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Herman, Sali
Hermes Magazine or periodical
Hermis-Ilion Association of NSW Community organisation
Hermitage Farm Farm
Herne Bay Progress Association Community organisation
Hero Ship
Hero of Waterloo hotel Hotel
Herring, Gerard Edgar
Herring, Sydney
Herring, William Alick
Hervel, Antoine
Herz, Maximilian
Het Tentenkamp Locality
Hetherington, Norman (Heth)
Hewett, Dorothy
Heydon, Jabez King
Heydon, Sophia
Heysen, Hans
Hiatt, John Wellisley
Hibberd, Lily
Hibbler, Al
Hibbs, Peter
Hibernian Association Cultural organisation
Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Commercial organisation
Hickey, Tom
Hicks, Joseph
Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite
Hicks, Mary Jane
Hicks, Zachary
Hickson, Jill
Hickson, Robert
Higgins, Eleanor
Higgins, Thomas
Higgins, Thomas Edward
Higgs, Kerryn
High Cross Heritage Precinct Randwick Campus
High Cross Reserve Park or open space
Highland Gathering Sporting event
Highland Society of New South Wales Cultural organisation
Highlands Estate Subdivision
Highroyd House
Higinbotham, Albert John
Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison Commercial organisation
Hilaly, Taj El-Din
Hilder, Alfred
Hilder, Bim
Hilder, Emily
Hill 60 Camp
Hill Top Estate Subdivision
Hill, Alfred

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Herman, Sali

Painter who recorded the terraces and lanes of the inner city. He won the Wynne Prize in 1944, 1962 and 1965 and the Sulman Prize in 1946 and 1948.

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Hermes

Undergraduate students' literary magazine at the University of Sydney, published since 1886.

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Magazine or periodical

Hermis-Ilion Association of NSW

Community support organisation formed by migrants from the Olympia region of Greece.

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Community organisation

Hermitage Farm

Farm established on a land grants at Petersham in 1794.

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Farm

Herne Bay Progress Association

Community group formed to improve services in the area which often involved objecting to the large Aboriginal population living nearby.

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Hero

Tugboat which was a regular sight on the harbour for almost fifty years until sunk by a freighter off Blues Point. It was salvaged and returned to service between 1943 and 1963.

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Ship

Hero of Waterloo hotel

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One of Sydney's oldest hotels, built from local sandstone, which has provided refreshment to the changing population of Millers Point since 1845.

Hotel

Herring, Gerard Edgar

Born in Cromer, England, he was an early landholder in the Cromer area.

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Herring, Sydney

Soldier who joined the AIF in 1904 and rose to brigadier general during World War I. After the war he returned to his first career of real estate agent, retaining the honorary rank of brigadier general.

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Herring, William Alick

Caretaker and early resident of Cromer.

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Hervel, Antoine

French merchant who recognised the prominence of Sydney as a commercial centre as early as 1826.

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Herz, Maximilian

German-born Sydney doctor who was interned during World War I.

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Het Tentenkamp

Camp site at Narrabeen established by the Dutch community in the 1950s to house post-war migrants.

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Locality

Hetherington, Norman (Heth)

Puppeteer, artist, teacher and cartoonist who began experimenting with marionettes with Clovelly Puppet Theatre in 1952. He went on to present puppets on television from 1956. He is best known as the creator of the marionette 'Mr Squiggle', who drew with his nose and appeared regularly on ABC children's television from 1959-1999, Australia's longest running children's television series. Hetherington was the sole operator and voice of Mr. Squiggle.

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Hewett, Dorothy

Feminist poet, novelist and playwright.

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Heydon, Jabez King

Printer who became a landowner at Ermington and was later a local politician at Hunters Hill. He was publisher of the Freeman's Journal after his conversion to Catholicism in 1846.

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Heydon, Sophia

Farmer in the Ermington area.

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Heysen, Hans

Artist who trained with James Ashton and studied overseas but settled in the Adelaide Hills and became famous for his depictions of these and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

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Hiatt, John Wellisley

Coroner and magistrate. As Deputy State Coroner he conducted an extensive enquiry into the the bushfires that occurred in 1993/1994 along the Eastern seaboard, the major outcome of which was the formation of the Rural Fire Service.

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Hibberd, Lily

Visual artist and writer practicing in performance, painting, photography, video and installation. She works in collaboration with communities and artists to tell old and new stories based on places, memories and histories.

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Hibbler, Al

American baritone vocalist.

