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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Nepean, Nicholas
Nervi, Pier Luigi
Nesbitt, Thomas Huggins
Neville, John
Neville, Margot
Neville, Richard
Nevin, Robyn
Newcomb, John Alexander
Newcomb, Robert Alfred
Newfong, John
Newland, Philip
Newland, William
Newlands, Stephen Foster
Newling, Arthur Sidney
Newman, John
Newman, Thomas
Newman, Walter
Newnham, Charles
Newton, A
Newton, Charles
Newton-Tabrett, Alice Sarah
Ngahuruhuru
Ngawaka, Bill
Ngo, Canh Phuong
Ngo, Thang
Nguyen, Tuong Van
Nicholas, Emily Hilda
Nicholas, John Liddiard
Nicholls, Doug
Nicholls, Sydney Wentworth (Syd)
Nichols, George
Nichols, George Robert
Nichols, Isaac
Nichols, John
Nichols, Joy
Nichols, Rosanna
Nicholson, Charles
Nicholson, John
Nicodemou, Ada
Nicol, Jimmy
Nicol, John
Nicol, Johnny
Nicolle, Eugene Dominique
Nicolle, Philip
Nicolson, Francis
Nield, Lawrence
Nielsen, Christian
Nielsen, Herman
Nielsen, Juanita
Nielsen, Walter Leslie

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Nepean, Nicholas

Marine and army officer who arrived in Sydney aboard the Second Fleet transport, Neptune. He was in charge of the first detachment of the New South Wales Corps and, until the arrival of Major Francis Grose, he was the corps' commanding officer. He quarrelled with John Macarthur on the voyage to Sydney, who attempted to have Nepean court-martialled before Grose settled their dispute.

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Nervi, Pier Luigi

Italian engineer and architect famous for his novel use of reinforced concrete.

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Nesbitt, Thomas Huggins

Town Clerk of Sydney Municipal Council who made many progressive decisions to widen streets, eliminate slums and introduce electricity to the city.

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Neville, John

Dairy farmer at Marrickville.

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Neville, Margot

Pseudonym of Anne and Margot Goyder, born respectively in 1887 and 1907 in Melbourne, and died in 1966 and 1975, who were writers author of detective fiction and playwrights .

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Neville, Richard

Author associated with several libertarian publications which have lead to controversy and in London, conviction for obscenity.

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Nevin, Robyn

Actor and theatre director whose strongest presence has been on the stage though she has also worked in radio and television.

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Newcomb, John Alexander

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Clerk who served in Gallipoli, Egypt and France and suffered severe gunshot wounds which required treatment in England and then Australia where he died.

Newcomb, Robert Alfred

Clerk who enlisted in the NSW Reinforcement 25 of the Australian Imperial Force in July 1918 after having previously been rejected as unfit for service; his chest measurements did not meet the standard. He embarked on 7 November 1918, just four days before Armistice Day. The troopship was recalled and he disembarked in November 1918.

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Newfong, John

Aboriginal activist who was the first Indigenous journalist in mainstream media, giving him crucial skills in his roles as spokesperson both nationally and internationally.

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Newland, Philip

Civic minded resident.

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Newland, William

Convict who gained his freedom in 1833. He borrowed £600 to build the Charing Cross Hotel where he remained until declared insolvent in 1863.

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Newlands, Stephen Foster

Alderman of North Sydney Municipal Council, 1923-1931

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Newling, Arthur Sidney

Labourer who enlisted in the B Company, 18th Battalion. In Gallipoli he took part in the assault at Hill 60 in August 1915 before he was sent to the Western Front in France. In July 1916 he suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg and embarked for England suffering from 'shell shock'. In November he was charged with absence without leave (AWL) and then overstaying his leave, receiving 10 days' confinement to barracks. He was sent to Camiers, France in May 1917 and was wounded in action in August 1918. In February 1919 he was punished for AWL and in March he was discharged from hospital, having suffered pyrexia (possibly trench fever).

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Newman, John

Union organiser and Labor Party politician whose murder by a rival was the first political assassination in Australia.

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Newman, Thomas

Proprietor of ''Fairy Nook'' at the southern end of Manly Beach, a picnic and refreshment area in competition with the neighbouring "Fairy Bower".

