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Tattersdale, Thomas Entity
Tauber, Richard Entity
Taylor, Allen Arthur Entity
Taylor, Florence Entity
Taylor, George Augustine Entity
Taylor, Harold Entity
Taylor, P Gordon Entity
Taylor, Thomas Edward Entity
Tear Tack, Joseph Entity
Tench, Watkin Entity
Tennant, Kylie Entity
Tenzin Gyatso Entity
Ternan, William Entity
Terry, Gerald Entity
Terry, Richard Rouse Entity
Terry, Roderick Entity
Terry, Samuel Entity
Theeman, Frank Entity
Therry, John Joseph Entity
Thompson, Andrew Entity
Thompson, George Entity
J. Walter Thomson Entity
Thompson, Lisle Entity
Thompson, Sarah Jane Entity
Thompson, Thomas Entity
Thompson, William Entity
Thomson, Edward Deas Entity
Thomson, Robert Entity
Thorn, Ann Entity
Thorn, John Entity
Thornhill, Michael Entity
Thornton, George Entity
Thorpe, Ian Entity
Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward Entity
Throsby, Charles Entity
Thrupp, Alfred Entity
Tiffen, Robert Entity
Timbery family Entity
Timbery, Joseph Entity
Tolhurst, Frank Entity
Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong Entity
Toohey, John Thomas Entity
Tooth, John Entity
Torrigiani, Clarissa Entity
Totaro, Paolo Entity
Toth, Rok Oswald Entity
Towers, Harry Entity
Townshend, Geoffrey Keith Entity
Townson, John Entity
Townson, Robert Entity

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Tattersdale, Thomas

Convict who was hanged for aiding and abetting in the murder of Robert Wardell in 1834.

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Tauber, Richard

Austrian singer and composer (1891-1948)

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Taylor, Allen Arthur

Company director and successful merchant who brought his entrepreneurial and managerial skills to civic administration. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1905-06 and 1909-12.

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Taylor, Florence

Architect and publisher who campaigned for urban planning, improved construction methods and better materials.

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Taylor, George Augustine

Craftsman and journalist who became an opinionated critic of the Australian built environment and an ardent nationalist.

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Taylor, Harold

Lawyer who became senior partner of Allens Arthur Robinson in the 1920s.

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Taylor, P Gordon

Aviator and writer who flew with Kingsford Smith and published 8 books about flying.

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Taylor, Thomas Edward

Irish auctioneer and company director who migrated to Australia in the 1880s and was an early settler in Gordon.

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Tear Tack, Joseph

Methodist minister who was a much respected member of the Wesleyan Chinese Mission.

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Tench, Watkin

Marine officer and writer whose accounts of the early colony were among the first published.

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Tennant, Kylie

Writer whose work was based on strenuous research among working people and the unemployed, and often set in Sydney.

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Tenzin Gyatso

The 14th Dalai Lama, head of Tibetan Buddhism since 1940.

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Ternan, William

Early landowner in Denistone area.

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Terry, Gerald

Son of Nina Rouse, owner of Rouse Hill Estate, and joint owner with his brother Roderick following her death in 1968.

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Terry, Richard Rouse

A wealthy landowner in the Ryde district, Terry was the grandson of convict Samuel Terry and the brother of Ryde's first mayor, Edward Terry.

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Terry, Roderick

Son of Nina Rouse, owner of Rouse Hill Estate, and joint owner with his brother Gerald following her death in 1968.

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Terry, Samuel

Merchant and landowner who rose from convict beginnings to become one of the colony's richest men.

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Theeman, Frank

Lingerie designer who sold his Osti design business and moved into property development. Concern over his plans for Victoria Street Kings Cross helped lead to Green Bans in 1972.

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Therry, John Joseph

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Catholic priest who was one of the first allowed to minister in the colony, and who influenced Catholic church-building, education and civil rights, as well as being a parish priest at Windsor and Balmain.

Thompson, Andrew

Convict who became a police officer, magistrate, salt manufacturer, shipbuilder and successful farmer and businessman.

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Thompson, George

Shipbuilder at Tom Uglys Point, Blakehurst

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J. Walter Thomson

J. Walter Thomson, or JWT, is a global advertising and marketing company, with its headquarters in the United States of America. 

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Thompson, Lisle

Baptist minister.

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Thompson, Sarah Jane

First wife of Chinese born Mak Sai Ying.

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Thompson, Thomas

Emancipist who established a bakery at Thompson's Corner in West Pennant Hills.

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Thompson, William

Real estate developer, owner of Parrot's Farm, Studley Park, in 1884.

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Thomson, Edward Deas

Colonial secretary associated with the movement for responsible government and the gold discoveries. He was an able administrator and one of the 16 original members of Sydney University senate.

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Thomson, Robert

Secretary of Australian Mutual Provident Society 1854-65, later co-founder in Melbourne of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society in 1873.

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Thorn, Ann

Early settler in the Ryde and Meadowbank area with her husband James Shepherd, transported 1791.

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Thorn, John

Police constable granted land as a reward for capturing bushrangers. His grant became the area Thornleigh.

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Thornhill, Michael

Australian film director

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Thornton, George

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Merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1857 and first chairman of Woollahra Borough Council in 1860. A member of Parliament and director of many companies, he was appointed protector of Aborigines in 1880.

Thorpe, Ian

Australian swimmer, winner of gold medals at the Sydney and Athens Olympics.

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Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward

Missionary and Congregational minister who established a mission for Aboriginal people at Lake Macquarie where he wrote several well regarded studies of Aboriginal language. Living in Sydney later in life, he continued to champion victims of discrimination.

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Throsby, Charles

Surgeon and explorer who became a landowner and pastoralist.

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Thrupp, Alfred

Early landowner at Kurraba Point and Neutral Bay who resettled in Tasmania.

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Tiffen, Robert

Early landowner at Balgowlah.

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Timbery family

Aboriginal family who can trace their connection with the La Perouse area to the time before European contact.

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Timbery, Joseph

Aboriginal activist from La Perouse who took part in the 1938 Day of Mourning

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Tolhurst, Frank

Builder in the Manly area, responsible for many houses erected in the late 19th century.

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Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong

Chinese society originally comprising market gardeners from Go Yui which built the Yui Ming temple at Alexandria.

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Toohey, John Thomas

Brewer who with his brother James purchased several established breweries in the 1870s before opening the Standard Brewery on the site of the old Albion Brewery in Elizabeth Street.

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Tooth, John

Brewer who over-extended his pastoral ventures and became bankrupt in 1848. He was the uncle to the successful Tooth brothers.

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Torrigiani, Clarissa

Donor of Il Porcellino in Macquarie Street.

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Totaro, Paolo

Italian-born chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales

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Toth, Rok Oswald

Croatian priest and founder of the Croatian language school.

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Towers, Harry

Architect of the Oatley School of Arts building

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Townshend, Geoffrey Keith

New Zealand born artist , illustrator and engraver.

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Townson, John

Soldier who was transferred to the New South Wales Corps. Shortly after arriving in Sydney he was sent to Norfolk Island, where he was eventually promoted to acting lieutenant-governor in Philip Gidley King's absence. He was an efficient administrator and returned to England after being granted leave. He later returned to Sydney where his ill health curtailed his development of many of his extensive land grants.

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Townson, Robert

Scientist and settler who felt aggrieved by both Governors Bligh and Macquarie but who went on to established an abundant and beautiful estate at Minto.

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