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Hibbs, Peter

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First Fleet seaman who played a role in the exploration of Tasmania and Australia's eastern seaboard. He allegedly sailed with Captain James Cook on HMB Endeavour and was credited in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette of 1890 as being the second Englishman after Sir Joseph Banks to step ashore at Botany Bay in 1770. However, no primary source material has been found to confirm this. Hibbs was part of the crew during the wreck of HMS Sirius on its way to Norfolk Island. While at Norfolk Island his wife arrived aboard Surprize with her baby girl, whom they raised as their own.

Hibernian Association

Irish cultural organisation.

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Cultural organisation

Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society

Church based support network established to provide hospital, sickness and funeral benefits through insurance style subscription.

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Commercial organisation

Hickey, Tom

Community activist in Putney.

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Hicks, Joseph

Early landowner at Grotto Point.

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Hicks, Lucy Applewhaite

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Matron of the Immigration Depot and Destitute Asylum at Hyde Park Barracks for over two decades.

Hicks, Mary Jane

Sixteen year old domestic servant who had recently arrived in Sydney from regional New South Wales, and was the victim of a gang rape at Mount Rennie (now Moore Park) in September 1886. The trial of eleven of her assailants polarised the colony, especially when four of the men were hanged for the crime in January 1887. The nuns of the Convent of the Good Samaritans took her in after the assault and helped her move to Christchurch, New Zealand in February 1887.

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Hicks, Zachary

Lieutenant on the Endeavour voyage of 1770.

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Hickson, Jill

Businessperson with background in marketing and international relations.

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Hickson, Robert

Civil engineer who significantly improved bridge design and road construction, extended metropolitan water supply and sewerage and vastly improved the Sydney waterfront.

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Higgins, Eleanor

Convict and early settler of the Epping area. She was tried at the Old Bailey, London on 12 December 1787 for stealing four linen sheets and was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. She married David Kilpack who received a grant of 80 acres in Ryde which was known as the 'Field of Mars'. When David died she sold part of the land but continued to farm in her own right.

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Higgins, Thomas

Emancipist who had been transported for stealing a black mare. He became an early settler in the Epping area.

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Higgins, Thomas Edward

First permanent settler in the Hornsby Valley.

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Higgs, Kerryn

Author of the first lesbian novel published in Australia.

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High Cross Heritage Precinct Randwick

Area bound by Avoca Street, Belmore Road and Cuthill Street in Randwick. The precinct consists of various private dwellings, businesses and a hospital complex, all of historic importance to the development of the suburb since its establishment as a municipality in 1859.

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Campus

High Cross Reserve

Triangular park on the highest ridge of Randwick.

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Park or open space

Highland Gathering

Sports and cultural programme held on New Year's day each year by the Scottish community to raise funds for the poor. Originally held at the Albert Ground in Redfern it has also been held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Showgrounds.

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Sporting event

Highland Society of New South Wales

Formed in 1877 by the amalgamation of the Caledonian Society and the Gaelic Society as a charitable and cultural organisation.

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Highlands Estate

Land subdivision in the Ryde area in 1905.

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Subdivision

Highroyd

Large gable fronted residence with prominent central tower and spire. in Victorian Free Classical style. Part of the Witches Houses precinct associated with John Young.

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House

Higinbotham, Albert John

Draughtsman and journalist who was instrumental in the publication of early maps of the city.

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Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison

Map publishers and lithographers established in 1882 by Herbert Robinson. Harrison withdrew from the venture in 1887 and Higinbotham & Robinson were bankrupt in 1888 but were discharged shortly afterwards and resumed business.

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Hilaly, Taj El-Din

Controversial Imam at Lakemba Mosque from 1988 until 2007.

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Hilder, Alfred

Community leader and Mayor of Manly Council.

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Hilder, Bim

Artist and sculptor whose 'wall enrichment' sculptures for the Reserve Bank of Australia building at Martin Place in the 1960s won much acclaim. He and his wife, artist Roma Hopkinson, were active members of the Castlecrag community.

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Hilder, Emily

Wife of Manly Mayor Alfred Hilder.

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Hill 60

Shanty town at Botany Bay, one of several which housed unemployed and homeless families during the Depression.

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Camp

Hill Top Estate

Subdivision in East Ryde which failed in 1929 when a projected railway was cancelled.

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Hill, Alfred

Musician whose teaching, performance and composition were influential in Sydney for the first half of the twentieth century.

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