also referred to as the Governor General as his role extended to other colonies in Australia.

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FitzRoy, George

Second son of Charles FitzRoy who worked as his personal secretary when his father came to the colony as governor.

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FitzRoy, Mary

Wife of the Governor who died tragically after a carriage accident in Parramatta Park.

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Fitzsimons, David

Australian journalist.

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FitzSimons, Peter

Journalist and author who had previously had a successful rugby career.

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Five Bells

Poem which sketches the immediacy of Australian life in the formative years before the war whilst recalling the drowning of young artist Joe Lynch in 1927.

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Poem

Five Bells (novel)

Fictional work set in Sydney by Gail Jones that was published in 2011. It takes its title from Slessor's 1939 poem Five Bells.

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Book

Five Dock

Inner western residential suburb. Five 'docks', or rocky inlets, on the peninsula gave their name to the farm of Surgeon John Harris in 1806.

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Suburb

Five Dock Bay

A bay about 5 kilometres south of Lane Cove and about 2 kilometres north east of Five Dock which was named because of dock-like indentations of the point.

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Bay or cove

Five Dock racecourse

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Racecourse at Duttons Point on Five Dock Farm, which was owned by Charles Abercrombie. The first Australian steeplechase was held here on 19 September 1844. Duttons Point is now Birkenhead Point.

Racecourse

Five Ways

Intersection of Glenmore Road and Broughton, Goodhope and Heeley Streets Paddington

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Locality

FJ Holden

Film directed by Michael Thornhill in 1977 about the cultural and spiritual emptiness of suburban life.

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Film

FJ Walker memorial fountain and monolith

Hyde Park sculpture by Gerard Havekes presented by the family of Frederick Joseph Walker to the City of Sydney to commemorate Walker's contributions to the growth of primary industry.

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Fountain

FL Barker & Company

Broking firm which sold wool, sheep skins, kangaroo and wallaby hides in the 1890s.

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Commercial organisation

Flagstaff Inn

First hotel in Gladesville, licenced in 1856. Situated near the flagstaff erected on a high point to relay messages between Sydney and Parramatta.

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Hotel

Flanagan, James Everard

Striker during the Great Strike 1917. He and his brother Merv Flanagan were on Bridge Road, Camperdown on August 30 1917 with other strikers when Merv was shot and killed by strike-breaker Reginald Wearne after an altercation. He and Henry Williams, who had also been shot by Wearne, were sentenced to three months hard labour for 'having used violence with intent to prevent Wearne from working at his lawful occupation'. Charges against Wearne, the brother of the Member for Namoi WE Wearne, were dismissed by a Coroners Court.

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Flanagan, Mervyn Ambrose Leslie

Carter and father of four who was murdered in Camperdown during the Great Strike in 1917 by strike-breaker Reginald Warne. Amid great controversy and public tension, a coroner's court found that Wearne had acted in self defence and charges were dropped without him facing trial. Thousands of people lined the streets during Flanagan's funeral.

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Flannagan, Robert

Irish convict tried at Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1791 for highway robbery and transported for life.

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Flannery, Tim

Scientist, teacher and writer.

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Flat Rock Creek

Watercourse about 2 kilometres long which rises about 1 kilometre north east of St Leonards Railway Station.

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River or creek

Flat Rock Creek Reserve

Park in Naremburn following the course of Flat Rock Creek.

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Fleischmann, Arthur

Sculptor who briefly enlivened Sydney's artistic scene but achieved his greatest recognition in Europe. In 1941 he completed The Explorer bronze doors at the State Library.

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Fleming, Jim

Food retailer who sold his supermarket chains and became an eminent horse breeder and racing club administrator.

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Flemington

A locality within the suburb of Homebush West.

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Flemington Car Sidings

Siding for electric trains

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Industrial site

Flemington Markets

Sydney's main wholesale food market, relocated from its original city site at Haymarket in 1968.

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Market

Flemington sale yards

Sale yards at Homebush for sale of livestock by auction. In the early 1990s the area was incorporated into Sydney Olympic Park.

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Fletcher's Gaol

Gaol and court house erected at Cawdor in 1824.

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Gaol or detention centre

Fletcher, David

Landowner and first Mayor of Waverley Council.

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Fletcher, Joseph

Early settler at Oatley who moved to the area as a railway worker in 1885.

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Fletcher, Judith

Photographer who established herself as one of the first women studio portrait photographers in 1909. She became well known for her portraits of celebrities, Sydney socialites and artists.

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Fletcher, Mary Anne

Resident of Tamarama.

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Flick, Casper

Vinedresser who emigrated from Hattenheim in Germany with his wife and two sons and was to raise a further four children in the colony.

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Flickerfest

International short film festival held annually in Australia since 1997

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Festival

Flinders, Matthew

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Navigator and cartographer who circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent.

 

 

Flint & Steel Bay

Bay on the west of the Lambert Peninsula in the Hawkesbury River.

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Flinton

Three storey home built on land granted to Roger Therry in 1832 which became part of the Royal Hospital for Women.

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House

Flitcroft, Esther Bridget (Ettie)

Wife of the publican at Burtons Family Hotel at Glebe who took a very active part in her community and the life of the hotel patrons.

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Flitcroft, Francis Joseph Maher (Frank)

Long serving publican who fostered a close relationship with the Glebe Rugby League Club at his hotel, organising excursions and providing de facto change rooms. 

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Flitcroft, Margaret (Alice)

Irish born publican whose family held several pubs in the inner city for over 100 years.

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Flockton, Margaret

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Botanical illustrator and artist who was considered a gifted artist and lithographer.

Flood & Co

Wool pressing business established by Edward Flood (1805-1888), pastoralist and politician.

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Flood, Charlotte

Wife of Edward Flood.

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Flood, Edward

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Builder, sportsman and politician who built up a pastoral empire, and was Mayor of Sydney in 1849.

Flood, Joseph

Irish convict.

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Flower, Dulcie

Aboriginal health worker and activist who was instrumental in establishing the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service where she worked for many years.

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Flower, Pat

Crime novelist and television playwright.

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Flower, Salting and Company

Mercantile firm first established by Thomas Marsden and Philip William Flower in about 1830 as Marsden and Flower. Their offices were located on George Street and then on the corner of Hunter and Pitt streets. After Marsden's death it became known as Flower, Salting and Company with a new partner, Severin Salting, and junior partner, John Challis. After encountering financial difficulties during the slump of the early 1840s, the company recovered and a counterpart firm, P W Flower and Company was established in London in 1844, England and became the largest importer of Australian wool in Britain.

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Flowers, Fred

Painter and plasterer whose leadership of the Labor Party consolidated its growth in the 1890s and whose expertise in medical and hospital development helped shape its policy.

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