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Hammond, RBS
Hammond, Thomas Chatterton
Hammondcare Nonprofit or charity
Hammondville Suburb
Hampton Court Tourist Residential Resort
Hampton Villa House
Hancock, Alfred
Hancock, Robert (Bobby)
Hand, Derrick Windsor
Handel, Alfred
Handel, Philip
Handley, Thomas
Hands off China campaign 1938 Campaign
Handt, Johann Christian Simon
Hanimex Pty Ltd Commercial organisation
Hanke, Henry Aloysius
Hanks, Harriet
Hanlan, Edward
Hannah and Sally Ship
Hannan, Elizabeth
Hannan, Francis
Hannan, Reuben
Hanney, Fred
Hansen Rubensohn Commercial organisation
Happy Valley Locality
Harbord Literary Institute hall School of Arts hall
Harbour Control Tower Tower
Harbour Foreshores Vigilance Committee Society or association
Harbour Lighterage Ltd Commercial organisation
Harbour View Hotel Hotel
Harcourt Model Suburb Subdivision
Hardie & Gorman Commercial organisation
Hardie, Bill
Hardie, David
Hardie, John
Harding, Alex
Harding, Ray
Harding, William Neville
Hardman, Ada Caroline
Hardwick, John William
Hardy, Col
Hare, Elizabeth
Hargrave Park Reserve
Hargrave's House House
Hargrave, Lawrence
Harley, Oliver
Harley, Robert
Harmer, Wendy
Harmston and Son's Circus Performing group
Harnett, Richard

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Hammond, RBS

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Anglican minister who worked with drunks and the poor, and founded a number of charitable enterprises aimed at rehabilitating the destitute of Sydney.

Hammond, Thomas Chatterton

Anglican minister and college principal and vocal critic of Roman Catholicism.

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Hammondcare

Housing scheme established by RBS Hammond to provide housing and land to families evicted during the Depression. The scheme changed to also include aged and dementia care and rehabilitation.

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Nonprofit or charity

Hammondville

South-western residential suburb established in 1932 by Anglican minister Robert Hammond. Inner-city, rent-paying families evicted during the Depression were provided with homes through a rent-purchase program.

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Suburb

Hampton Court Tourist Residential

Proposed tourist resort at Ryde which was never completed.

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Resort

Hampton Villa

Georgian style sandstone villa on the Balmain peninsula which was constructed in 1847.

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House

Hancock, Alfred

Londoner who migrated to Sydney in the late-1850s, who purchased large parcels of land for subdivision and became known as the 'father of Rozelle.'

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Hancock, Robert (Bobby)

Publican and petty criminal who had himself immortalised in a stone statue in 1844. The statue now marks his grave at Rookwood.

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Hand, Derrick Windsor

Public servant, magistrate and coroner who served as the New South Wales State Coroner between 1995 and 2000. Inquests he conducted included those into the deaths of Anita Cobby, Michael Hutchence and Kerry Whelan. as well as the Thredbo disaster in which 18 people were killed.  

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Handel, Alfred

Stained glass designer and maker.

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Handel, Philip

Stained glass maker.

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Handley, Thomas

Publican at Como.

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Hands off China campaign 1938

Anti-Japanese action by NSW Trades & Labour Council following Japan's invasion of Nanking in 1937.

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Campaign

Handt, Johann Christian Simon

German Protestant missionary. 

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Hanimex Pty Ltd

Company which produces photographic equipment and supplies.

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Commercial organisation

Hanke, Henry Aloysius

Painter who won both the Archibald and Sulman prizes and became a war artist during World War II.

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Hanks, Harriet

Woman who scandalised society with her affair with lawyer Thomas Rowe whom she later married.

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Hanlan, Edward

Canadian sculling champion.

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Hannah and Sally

Brig or sailing ship involved in trade with early Sydney.

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Ship

Hannan, Elizabeth

Wife of Reuben Hannan.

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Hannan, Francis

Irish-born butcher who migrated to Sydney via New Zealand and established his own business, F Hannan and Co, with a chain of butcher shops. His first shop was in the former Star and Garter Inn in Randwick.

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Hannan, Reuben

Convict and possibly a publican.

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Hanney, Fred

Musician and conductor who led the Marrickville Symphony Orchestra.

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Hansen Rubensohn

Advertising agency established by Solomon Rubensohn and Rupert Hansen.

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Happy Valley

Shanty town established on land owned by New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse where over 350 people lived in flimsy shacks during the Depression. The last of the residents were evicted in 1939 and the shacks demolished. Similar camps existed along the coast around the city, including Yarra Bay, Brighton-le-Sands, Malabar and Middle Harbour.

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Locality

Harbord Literary Institute hall

Community hall built in 1918, with a later building constructed 1926-50.

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School of Arts hall

Harbour Control Tower

Large structure in Merriman Street, The Rocks, built in 1974 for control of ship movements in Sydney Harbour. With the removal of most cargo ships to Port Botany it became redundant and is scheduled for demolition.

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Tower

Harbour Foreshores Vigilance Committee

Association formed in 1905 to protect public access to the foreshores of Sydney Harbour and to lobby for the resumption of areas of private land to create public reserves. 

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Society or association

Harbour Lighterage Ltd

Tug and lighter company.

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Harbour View Hotel

Once the site of Oliffe Terrace which was demolished in 1922, the three storey hotel in Inter War Free Classical style has the original glazed tile signage which was once common early in the twentieth century.
An hotel of the same name had originally been built on the opposite corner in 1843.

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Hotel

Harcourt Model Suburb

Subdivision in 1890 for the suburb of Campsie in Sydney bounded by Railway Station, Beamish Road, and Cook's River which was to have had wide avenues and large blocks of land.

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Subdivision

Hardie & Gorman

Estate agents and auctioneers.

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Hardie, Bill

Elder of the Gundungurra people.

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Hardie, David

Tentmaker and co-owner of Silver's Circus with his sons Les and David jnr.

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Hardie, John

Miller and baker, John Hardie was active in civic affairs and served as Mayor of Sydney in 1884.

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Harding, Alex

Writer, composer and actor who migrated to Sydney from England and became a prominent writer in the gay theatre scene.

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Harding, Ray

New Zealand born television scriptwriter.

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Harding, William Neville

William Harding, a tax accountant and company director, was Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1945.

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Hardman, Ada Caroline

Ada Caroline Affleck was an early woman graduate of medicine at the University of Sydney. 

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Hardwick, John William

Storekeeper and amateur artist who migrated from Yorkshire in the 1850s.

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Hardy, Col

Aboriginal musician.

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Hare, Elizabeth

Architect who worked with Ellice Nosworthy in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Hargrave Park

A reserve adjacent to Lawrence Hargrave Drive and The Hume Highway, Warwick Farm. In the 1950s and 1960s the site had been used for Aboriginal hostels for the people who came from the inner city because of the lack of housing.

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Reserve

Hargrave's House

Country retreat of W.H. Hargraves, registrar in Equity and a trustee of the Australian Museum in Sydney, son of the man who claimed credit for the discovery of gold in New South Wales in 1851

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Hargrave, Lawrence

Aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the compressed air engine and the box kite, who strongly opposed the patent system which he believed held back scientific research.

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Harley, Oliver

Architect who contributed to the built environment in his home suburb of Killara.

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Harley, Robert

Real estate agent at Auburn.

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Harmer, Wendy

Author, comedienne and radio host.

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Harmston and Son's Circus

Circus company formed by Englishman PG Harmston.

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Performing group

Harnett, Richard

Pioneer settler on the North Shore and keen yachtsman who started the first ferry service to Mosman.

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