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Hovell, Esther
Hovell, William
Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics Industrial organisation
Howard Smith Limited Commercial organisation
Howard, Bert
Howard, Edward Charles
Howard, Emily Jane
Howard, Harry
Howard, Jane
Howard, Jenny
Howard, John
Howard, Les
Howard, Lydia
Howard, Robert Rice
Howard, Stanley
Howard, Sydney
Howard, William George
Howarde, Kate
Howden, Harry L
Howe, George
Howe, George William
Howe, John
Howe, William
Howes Refreshment Rooms Commercial organisation
Howie, Archibald
Howitt, John
Howlett, John
Hoxton Park Suburb
Hoxton Park Union Church Place of worship
Hoyle, Henry Clement
Hrvat Newspaper
HSNK Zora club Sporting club or association
Hub Theatre Entertainment venue
Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne
Hudson Bros Commercial organisation
Hudson Brothers' Temporary Scheme Aqueduct
Hudson, Eliza
Hudson, George
Hudson, Henry
Hudson, Herbert
Huey, Alexander
Hugh J Ward Theatres Ltd Cultural organisation
Hughes & Hosking Commercial organisation
Hughes, Esther
Hughes, John
Hughes, John Terry
Hughes, Joy
Hughes, Mary Ethel
Hughes, Mary Jane
Hughes, Patrick Henry

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Hovell, Esther

Illegitimate daughter of Thomas Arndell who was to follow her father to Sydney as the wife of the explorer William Hovell.

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Hovell, William

Explorer who with Hamilton Hume opened up the land between lake George and Bass Strait before settling near Goulburn.

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Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics

Firework company which has helped celebrate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, numerous Royal visits, the Bicentennial celebrations and many New Year's Eves.

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Industrial organisation

Howard Smith Limited

Merchant shipping company founded by Captain William Howard Smith and incorporated in 1883.

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Commercial organisation

Howard, Bert

Theatre entrepreneur who ran his office from the pavement on the north-east corner of Pitt and Park streets, known as " Poverty Point". Among other things he was a booking agent and ran his own vaudeville circuit.

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Howard, Edward Charles

Son of Robert Rice Howard, the NSW hangman in the late 19th century, and his wife Jane.

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Howard, Emily Jane

Daughter of Robert Rice Howard, the hangman in late 19th century England, and his wife Jane.

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Howard, Harry

Landscape architect who was a devotee of the modernist style of architecture.

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Howard, Jane

The wife of 19th century NSW hangman Robert Rice Howard.

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Howard, Jenny

Vaudeville and music hall performer who settled in Australia from England.

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Howard, John

Australia's 25th prime Minister who served from March 1996 until he lost his seat of Bennelong in December 2007.

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Howard, Les

Pyrotechnic expert who managed the family company from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Howard, Lydia

Singer and pantomime performer who performed in both Australia and New Zealand in the 1870s.

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Howard, Robert Rice

Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard was the New South Wales public hangman from 1876 until his retirement in 1904. He acted as assistant executioner several times prior to his official permanent appointment. Howard had been a successful hansom cab driver who was apparenlty popular with his wealthy Darling Point clientele (it was rumoured that he had been the preferred cab driver for Prince Alfred during his visit to Sydney in 1868), but after being kicked in the head by one of his horses and losing his nose, his disfigured appearance deterred his former patrons and his business failed. He moved from Paddington with his family to Bondi Beach in 1888 and lived there until his death in 1906.

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Howard, Stanley

Clergyman who emigrated for his health but took ordination in Sydney and tactfully served as intermediary between an ageing bishop and his changing diocese.

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Howard, Sydney

Sydney, or Sidney, Howard was the son of the late 19th century NSW hangman Robert Rice Howard and his wife Jane.

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Howard, William George

Son of late 19th century NSW hangman Robert Rice Howard and his wife Jane.

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Howarde, Kate

Actor, playwright, cinema pioneer and very successful theatrical entrepreneur who founded her own theatre company and toured extensively. She was best known for her play 'Possum Paddock' in 1919 and she was the first Australian woman to direct a feature film.

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Howden, Harry L

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Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, born 1896, died 1969.

Howe, George

Former convict who became Australia's first government printer, editor, journalist and publisher. 

