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K.XII Entity
Jugoslavensko-Australski list Entity
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Entity
Japanese submarine I-27 Entity
Japanese submarine I-22 Entity
L'Italo-Australiano Entity
Italian Bulletin of Australia Entity
It Isn't Done Entity
Integrity Entity
Influx of Chinese Restriction Act 1881 Entity
Illustrated Sydney News Entity
Il Risveglio Entity
Idiot Box Entity
Hrvat Entity
House and Garden Entity
HMAS Sydney I Entity
HMAS Kuttabul Entity
Hillsborough Entity
Heritage Act 1977 Entity
Hell Has Harbour Views Entity
Heatwave Entity
Heads of a Plan proposal 1786 Entity
Hashemy Entity
HMS Guardian Entity
HMS Glatton Entity
Giornale Italiano Entity
George Peat's ferry Entity
Geordy Entity
General Hewitt Entity
Gange Entity
Furniture Trends Entity
Friendship Entity
SS Frankfurt Entity
Fort Denison time gun Entity
For Love Alone Entity
FJ Holden Entity
Finished People Entity
Finding Nemo Entity
Field of Mars Common Resumption Act 1874 Entity
Felix the cat Entity
Explorers' marked tree Entity
Evening News Entity
Eugenia Entity
Eternity Entity
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Entity
Entreprise Entity
Endeavour Project Entity
HMS Endeavour Entity
Emoh Ruo Entity
Emerald City Entity

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K.XII

Royal Netherlands Navy submarine which escaped Indonesia in 1942 to continue the war effort in Australian waters.

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Jugoslavensko-Australski list

Croatian and English language journal published between 1960 and 1970.

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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Dutch ship launched in 1929 who after service as a troop ship during the war made 44 journeys bringing Dutch migrants to Australia.

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Japanese submarine I-27

One of the Japanese submarines which launched midget submarines to attack Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942.

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Japanese submarine I-22

One of the Japanese submarines which launched midget submarines to attack Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942.

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L'Italo-Australiano

Italian language newspaper published in 1885 and again between 1905 and 1909.

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Italian Bulletin of Australia

Periodical distributed by the Italian Chamber of Commerce between 1900 and 1995.

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It Isn't Done

Comedy film of 1937 about a simple Australian farmer who inherits a castle and title in England.

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Integrity

Ship launched in 1804 at King's Dockyard which disappeared en route to Chile in 1805.

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Influx of Chinese Restriction Act 1881

Legislation to place restrictions on immigration of Chinese to the Colony.

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Illustrated Sydney News

Newspaper published by various publishers between 1853 and 1894. Between 1872 and 1881 it was called the 'The Illustrated Sydney news and New South Wales agriculturist & grazier'.

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Il Risveglio

Italian language newspaper published between 1944 and 1956.

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Idiot Box

Film directed and written by David Caesar in 1997.

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Hrvat

Journal published by the Australian-Croatian Association since the 1950s.

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House and Garden

Monthly home decorating magazine.

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HMAS Sydney I

Warship commissioned in Scotland in 1913 which saw action in Australian waters, the Pacific and the Atlantic before being decommissioned in 1928 and broken up at Cockatoo Island.

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HMAS Kuttabul

Ferry which had been requisitioned by the navy and was sunk at Garden Island by a torpedo fired from a Japanese midget submarine on 1 June, 1942.

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Hillsborough

Convict transport on which 95 convicts died en route to Sydney in 1799.

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Heritage Act 1977

Legislation to conserve the environmental heritage of the State.

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Hell Has Harbour Views

Television mini-series of 2005 written and directed by Peter Duncan.

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Heatwave

Film directed by Phillip Noyce in 1982 starring Judy Davis.

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Heads of a Plan proposal 1786

Proposal for the establishment of a colony at Botany Bay written in 1786.

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Hashemy

Convict ship of 638 tons which experienced a cholera outbreak on its 1849 voyage.

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HMS Guardian

Convict ship of 879 tons and 140 ft long which hit an iceberg in December 1789 about 13 days out from the Cape of Good Hope. Some convicts survived and were given pardons on arrival in Sydney.

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HMS Glatton

Naval ship of 54 guns, converted to convict transport. Previously commanded by Captain William Bligh, it took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.

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Giornale Italiano

Italian weekly newspaper published between 1932 and 1942.

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George Peat's ferry

Punt used by George Peat in the 1840s to allow travel across the Hawkesbury to Kangaroo Point.

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Geordy

Ship whose keel was laid by Andrew Thompson on Scotland Island shortly before his death and launched on Nov 24 1810.

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General Hewitt

Convict ship of 960 tons. It had a high mortality rate on its 1813-14 voyage, with 34 deaths out of 300 convicts embarked.

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Gange

Ship that arrived in 1916 with 208 British subjects from Malta who were refused entry after being subjected to a dictation test in Dutch. After deportation and intervention from Governor Strickland, they were allowed to return to Sydney.

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Furniture Trends

Industry magazine of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Friendship

Convict transport which bought 72 male convicts, 25 crew and 40 marines to Port Jackson as part of the First Fleet.

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SS Frankfurt

Ship used to deport Yugoslav internees in 1919.

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Fort Denison time gun

Cannon initially located at Dawes Point and moved to Fort Denison in 1906. It was fired at 1.00pm in time with the dropping of the ball on the Observatory to enable sailors to set their ship's chronometers correctly.

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For Love Alone

Book based on the author's early years growing up in Sydney and her later experiences living in London.

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FJ Holden

Film directed by Michael Thornhill in 1977 about the cultural and spiritual emptiness of suburban life.

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Finished People

Film made in 2003 by director Khoa Do about life on the streets in Cabramatta.

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Finding Nemo

Animated film, largely set in Sydney Harbour, that was an international success, depicting the journey home and adventures of a young clown fish separated from his parent.

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Field of Mars Common Resumption Act 1874

Legislation enacted to enable the sale of the Field of Mars Common, which was resumed to raise finance for infrastructure.

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Felix the cat

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Cartoon character credited to Sydney-born artist Pat Sullivan. There is some debate as to whether the character was actually created by Otto Mesmer, another animator in Sullivan's American studio.

Explorers' marked tree

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Stump of a blackbutt tree just outside Katoomba that was allegedly carved with the initials of Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson during the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, but this historical significance is often questioned.

Evening News

Daily newspaper launched by Samuel Bennett in 1867 and published until 1931.

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Eugenia

Merchant ship which brought foodstuffs to the colony.

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Eternity

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Word written by footpath evangelist Arthur Stace between 1932 and 1966 on pavements throughout the city.

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Legislation first enacted in 1979 ensure the proper management and conservation of threatened species and their habitat.

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Entreprise

Sailing ship built in Bordeaux which was engaged in sealing and early trade with the colony.

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Endeavour Project

Plan for an assimilated village on Aboriginal land at La Perouse.

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HMS Endeavour

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Originally a collier, the ship was bought and equipped to accommodate the scientific expedition conducted by Captain James Cook between 1769 and 1771 in the southern hemisphere.

Emoh Ruo

Comedy film directed by Denny Lawrence and released in 1985.

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Emerald City

Film released in 1988 contrasting the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, based on the play by David Williamson.

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