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Kearney House Residential block
Kearns Suburb
Kearns, Phil
Keating van Iersel, Annita
Keating, Edmund
Keating, Paul
Keats, Horace
Kebblewhite, James
Keber Randwick House
Keck, Henry
Kedumba River River or creek
Keegan, Thomas
Keep Within Compass Hotel Hotel
Keep, John
Keesing, Nancy
Kegworth Estate Estate
Keifer, Phillip
Keith Longhurst Reserve Reserve
Kellaway, Cecil
Kellerman, Annette
Kellett, Thomas
Kellogg Company Commercial organisation
Kellow, Robert
Kelly's Bush Locality
Kelly, Doreen
Kelly, Emily Caroline (Carrie)
Kelly, Frederick Septimus
Kelly, John
Kelly, Michael
Kelly, Patrick
Kelly, Paul
Kelly, Petra
Kelly, Thomas Hussey
Kelly, Tony
Kelly, Vince
Kelly, William Henry
Kellyville Suburb
Kellyville Ridge Suburb
Kellyville School of Arts hall School of Arts hall
Kelman, Winsome
Kelsey, Thomas
Kelso Creek River or creek
Keltie, James
Kember, William
Kemble, Francis
Kemp's Estate Subdivision
Kemp, Charles
Kemp, Charles (1813-1864)
Kemp, John Edward
Kemp, Michael

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Kearney House

Residential block constructed for the nurses at Parramatta hospital. Now demolished.

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Residential block

Kearns

South-western residential suburb, named after William Kearns, a local farmer in the nineteenth century. It was developed for housing in the 1980s.

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Suburb

Kearns, Phil

Australian rugby union player who was captain of the team on 10 occasions.
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Keating van Iersel, Annita

Wife of former Prime Minister Paul Keating between 1975 and 1998.

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Keating, Edmund

Early settler, with his family, in Lidcombe.

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Keating, Paul

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Sydney Labor politician who was Prime Minister from 1991-96.

Keats, Horace

Composer and songwriter who wrote music for radio plays, ballet, and film.

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Kebblewhite, James

Office worker who rose to become managing director of Beard Watson Ltd.

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Keber Randwick

Gracious freestanding house erected on land that had originally been part of the Glebe Estate.

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House

Keck, Henry

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Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol in the 1840s.

Kedumba River

Perennial stream rising on the eastern side of Walford Park Katoomba. It flows generally south for 2.5 kilometres before flowing over Katoomba Cascades, Katoomba Falls and off the Blue Mountains Range. It then flows generally south through the Jamison Valley, the Blue Mountains National Park and Kedumba Valley for a further 23 kilometres before entering Lake Burragorang near Policeman Point.

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River or creek

Keegan, Thomas

Miner represented the labour movement at state level for 25 years.

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Keep Within Compass Hotel

Hotel in George Street almost opposite Essex Street owned by John Redman.

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Hotel

Keep, John

Ironmonger who conducted his business first in Barrack Street before moving to the corner of Clarence and King streets.

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Keesing, Nancy

Author of poetry, childrens novels, biography and literary criticism.

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Kegworth Estate

Estate on the western edge of Leichhardt in the vicinity of present day Tebbutt Street

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Estate

Keifer, Phillip

Publican at Haslam's Creek in the mid nineteenth century.

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Keith Longhurst Reserve

Park in Kentlyn

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Reserve

Kellaway, Cecil

South African actor born 1890 died 1973. Came to Australia in 1921 to act in musical comdeies. Later made feature films in Hollywood.

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Kellerman, Annette

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Professional swimmer, actor and writer who was born in Marrickville.

Kellett, Thomas

Publican and entrepreneur who established Sir Joseph Banks Hotel as a sport and leisure destination.

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Kellogg Company

Cereal and convenience food produce which originated in the United States of America.

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Commercial organisation

Kellow, Robert

First Lieutenant of the Marines who was sent to New South Wales on the First Fleet ship, Scarborough.

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Kelly's Bush

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Bushland on the Woolwich Peninsula which became the focus of the first Green Ban to stop clearance and development of the site.

Locality

Kelly, Doreen

Aboriginal activist.

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Kelly, Emily Caroline (Carrie)

Theatre producer and anthropologist who founded the first Sydney company devoted to Australian plays - the Community Playhouse - using the stage name Carrie Tennant (her mother's maiden name). Disheartened by the company's subsequent failure, Kelly abandoned theatre to study anthropology.

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Kelly, Frederick Septimus

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Talented Australian born musician and oarsman who won gold for England rowing in the 1908 Olympics.

Kelly, John

Landowner at Beauty Point at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Kelly, Michael

Fourth Archbishop of Sydney whose conservatism was often at odds with his Irish nationalism.

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Kelly, Patrick

Supervisor of convict logging parties in the Pennant Hills and Epping districts under Governor Macquarie.

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Kelly, Paul

Indigenous singer songwriter.

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Kelly, Petra

German politician who founded the German Green Party based on her observations of the Green Ban movement she has observed in Australia.

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Kelly, Thomas Hussey

Wool broker and company director with special interest in promoting mining.

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Kelly, Tony

Labor parliamentarian who held a variety of portfolios from 2003.

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Kelly, Vince

Journalist and author wrote biographies and non-fictional works on Australian police and criminals.

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Kelly, William Henry

Federal politician 1903-1919

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Kellyville

North-western residential suburb. It is named after nineteenth century landowner Hugh Kelly.

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Kellyville Ridge

North-western residential suburb. Named after nineteenth century landowner Hugh Kelly, it became a separate suburb in 2002.

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Kellyville School of Arts hall

Community hall built by the School of Arts as a memorial hall.

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School of Arts hall

Kelman, Winsome

Architect.

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Kelsey, Thomas

Publican.

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Kelso Creek

Watercourse which flows into the George River at Panania through a weir to mitigate flooding.

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Keltie, James

Navy captain who served as first mate on the Fishburn before being appointed master of the HMS Sirius when her captain fell ill at Rio de Janeiro in 1787.

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Kember, William

Beach inspector who became known for rescuing a 16 year old boy at Maroubra Beach in 1944.

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Kemble, Francis

Company promoter with a passion for sugar companies who correctly foresaw the increased demand of the new colony and drove the establishment of the first sugar mill.

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Kemp's Estate

Housing subdivision at Balgowlah Heights in 1922.

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Subdivision

Kemp, Charles

Passenger who died in the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in August 1834. He appears to have joined the ship at Hobart, ten days before the disaster. His body was found washed up near the wreck with that of seaman James Starkie. Both men were formally identified by the first mate Thomas Marshall at an inquest on 6 September. Their remains were very decomposed when found, and the treatment their bodies received on their way to burial caused a public outcry.

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Kemp, Charles (1813-1864)

Journalist who, with John Fairfax, became co-owner of the Sydney Herald before turning to politics and business.

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Kemp, John Edward

Architect who worked under the prominent civil engineer and architect Gustavus Alphonse Morell, and then became a junior partner in Morell and Kemp before taking over the business after Morell's death.

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Kemp, Michael

Local resident and environmentalist in the Hawkesbury area, whose family have lived in the region for several generations.

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