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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Powell, Edward
Powell, Gordon
Powell, Michael
Power, Catherine
Power, Daniel
Power, John Joseph Wardell
Power, Tom
Powers, John
Powles, Adrian
Poyne, Jenny
Praed, Annie
Praeger, Laura
Prampolini, Giuseppe
Pratt, Robert
Prendergast, John William (Snowy)
Prentice, JM
Prentice, John Thomas
Prerauer, Maria
Prest, Cedar
Preston Stanley, Millicent
Preston, Margaret
Price, John Washington
Priddle, Charles Frederick
Priddle, Jane Isabella
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Pringle, Bob
Pringle, John Douglas
Prior, Samuel
Pritchard, Edward
Pritchard, William
Probasco, Ellsworth Lincoln
Procopis, George
Proctor, Thea
Proctor, William
Proudfoot, Helen
Prout, Cornelius
Prout, John Skinner
Pryke, Laurence Ernest
Psaltis, John Dimitri
Pucci, Alessandra
Puckeridge, John Thomas
Puckeridge, William
Puckey, Mary
Pugh, Clifton
Pullen, Thomas F
Pulley, Oliver Owen
Punch

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Powell, Edward

English farmer and seaman who was one of the colony's first free settlers, being granted land at Liberty Plains, and who later became an innkeeper.

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Powell, Gordon

Presbyterian minister popular for his mid-week services and radio broadcasts.

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Powell, Michael

British film director who directed two films in Sydney in the late 1960s.

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Power, Catherine

Illiterate Irish servant who travelled with her widowed mother and sister after being sponsored by her older sister already settled in the colony. Marrying master mariner Patrick Power she settled and raised her family in Balmain.

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Power, Daniel

Pioneering priest who arrived to replace Father Therry.

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Power, John Joseph Wardell

Expatriate doctor and artist who left his estate to the University of Sydney for the study and acquisition of contemporary art. His bequest became the basis of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Power Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Sydney.

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Power, Tom

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Community activist who helped form a committee to build the Irish Famine memorial.

Powers, John

Convict who attempted to escape the First Fleet transport Alexander at Tenerife and was punished for his role in a disturbance on the ship.

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Powles, Adrian

Former managing partner of Allen Allen & Hemsley who misappropriated client funds for his own use.

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Poyne, Jenny

Aboriginal child.

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Praed, Annie

Dental surgeon who was in the first intake at the University of Sydney dentistry school in 1901. Her career was spent encouraging women students and advancing dentistry through a series of professional associations.

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Praeger, Laura

Photographer who was working in Sydney between 1890 and 1894 predominantly as a portraitist to Sydney's elite. Examples of her landscape, architectural and group photographs also survive including her earliest known works which feature exterior and interior views of the elaborate mansion Clarens and its gardens in Potts Point.

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Prampolini, Giuseppe

Italian immigrant who launched weekly newspaper Uniamoci.

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Pratt, Robert

Sailor who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834.

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Prendergast, John William (Snowy)

Criminal who served various terms of imprisonment before being killed when he broke into the home of Kate Leigh.

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Prentice, JM

Distinguished army officer who later became an influential broadcaster in the pioneering days of commercial radio, known as 'Uncle Jack'.

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Prentice, John Thomas

Soldier appointed Ensign to the New South Wales Corp in 1789 and who travelled with them to the colony in 1790.

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Prerauer, Maria

Soprano, music critic and journalist.

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Prest, Cedar

Stained glass maker and designer.

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Preston Stanley, Millicent

First woman elected to New South Wales parliament in 1925, she fought for better maternal health, government family payments and maternal custody rights.

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Preston, Margaret

Important Australian artist known for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker, and for championing Indigenous art and the development of national cultural identity in Australian art.

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Price, John Washington

Surgeon on the convict ship Minerva which arrived in 1800.

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Priddle, Charles Frederick

Free settler who, with his wife Isabella, is commemorated in the triple church window in the chancel at St Luke's Liverpool.

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Priddle, Jane Isabella

Sister of Sydney barrister Robert Wardell, who emigrated to Sydney from England after she inherited part of his estate.

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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Member of the royal family, son of King George V, who served as Australia's Governor-General from 1945-47.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Longest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch who had previously served as a naval officer.

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Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Member of the British royal family who carries out duties on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, her cousin.

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

Wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who served as Australia's Governor-General from 1945-47.

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Pringle, Bob

Builders labourer who was a Communist and president of the New South Wales branch of the Builders Labourers Federation.

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Pringle, John Douglas

English-born newspaper editor, known particularly for his role as editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Prior, Samuel

Journalist and editor who became major shareholder in the Bulletin magazine.

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Pritchard, Edward

Railway contractor who built several rail lines in New South Wales and elsewhere. He later became a successful dairy farmer on the south coast.

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Pritchard, William

Prominent late-nineteenth century auctioneer who auctioned parts of the Johnston family's Annandale estate.

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Probasco, Ellsworth Lincoln

Circus performer and horse trainer.

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Procopis, George

Medical Superintendent of Lidcombe Hospital under whose leadership services were expanded, a nursing school was established, and the hospital was recognised as a prestigious geriatric facility.

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Proctor, Thea

Important twentieth century artist, considered an arbiter of taste and style, who worked in several media including watercolour and different forms of printmaking.

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Proctor, William

Artist who recorded natural history subjects and mapped the voyage of the 'John Craig' in 1834.

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Proudfoot, Helen

Historian and author.

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Prout, Cornelius

Early resident of the Canterbury area who lived at 'Belle Ombre', operating a punt across the Cooks River. A clerk in the Office of the Colonial Secretary and later Under Sheriff of the Colony, he raised the ire of his neighbours by imposing a toll on the bridge he had constructed across the river.

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Prout, John Skinner

Artist whose landscape sketches and lithographs illustrated convict and emigrant life in Sydney and Tasmania.

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Pryke, Laurence Ernest

Engineer who served in the 12th Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement of the AIF. After departing Sydney he arrived in

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Psaltis, John Dimitri

Cafe proprietor and businessman who emigrated from Kythera Island in the early twentieth century.

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Pucci, Alessandra

Italian biochemist who pioneered the linkage of science and business in Australia.

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Puckeridge, John Thomas

Fisherman and limeburner who supported his family from the abundant resources of Botany Bay.

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Puckeridge, William

Lime burner and fisherman of Botany.

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Puckey, Mary

Medical practioner who became the first Australian woman doctor to be appointed chief executive officer of a hospital.

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Pugh, Clifton

Renowned Australian artist.

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Pullen, Thomas F

Naval officer who undertook survey work an the Mediterranean and along the East African coast before improving the hydrographic surveys of Sydney Harbour.

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Pulley, Oliver Owen

Radiophysicist.

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Punch

Aboriginal woman who lived close to Sydney Town in the 1820s.

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