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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Rossi, Geneviève
Roth, Reuter Emerich
Roude, Ali
Rourke, Valentine
Rous, Henry John
Rouse family
Rouse, Edwin
Rouse, Edwin Stephen
Rouse, Elizabeth
Rouse, Richard
Rousel, Jules Henry Roy
Row, Frank
Rowan, Sheila
Rowe, George A
Rowe, Jennifer
Rowe, Samuel
Rowe, Sarah
Rowe, Thomas
Rowe, Thomas Deane
Rowell, Harry
Rowell, Mr
Rowley, Stan
Rowley, Thomas
Rowley, William
Rowntree, Thomas Stephenson
Roxon, Lillian
Roylance, William
Ruatara
Rubinstein, Gillian
Rubsamen, Harriet
Rubsamen, John
Rudd, Kevin
Rudd, Steele
Ruddock, Max
Ruddy, Craig
Ruggero, Emanuele
Rumker, Christian Karl Ludwig
Rumpf, Ann
Ruse, James
Russell, Bourn
Russell, George
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
Russell, John
Russell, John d.1820
Russell, Katherine
Russell, Peter Nicol
Russell, Robert
Russell, Robert jnr
Rust, William E
Rutledge, William

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Rossi, Geneviève

Mauritian-born wife of Francis Rossi, superintendent of police in New South Wales 1825-34.

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Roth, Reuter Emerich

Physician and army medical officer who served in the Second Boer War as well as during World War I at Gallipoli, Egypt and the battle of Fromelles, France.

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Roude, Ali

Muslim spokesperson and school principal.

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Rourke, Valentine

Shoemaker, transported for seven years in 1817 and freed by servitude in 1824. he participated in the 1828 robbery of the Bank of Australia but returned to England in 1829 before he could be charged.

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Rous, Henry John

Naval officer who explored the northern rivers and promoted horse breeding in the colony.

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Rouse family

Family who lived at Rouse Hill Estate for 6 generations from 1813.

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Rouse, Edwin

Farmer, son of Richard Rouse, original grantee of what became the Rouse Hill Estate. Inherited the estate in 1852.

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Rouse, Edwin Stephen

Farmer who inherited the Rouse Hill Estate from his father and grandfather.

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Rouse, Elizabeth

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Early settler at Rouse Hill.

Rouse, Richard

Farmer and public servant who arrived as a free settler and became a landowner at Rouse Hill and in western New South Wales.

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Rousel, Jules Henry Roy

Renowned portrait artist who ran his family's Rousel Studios and exhibited in Sydney, London and Paris.

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Row, Frank

Rugby union footballer who played for Manly and later captained the Australian team.

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Rowan, Sheila

Community activist.

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Rowe, George A

Architect who was part of the Commonwealth Department of Works team responsible for the design of the Reserve Bank of Australia building at Martin Place.

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Rowe, Jennifer

Crime writer who has also written children's fiction under the names Emily Rodda and Mary-Anne Dickinson.

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Rowe, Samuel

Sculptor in wood, often in Art Nouveau style, who trained in England and became a teacher at East Sydney Technical College after a long career in industry.

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Rowe, Sarah

Free settler who scandalised society by leaving her husband and living with the prominent Sydney lawyer Robert Wardell.

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Rowe, Thomas

Architect who was one of the most successful in nineteenth-century Sydney, with buildings all over the city and in many country towns, but was ruined by the 1890s depression.

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Rowe, Thomas Deane

Shyster lawyer who further outraged society by living with his mistress in Castlereagh Street during the 1820s.

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Rowell, Harry

Publican who built the Carrington Hotel at Katoomba in 1882.

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Rowell, Mr

John Rowell, chemist and druggist, George Street. His rooms were frequently used for meetings and other functions.

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Rowley, Stan

Champion sprinter, born 1876 died 1924.Competed in the 1900 Paris Olympics.

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Rowley, Thomas

Soldier and landowner who acquired land at Bankstown, Petersham and Concord.

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Rowley, William

Landowner who settled on Salt Pan Creek in the 1920s.

