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Jauncey, Leslie Cyril
Jaye, Margaret
Jazz Action Society Society or association
JC Howard Commercial organisation
JC Ludowici & Son Industrial organisation
JC Williamson Commercial organisation
Jeanne-Claude
Jeanneret's Tramway Act 1881 Legislation
Jeanneret, Charles
Jefferis, Marian
Jefferson, Joseph
Jeffery House Hospital
Jeffreys, Arthur
Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick
Jeffreys, John
Jeffreys, Sarah
Jeffries, Elizabeth
Jeffries, Maud Evelyn Craven
Jeffs, Phil
Jegorow, Bill
Jenkins Kitchen House
Jenkins' wharf Wharf or dock
Jenkins, Edward
Jenkins, James
Jenkins, John
Jenkins, Maria
Jenkins, Thomas
Jenner Ship
Jenner, Richard
Jennings, Albert Victor
Jenny Ship
Jensen, Henry Frederick
Jensen, Peter Frederick
Jents, Beril
Jerram, Mary Stella
Jervis, James
Jervois, William
Jessie Street Gardens Park or open space
Jessie Street National Womens Library Library
Jesus Christ Superstar Performance
Jevons, William Stanley
Jew Fish Bay Bay or cove
Jewel Box Entertainment venue
Jewish Communal Appeal Philanthropic organisation
JH Williams & Co Commercial organisation
Jilks, George
Jilks, Margaret
Jilks, Maria
Jilks, William Bennett
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Theatre

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Jauncey, Leslie Cyril

Economist and author whose mildly radical politics was expressed in works on banking, national economies and conscription.

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Jaye, Margaret

Interior designer with a showroom in Rose Street, Sydney.

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Jazz Action Society

Cultural society formed to promote Australian jazz music.

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Society or association

JC Howard

Import company for machinery and agricultural implement.

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Commercial organisation

JC Ludowici & Son

Company established in 1858 as a tannery and manufacturer of mill belts which grew into an international company handling mineral processing and materials handling equipment.

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Industrial organisation

JC Williamson

Theatrical empire of theatre, film, property and investment companies which dominated the theatrical world until 1976 when it closed and leased out its name.

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Jeanne-Claude

Artist who with her husband Christo created works of art based on seeing familiar landscapes in new ways.

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Jeanneret's Tramway Act 1881

Legislation to allow the construction of a tramway along George Street Parramatta from the wharf to the town centre by Charles Edward Jeanneret.

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Legislation

Jeanneret, Charles

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Businessman and politician who operated steam ferries and rail transport leading to the development of Sydney's river suburbs.

Jefferis, Marian

Adelaide philanthropist who moved to Sydney and was a major proponent of the boarding-out system of child welfare.

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Jefferson, Joseph

American actor who performed in a number of Australian stage productions.

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Jeffery House

Moderne style medical building which was once part of the Parramatta Hospital Precinct.

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Hospital

Jeffreys, Arthur

Naval officer and grazier who became a prominent landholder in Canterbury, Kirribilli and near Queanbeyan.

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Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick

Landholder who inherited significant estates from his father before returning to England where he was a Member of the British Parliament from 1877 to 1906.

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Jeffreys, John

Landowner in the Canterbury area who had inherited part of his father's estate before retiring to live in Salisbury, England.

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Jeffreys, Sarah

Landholder at Canterbury who inherited land from her father.

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Jeffries, Elizabeth

Dressmaker and fruit shop proprietor.

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Jeffries, Maud Evelyn Craven

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Popular American actress who performed in many Australian productions in the 1890s and early 1900s. She married Australian grazier and fellow actor James Bunbury Nott Osborne in 1904 and retired from the stage in 1906 to live on their sheep-grazing property Bowlie at Gundaroo near Lake George in rural New South Wales.

Jeffs, Phil

Gangster who controlled several night clubs.

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Jegorow, Bill

Russian migrant who fought for the rights of migrants and worked for decades to improve ethnic affairs and community relations.

