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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Ryan, Ernest Alexander (Shiner)
Ryan, John
Ryan, Patrick
Ryan, Robert
Ryan, Thomas
Rye, Maria
Sadleir, Richard
Saffron, Abe
Sager, Peggy
Sainthill, Loudon
Salamander
Salamander, Biddy
Saleam, Jim
Salib, Amin
Salmon, Thomas
Salomons, Julian
Salter, George
Salter, June
Salteri, Carlo
Salting, Severin Kanute
Samios, Jim
Samson, Martha
Samuel, Alfred Charles
Samuel, Saul
Samuels, Alfred Charles
Samuels, Jeffrey
Samuels, Joseph
Sands, Dave
Sands, John
Sani, Tommaso
Santley, Charles
Santry, John
Sapsford, Thomas
Sarbinoff, Stoyan
Sargeant, Doris
Sargood, Frank
Sariwee, Vera May
Sartor, Frank
Sartor, Provino
Sartor, Ruben
Sartzetakis, Christos
Sattler, Howard
Saunders, Edward
Saunders, John
Saunders, Justine
Saunders, Robert
Sautelle, Edwin Stanhope
Savath Pou
Saville-Kent, Mary Ann
Saville-Kent, William

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Ryan, Ernest Alexander (Shiner)

Criminal and conman who spent much of his adult life in prisons around Australia.

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Ryan, John

Convict who arrived in Sydney as part of the First Fleet. He was a silk weaver who was convicted in London in 1784 of theft and sentenced to 7 years transportation to America, but escaped after a convict mutiny on the Mercury. He was recaptured and departed for New South Wales on the Charlotte in 1788. With three of his fellow mutineers, he was convicted of the theft of food in February 1788. Sentenced to 300 lashes, he was given a reprieve. He was sent to Norfolk Island on the Sirius in 1790 where he married and had a child. He and his family returned to Sydney in 1793.

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Ryan, Patrick

Pastoralist who had a station at Burren Junction, New South Wales and owned the Federation house, Archina, in Randwick.

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Ryan, Robert

Member of the New South Wales Corp who was granted a large holding on the north shore at Kirribilli in 1800.

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Ryan, Thomas

Forger whose advancement as clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office lead to a healthy property portfolio.

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Rye, Maria

Social reformer and promoter of emigration.

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Sadleir, Richard

Naval officer, teacher and political activist who produced a steady stream of petitions and pamphlets espousing his many causes. He was first Mayor of Liverpool.

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Saffron, Abe

Nightclub owner and property developer reputed to be a major figure in Australia's organized crime in the latter half of the twentieth century.

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Sager, Peggy

Ballet dancer and teacher. Born New Zealand 1924, Arrived in Australia 1941 and joined the Borovansky Ballet in 1944. After appearing in England and Europe rejoined the Borovansky Ballet as principal dancer. Died 2002.

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Sainthill, Loudon

Artist and stage and costume designer. Born Hobart 1918, died London 1969.

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Salamander

Aboriginal man from the Port Jackson area who travelled to Tasmania with on the HM Brig Lady Nelson in 1804, becoming the first mainland Aboriginal to do so in 12,000 years. He took his name from the convict transport and whaling ship, Salamander.

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Salamander, Biddy

Aboriginal woman who originated from Broken Bay. She was probably one of Bungaree's daughters.

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Saleam, Jim

Far right activist.

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Salib, Amin

Founding president of the Coptic Orthodox Society

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Salmon, Thomas

Landowner who settled at Asquith in 1874.

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Salomons, Julian

Skilful barrister and member of the Legislative Council who was an active member of the Jewish community and served as Agent General for New South Wales in London in 1899-1900.

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Salter, George

Emancipist who had been transported for his part in a smuggling ring. He was sentenced to be hanged and delivered to a surgeon for dissection at the Devon Assizes on 17 March 1788. While his relatives and accomplices were executed, Salter's sentence was commuted. After being granted 30 acres of land on the riverbank at Parramatta in 1796, he established a successful farm and when that was purchased by the government he was appointed Superintendant of Government Stock in Van Deimen's Land.

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Salter, June

Actress and author best known for her character roles.

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Salteri, Carlo

Mechanical engineer who, in 1956, co-founded Transfield with Franco Belgiorno-Nettis.

