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Tran, Caroline Entity
Tranter, John Entity
Trenchard-Smith, Brian Entity
Trevelyn, Florence Entity
Trickett, Edward (Ned) Entity
Trickett, William Entity
Triguboff, Harry Entity
Trollope, Anthony Entity
Trumper, Victor Entity
Try, Jane Entity
Tsang, Henry Entity
Tsering, Namgyel Entity
Tucker, Estelle Entity
Tucker, James Entity
Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (Lilardia) Entity
Turner, Ethel Entity
Turner, George Edward Entity
Turner, John William Entity
Turner, Mary Entity
Turton, Samuel Entity
Ullathorne, William Entity
Underwood, James Entity
Underwood, Wendy Entity
Uther, Reuben Entity
Vaccari, Raimondo Entity
van den Broek, Issac Entity
van Os, P Entity
van Pinxteren, Hans Entity
Vanbrugh, Irene Entity
Vanda, Harry Entity
Vandebus, Jane Entity
Vandiest, John Entity
Varnice, John Entity
Mahinda Entity
Verbrugghen, Henri Entity
Verge, John Entity
Vernon, Walter Liberty Entity
Vickery, Ebenezer Entity
Viidikas, Vicki Entity
May Ville Entity
Villiers, Charles Entity
Virtue, William Entity
Voinich, Luka Entity
Waddell, Francis Entity
Waddell, James Entity
Wai, Stanley Entity
Wakelin, Roland Entity
Walker, Alan Entity
Walker, Eadith Entity
Walker, Frederic Joseph Entity

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Tran, Caroline

Vietnamese born radio presenter and DJ.

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Tranter, John

Poet whose innovation and experimentalism has included an online journal and is evident in more than 20 books of poetry.

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Trenchard-Smith, Brian

Film and television director, producer and writer, particularly in the action genre.

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Trevelyn, Florence

Actress and comedy company manager who with her husband, set the benchmark for comedy in Australia in the 1890s.

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Trickett, Edward (Ned)

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Sculler who won the world championship in 1876 and later became a publican and public servant.

Trickett, William

Solicitor who served as Mayor of Woollahra 1879-81 and 1886-88, and as Member of the NSW Parliament from 1880.

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Triguboff, Harry

Businessman, born in China to White Russian parents, who was educated in Sydney and worked in textiles in South Africa and Israel, before establishing a property development company in 1963.

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Trollope, Anthony

English civil servant and writer who visited Australia, and Sydney, twice during the 1870s and used his experiences in a number of his books.

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Trumper, Victor

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Cricketer and businessman who was hailed as the best batsman in the world in 1902.

Try, Jane

Wife of George Augustus Try, owner of Brookvale House

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Tsang, Henry

Architect and Deputy Mayor of Sydney who designed the Chinese Garden of Friendship at Darling Harbour and contributed to the redesign of Dixon Street as a pedestrian area.

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Tsering, Namgyel

Believed to be the first Tibetan to migrate to Australia (1973).

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Tucker, Estelle

Local resident of Kogarah who suggested the name Beverley Park in a naming competition run by council.

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Tucker, James

Controversial writer who may have been the author of Ralph Rashleigh, not published until 40 years after his death.

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Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (Lilardia)

One of the earliest female Aboriginal activists. She was taken from her family at Wangaseda in New South Wales in 1917 at the age of 12 and trained as a domestic servant at the Cootamundra Girls Home. She was sent at 16 to a wealthy grazier's family in Neutral Bay as a domestic servant, but was abused in her first placement and sent to another family. She ran away but was caught and sent into service again in Walgett. She stayed in service until 1925 and spent her adult life campaigning for Aboriginal rights and welfare. Tucker, also known as Aunty Marge and Princess Lilardia, was one of the founding members of the Australian Aborigines League in Victoria in 1932 and one of the organisers of the National Day of Mourning in Sydney in 1938. In 1968 she became the first Aboriginal woman to join the Commonwealth’s Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs. She was awarded an MBE in 1968.