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Rowntree, Thomas Stephenson

Master mariner and shipbuilder, partner with TS Mort and JS Mitchell in the Waterview Dry Dock Company, established 1855. He left the company in 1861.

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Roxon, Lillian

Journalist and author best known for her Rock Encyclopedia published in 1969.

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Roylance, William

Trade unionist who was an official of the New South Wales Labor Council and secretary to the 1879 Intercolonial Trades Unions Congress.

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Ruatara

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who first visited Sydney in 1805 with the intention of developing trade ties. He introduced wheat to New Zealand and was also host to the first Christian missionary, Samuel Marsden.

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Rubinstein, Gillian

Young adult and children's author.

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Rubsamen, Harriet

Publican at several city hotels in the 1850s.

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Rubsamen, John

German born publican who had emigrated from Butzbach near Frankfurt.

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Rudd, Kevin

Australia's 26th Prime Minister from 2007 until 2010.

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Rudd, Steele

Author best known for 'On Our Selection', a series of country sketches published in 1899.

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Ruddock, Max

Teacher and accountant who first entered local politics in Hornsby before entering state politics.

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Ruddy, Craig

Artist who pursued a career in art after having been a designer and landscape gardener.

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Ruggero, Emanuele

Sicilian Benedictine priest who worked in Sydney from the mid-1840s.

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Rumker, Christian Karl Ludwig

German mathematician and sailor who interest in astronomy lead him to work at Governor Brisbane's observatory at Parramatta from 1821 and where he was eventually appointed government astronomer in 1827.

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Rumpf, Ann

Entrepreneur who ran a galvanised iron works on King Street, Newtown. 

Ann migrated from England to New Zealand with her parents William and Christina Melhuish, where she married a German farmer, Johannes Rumpf. Johannes migrated to Sydney and Ann followed soon after with her infant son. Johannes managed a billiard saloon on Castlereagh Street and the family lived on the premises. Ann petitioned for a divorce in 1894 on the grounds of 'desertion and habitual drunkenness' which made Johannes a 'brutal and disagreeable tyrant in his own home'. During the proceedings her children detailed numerous incidents of domestic violence which culminated in Ann leaving her husband in 1884 to live in Newtown. The judge found in favour of Ann and the marriage was dissolved.

During the 1880s she purchased properties in Newtown including shops at 2-10 King Street and ran the Mount Eagle Tin and Galvanised Iron Works. The business expanded to Wilson Street in about 1907. She retired from business in 1917. She died leaving an estate worth over £12,000.

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Ruse, James

Emancipist farmer who held numerous land grants and was able to prove that small landholders could become self-sufficient.

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Russell, Bourn

Ship's captain whose wealth from whaling was lost in the depression of the 1840s though he recovered to be independently wealthy before he entered politics.

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Russell, George

Engineer who managed the marine engineering section of the family business on the Sussex street wharves.

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Russell, Henry Chamberlain

Astronomer and meteorologist who invented and made many instruments, and was the first to think comprehensively about the southern hemisphere in a global approach to meteorology.

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Russell, John

Activist and reformer who was first social worker with South Sydney Community Aid and worked to establish the Aboriginal Medical Service. 

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Russell, John d.1820

Former hatmaker who was convicted of robbery in London in 1799. He arrived in Sydney on the Cormandel in 1802 and soon joined the early Sydney police force. In 1804 Russell was a suspect in the burglary of Mary Breeze's house on Back Row (modern day Phillip Street) and the subsequent murder of an investigating police officer Joseph Luker. He remained a police constable until at least 1817. In 1820 he was found hanged in a house near the Market Wharf and was found to have killed himself while insane.

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Russell, Katherine

Pianist and actress who often appeared in productions staged by her husband Alfred Dampier.

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Russell, Peter Nicol

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Engineer, foundry owner, philanthropist and university benefactor.

Russell, Robert

Engineer who transferred the family business from Hobart to Sydney in 1838.

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Russell, Robert jnr

Engineer who participated in several family companies.

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Rust, William E

Publican.

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Rutledge, William

Merchant who acquired land in Parramatta, Kissing Point, Eastwood and Queanbeyan and took sheep overland to Victoria, where he eventually settled.

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