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Salting, Severin Kanute

Danish-born merchant and landowner who formed a partnership with Philip William Flower and established Flower, Salting and Company, one of the countries leading wool merchant firms. He founded the Salting Exhibition for boys educated at Sydney Grammar School.

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Samios, Jim

Solicitor and politician.

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Samson, Martha

Publican.

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Samuel, Alfred Charles

Local councillor who was Mayor of Vaucluse ten times between 1914 and 1943.

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Samuel, Saul

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Company director and practical and liberal politician who was the first Jewish legislator in New South Wales.

Samuels, Alfred Charles

Mayor of Manly.

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Samuels, Jeffrey

Ngemba artist and printmaker from Bourke, New South Wales, who was a founding member of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative.

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Samuels, Joseph

Convict sentenced to transportation at the age of 14 for theft in London in 1795. In 1803 he robbed the house of Mary Breeze on Back Row (modern day Phillip Street) in collusion with others and the investigating police officer Joseph Luker was murdered. Samuels was sentenced to hang for the robbery, but not the murder. On the day of execution however, three attempts to hang him failed and the sentence was reprieved. He was transported instead to Risdon Cove, a penal settlement at Van Dieman's Land and then to Newcastle. In 1806 he made an attempt to escape from Kings Town with seven other convicts but the boat was overturned and they were all assumed drowned.

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Sands, Dave

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Aboriginal boxer who achieved fame and success in the middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions in his short career. He died in 1952 at the age of 26 in a truck accident. In 1998 he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Sands, John

Printer, engraver and stationer who founded a family business which survived from 1837 to 1970. For many years the business operated at 374 George Street.

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Sani, Tommaso

Italian born sculptor who created public statues for several public buildings but whose reputation was forever blighted by the outcry to his commissions for the General Post Office.

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Santley, Charles

English born opera singer who became the most eminent baritone of the Victorian era.

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Santry, John

Artist, member of the 'Northwood Group' of Sydney artists. Also known for his work on the comic strip 'Chesty Bond' in the Sydney Sun newspaper.

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Sapsford, Thomas

Architect who was largely responsible for the second stage of Sydney Town Hall, but did not live to see it completed.

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Sarbinoff, Stoyan

Macedonian community leader.

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Sargeant, Doris

Local historian and author.

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Sargood, Frank

Early resident of Wahroonga.

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Sariwee, Vera May

Criminal and lover of the notorious petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber.

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Sartor, Frank

Alderman on City of Sydney Council from 1984 to 2003 and Mayor from 1991 to 2003 when he was elected Member for Rockdale in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Sartor, Provino

Italian community leader who with his brother provided the land for the Club Marconi.

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Sartor, Ruben

Italian community leader who with his brother provided the land for the Club Marconi.

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Sartzetakis, Christos

President of Greece from 1985 until 1990.

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Sattler, Howard

Perth based radio presenter who was host, from Perth, of a morning radio programme in Sydney.

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Saunders, Edward

Salvation Army leader who conducted the first meeting in Adelaide before leading the Newtown corps from 1883.

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Saunders, John

Businessman and property developer who founded Westfield with fellow Hungarian Frank Lowy but left the company in 1987.

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Saunders, Justine

The first Aboriginal female actor to lead a sustained career in stage, film and television. A member of the Woppaburra people from the Kanomie clan of Keppel Island in Queensland, and was removed from her mother at age 11 and placed in a convent in Brisbane.

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Saunders, Robert

Owner of Robert Saunders & Son, quarry and stone cutting works at Pyrmont .

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Sautelle, Edwin Stanhope

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A civil engineer who, as the Vaucluse Council Town Clerk, designed the Parsley Bay suspension bridge. He later became an alderman on Vaucluse Council, serving twice as mayor. in 1895 he had been appointed Secretary of the South Head General Cemetery Trust, but in 1938 was charged  with forgery and larceny after misappropriating cemetery funds and sentenced to three years in gaol.

Savath Pou

Cambodian-born Sydneysider who was a senator in the Cambodian government until 2001.

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Saville-Kent, Mary Ann

Second wife of William Saville-Kent.

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Saville-Kent, William

Fisheries scientist and author whose success was in no way limited by the notoriety of his sister's conviction for murder. He was a pioneer of scientific management of Australian fisheries whose work preceded the establishment of aquaculture in pearling, oysters and salmon.

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