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Jenkins Kitchen

Stone kitchen which is a remnant of the orchardist's farmhouse at Lane Cove.

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House

Jenkins' wharf

Wharf on the Lane Cove River at Millwood farm, the property of merchant Thomas Jenkins.

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Wharf or dock

Jenkins, Edward

Medical practioner whose family enjoyed sharing the amenities of their home Lindesay with friends and family.

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Jenkins, James

Convict who became a landowner on Sydney's northern beaches and built the first road from Balgowlah to Dee Why.

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Jenkins, John

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Convict who was executed for the murder of Robert Wardell in 1834.

Jenkins, Maria

Orchardist who with her husband established an orchard on land granted to her grandfather.

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Jenkins, Thomas

Orchardist who settled in Lindfield.

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Jenner

Launch used by the Quarantine Service to inspect or fumigate newly arrived ships.

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Ship

Jenner, Richard

Convict tried at the Sussex Assizes in January 1799 and sentenced to seven years transportation. He arrived in Sydney in November 1800 on the Royal Admiral. By 1810 he had settled in Kissing Point. In July of that year, his house was robbed and his wife and manservant assaulted. The thieves were traced by a local Aboriginal man, Bundle, who identified one of their footprints, and arrested by the constable James Squire. Jenner received a land grant in the Hunters Hill, Lane Cove district from Macquarie, and was still living at Kissing Point in the 1820s.

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Jennings, Albert Victor

Builder, investor and property developer, born 1896 died 1893. Chairman and managing director of AV Jennings Industries, Australia's largest home builder in the 1960s.

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Jenny

Trading vessel from the United States of America which conducted trade across Asia and the Pacific in the early nineteenth century.

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Jensen, Henry Frederick

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Electrician and politician, Harry Jensen served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1957-1965.

Jensen, Peter Frederick

Anglican minister, academic and theologian who served as Archbishop of Sydney from 2001 to 2013.

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Jents, Beril

Fashion designer recognised as 'Australia's first queen of haute couture'. She specialised in evening and bridal wear and first learnt dressmaking by assisting her mother as a young girl, designing and sewing her first gown at age nine. By age 12, she entered the workforce and at 16, she opened a studio in Waverley and then in King's Cross in 1944. She dressed Sydney's socialites and even some of the Cross' most famous figures including Nellie Cameron. She also had international clients including actresses Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Gaynor and Vivien Leigh.

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Jerram, Mary Stella

Magistrate who was the first woman appointed to the position of New South Wales State Coroner in May 2007. Originally contracted for a five-year period, her term was extended and her retirement in October 2013.

 

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Jervis, James

Historian of early Sydney.

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Jervois, William

British military engineer and diplomat who conducted a review of the colonies defences.

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Jessie Street Gardens

Park located in Loftus Street Circular Quay.

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Park or open space

Jessie Street National Womens Library

Specialist library dedicated to the preservation of Australian women's work, words and history.

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Library

Jesus Christ Superstar

Rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, first performed in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre in 1972.

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Performance

Jevons, William Stanley

English economist who came to Sydney as assayer at the Mint, but pursued scientific and sociological work while in the city, completing a social survey of Sydney in 1858.

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Jew Fish Bay

Bay on the north side of Georges River adjoining Oatley Park 2 kilometres south west of Oatley.

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Bay or cove

Jewel Box

Kings Cross nightclub which featured 'drag' acts.

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Entertainment venue

Jewish Communal Appeal

Established in 1967 it is the fundraiser, planner and facilitator for the New South Wales and ACT Jewish communities.

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Philanthropic organisation

JH Williams & Co

Trade organisation of American consul James Hartwell Williams.

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Jilks, George

Transported for stealing a copper, he became cheif constable in Sydney and resided in Riley Street into his 80s.

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Jilks, Margaret

Daughter of the chief constable.

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Jilks, Maria

Wife of the chief constable.

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Jilks, William Bennett

Child born at Windsor.

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Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Theatre and performing arts complex at Penrith.

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Theatre