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Howe, George William

Developer and local politician.

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Howe, John

Early settler at Windsor who was appointed Chief Constable and Coroner for the district, and among his occupations were those of bridge-building, keeper of the ferry, settler, storekeeper and auctioneer. In 1819-1920 he led exploring parties which opened up the Upper Hunter .

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Howe, William

Grazier and superintendent of police at Campbelltown, Howe was a keen supporter of the racing industry and active in his local community.

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Howes Refreshment Rooms

Refreshment rooms and 72 huts which were established at Yarra Bay by George Howes and William Rose at the picnic venue for visitors and social club outings. The huts were built as accommodation for campers and fishermen and during the Depression years became the homes of many unemployed. All were demolished in the 1960s.

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Howie, Archibald

A builder, with his brother John Howie, Sir Archibald Howie worked towards many civic improvements and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1936-37.

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Howitt, John

Sydney theatre director 1970s and 1980s. He ran the 680 Coffee Theatre in Killara and then the 269 Playhouse in North Sydney.

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Howlett, John

A survivor of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in August 1834. He was the under-steward on the ship, and identified passenger Francis Jones by the worsted stocking that remained on the body at a coroner's inquest.

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Hoxton Park

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South-western residential suburb, first subdivided into 3 acre (1.2 ha) lots in 1887. Originally much larger, it shrank as surrounding suburbs were developed and separated from it.

Suburb

Hoxton Park Union Church

Multi-denominational church building in Hoxton Park, built c1895 and shared by various Protestant denominations.

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Place of worship

Hoyle, Henry Clement

Blacksmith who joined the railways and helped to found the Railway and Tramway Association before becoming a politician.

 

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Hrvat

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

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Newspaper

HSNK Zora club

Croatian sporting and social club established in 1931

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Sporting club or association

Hub Theatre

Former vaudeville venue in Bedford Street Newtown which was converted to a cinema in the 1930s. With the relaxation of Australia's censorship laws, The Hub became an insalubrious and infamous 'blue movie house' into the 1990s.

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Entertainment venue

Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne

Prostitute and drug addict who was murdered after she exposed police corruption in Sydney.

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Hudson Bros

Engineering company that grew from small beginnings in Redfern to employing more than 1000 men in works around Sydney, before succumbing to the depression of the 1890s.

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Hudson Brothers' Temporary Scheme

Water supply scheme hastily constructed to respond to severe drought in 1885. It consisted of 16 dams, over 3 kilometres of timber fluming or open watercourse on wooden trestles, across creeks and railway lines to Botany Bay Swamp Scheme from the half finished Upper Nepean Scheme.

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Aqueduct

Hudson, Eliza

Music shop proprietor with her husband George Hudson, musician, from the 1840s until the late 1850s.

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Hudson, George

Businessman and property owner at Galston.

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Hudson, Henry

Engineer who established a joinery business with his father in 1860 which quickly developed in to a multi faceted manufacturing and engineering company.

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Hudson, Herbert

Businessman and property owner at Galston in the 1870s.

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Huey, Alexander

Miniature painter and soldier who was a junior officer of the 73rd Regiment of Foot. After retiring from the military, he became a miniature painter because of his admiration for the artist John William Lewin.

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Hugh J Ward Theatres Ltd

Theatre company established by Hugh J Ward with the Fuller family company in 1922.

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Cultural organisation

Hughes & Hosking

Trading and commercial company established by John Terry Hughes and John Hosking which failed in 1843, a victim of the economic depression of the early 1840s.

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Hughes, Esther

Daughter of Rosetta Terry, who helped found an influential dynasty in the colony.

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Hughes, John

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Grocer and property developer whose success and wealth allowed him to become a generous Catholic benefactor.

Hughes, John Terry

Businessman and speculator who was the nephew of Samuel Terry and married his stepdaughter, Esther.

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Hughes, Joy

Author and historian.

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Hughes, Mary Ethel

Second wife of Billy Hughes whose social graces and management skilld were great assets in their political lives.

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Hughes, Mary Jane

Teacher who established and ran the Lotaville Girls' School along with her husband.

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Hughes, Patrick Henry

Professor who established and ran the Lotaville Girls' School along with his wife.

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