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Newman, Walter

Architect.

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Newnham, Charles

Brewer and businessman.

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Newton, A

Superintendent of Glebe volunteer fire brigade.

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Newton, Charles

Auctioneer who conducted a very successful business in Pitt Street for 11 years.

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Newton-Tabrett, Alice Sarah

An early women doctors in Sydney.

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Ngahuruhuru

Māori chief who was kidnapped from the Cavalli Islands to Norfolk Island to teach flax processing.

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Ngawaka, Bill

Māori bus driver.

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Ngo, Canh Phuong

Vietnamese community leader convicted of the murder of his political rival John Newman.

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Ngo, Thang

Vietnamese born alderman.

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Nguyen, Tuong Van

Vietnamese Australian convicted and hanged for drug trafficking in Singapore.

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Nicholas, Emily Hilda

Acclaimed landscape artist who exhibited in Australia, Paris and London.

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Nicholas, John Liddiard

Author and traveller who supported and wrote about Samuel Marsden's missionary visit to New Zealand. Although granted land in Sydney, he returned to England and eventually sold his land to Marsden.

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Nicholls, Doug

Aboriginal Australian Rules football player, boxer and pastor who was
the first Aboriginal to be knighted and the first to serve as a state governor.

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Nicholls, Sydney Wentworth (Syd)

Cartoonist and book publisher who created the Fatty Finn cartoon strip.

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Nichols, George

Actor who moved to England in 1946 to further his career.

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Nichols, George Robert

First native-born Australian admitted as a solicitor, he combined strong oratory with a radical reform agenda, advocating self-government and denouncing transportation.

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Nichols, Isaac

Emancipist and the colony's first postmaster, who became a wealthy farmer and shipowner and achieved financial and social success in the colony.

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Nichols, John

Early land holder at Belfield.

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Nichols, Joy

Comedienne and actress who moved to Britain to further her career and also worked in the United States of America.

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Nichols, Rosanna

Born in prison and transported with her mother, she became the second wife of Isaac Nichols.

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Nicholson, Charles

Physician, businessman and politician who was regarded as a connoisseur, scholar and statesman. He helped found Sydney University, and a museum there is named for him.

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Nicholson, John

Ship builder who oversaw the closing of King's Dockyard.

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Nicodemou, Ada

Actor.

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Nicol, Jimmy

English drummer and business entrepreneur best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr in The Beatles for a series of concerts in 1964.

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Nicol, John

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Scottish sailor whose autobiography published in 1822 recorded his circumnavigation of the globe, involvement in the American War of Independence, his life on a whaling vessel and that on a convict transport. On the voyage aboard Lady Juliana he partnered with Sarah Whitlam and together they had a child on the voyage to Sydney. After arriving, Nicol was stationed there for six weeks before setting sail for England, never returning to Sydney.

Nicol, Johnny

Original band member of the Māori Troubadours and respected jazz singer-songwriter.

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Nicolle, Eugene Dominique

Refrigeration engineer who patented and developed his own ice making machine in Sydney in partnership with others. He was a pioneer in domestic devices, refrigerated railway vans and cold stores but unable to translate that to machinery suited to ships.

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Nicolle, Philip

Builder and contractor who built and lived in Ascot mansion in Randwick. He established a company with a J B Corbin on Hunter Street naming it Corbin and Nicolle but was declared bankrupt in 1894.

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Nicolson, Francis

Pioneer settler and orchardist in Forest Glen in the 1890s

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Nield, Lawrence

Urban design architect and sport planning enthusiast who was head of planning for the Sydney Olympics and who designed five venues for each for the Athens and Beijing Olympics.

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Nielsen, Christian

Boatbuilder at Putney Point in the early twentieth century.

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Nielsen, Herman

Coal lumper who made his living at Millers Point but returned to his family at Willoughby at the end of the working week.

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Nielsen, Juanita

Australian publisher who disappeared whilst opposing development in Kings Cross where she lived.

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Nielsen, Walter Leslie

Architect responsible for the design of several apartment blocks in Potts Point including Carinthia and Carisbrooke.

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