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Turner, Ethel

Novelist and children's writer who lived on Sydney's north shore.

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Turner, George Edward

First resident minister of St Anne's Anglican Church, Ryde, from 1840 until his accidental death in 1869. Member of the Committee of the Australian Museum.

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Turner, John William

Teacher and administrator whose career ranged from pupil-teacher to Superintendent of Technical Education in New South Wales.

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Turner, Mary

Wife of Rev George Turner, minister of St Anne's Anglican Church, Ryde. She suggested that the area, known as Kissing Point, be changed to Ryde after her birthplace on the Isle of Wight.

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Turton, Samuel

Teacher at the Anglican school established at Narellan in 1839.

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Ullathorne, William

Catholic priest who worked tirelessly for the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Australia and faced public abuse for his opposition to transportation.

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Underwood, James

Former convict who diversified from shipbuilding to also become a successful merchant, sealer and distiller.

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Underwood, Wendy

Camden resident.

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Uther, Reuben

Merchand and manufacturer who arrived in Sydney in 1806 and worked for Simeon Lord. Later established a hat factory in Sydney. Granted land near Campbelltown in 1812.

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Vaccari, Raimondo

Italian Catholic priest brought to Sydney in 1843 by Bishop Polding.

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van den Broek, Issac

Successful Dutch immigrant to Australia who established a factory in the 1860s

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van Os, P

Dutch author who wrote about Syeney in the 1840s.

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van Pinxteren, Hans

Owner of Roseville Cinema since 1974

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Vanbrugh, Irene

Actress (1872-1949) who appeared in Sydney in the late 1890s-early 1900s

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Vanda, Harry

Musician and songwriter who was a member of the Easybeats and later one of Australia's most successful songwriters and record producers.

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Vandebus, Jane

Convict who was tried at the Old Bailey, London on 12 September 1787 for receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to transportation for 14 years in 1790. She arrived in Sydney and was then sent to Norfolk Island. She returned to Sydney and her sentence expired.

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Vandiest, John

Dutch convict transported in the Third Fleet

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Varnice, John

Early landowner in Denistone.

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Mahinda

Buddhist monk from Malaysia who moved to Sydney in 1986 to lead the Hock Cheng See Buddhist Vihara at Ambarvale.

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Verbrugghen, Henri

Inspired teacher and foundation director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music.

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Verge, John

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Architect and builder who came to Sydney as a free settler and designed and built many of the colony's grandest houses before retiring to his farm on the Macleay River in northern New South Wales.

Vernon, Walter Liberty

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Architect whose tenure as Government Architect from 1890 to 1911 saw the construction of some of Sydney's most famous buildings, as well as suburban fire stations and post offices in the Federation Free style.

Vickery, Ebenezer

Ironmonger, merchant and philanthropist whose success in the coal and insurance businesses and large real estate portfolio enabled his generous support of the Methodist church.

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Viidikas, Vicki

Poet and prose writer whose travels in India and Asia framed recurrent themes in her poems.

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May Ville

House in Fairlight owned by Alf Reid on the corner of Cohen Street and Sydney Road.

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Villiers, Charles

Ensign, later Lieutenant, of the New South Wales Corps.

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Virtue, William

Resident of Killara who built 'Glengarry' in 1919.

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Voinich, Luka

Early Croatian settler in Sydney (1864).

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Waddell, Francis

Early resident in the Fiddletown area who gave it its name.

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Waddell, James

Early settler in the Galston area.

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Wai, Stanley

Chinese community leader.

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Wakelin, Roland

New Zealand-born painter who painted Sydney landscapes and cityscapes in modernist style.

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Walker, Alan

Methodist minister, superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission, founder of the Lifeline counselling service. Knighted in 1981.

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Walker, Eadith

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Philanthropist and benefactor.

Walker, Frederic Joseph

Sydney businessman, founder of FJ Walker Ltd, meat importers and exporters.

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