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Law Society of New South Wales Professional body
Lawler, Ray
Lawrence, Charles
Lawrence, Christopher H
Lawrence, Denny
Lawrence, DH
Lawrence, George
Lawrence, Marjorie
Laws, John
Lawson Suburb
Lawson Bowling Club Sporting club or association
Lawson Mechanics' Institute Community organisation
Lawson Mechanics' Institute hall School of Arts hall
Lawson Public School Educational institution
Lawson railway station Railway station
Lawson, Gertrude
Lawson, Henry
Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)
Lawson, Louisa
Lawson, Nelson Simmons
Lawson, Sarah
Lawson, William
Laycock, Hannah
Laycock, Isabella
Laycock, Thomas (1756?-1809)
Laycock, Thomas (1786–1823)
Layton Ship
Lazar, Samuel
Le Courrier Australien Newspaper
Le Géographe Ship
Le Plastrier, Richard
Le, Hung
Lea, Montague
Lea-Scarlett, EJ
Leach, Claudia
Leadbeater, Charles
Leak, Jonathan
Leane, Lucy
Leane, William
Learmonth, Alexander
Learmonth, Mary Louisa
Lebanese Community Council Community organisation
Leclezio, Odile
Lecorre, Alexandre Josselin
Lee, Charles Alfred
Lee, Donald George
Lee, Edward
Lee, Frederick
Lee, James Ernest (Jack)
Lee, Sammy

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Law Society of New South Wales

Professional organisation to promote and regulate the fair practise of law throughout New South Wales.

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Professional body

Lawler, Ray

Playwright whose most famous work is The Doll Trilogy of plays, written between 1955 and 1976.

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Lawrence, Charles

English cricketer who stayed on after the English tour of 1861-62 and was instrumental in organising the tour of an Aboriginal team in 1868.

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Lawrence, Christopher H

Forensic pathologist

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Lawrence, Denny

Actor, writer, producer and director of television, theatre and film. Born 1951.

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Lawrence, DH

English author, poet and playwright who visited Australia during 1922.

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Lawrence, George

Landscape artist, member of the 'Northwood Group'.

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Lawrence, Marjorie

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Australian singer who made an international career and performed in Sydney in 1951.

Laws, John

Host of extremely successful morning radio programme which was syndicated across Australia.

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Lawson

Central Blue Mountains town named for the explorer who crossed the mountains with Blaxland and Wentworth in 1813. In the early twentieth century it grew to be a major tourist destination and administrative centre.

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Suburb

Lawson Bowling Club

Community bowling club which has re-purposed the original water tank on the site as a club house.

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Sporting club or association

Lawson Mechanics' Institute

Community organisation founded to provide education and recreation to Lawson's workers.

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Community organisation

Lawson Mechanics' Institute hall

Community hall also known as the School of Arts hall.

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School of Arts hall

Lawson Public School

Opened as a provisional school in 1888, it achieved public school status in October 1889 when enrolments rose above 25 students.

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Educational institution

Lawson railway station

Opened in 1867 as Blue Mountains railway station and renamed Lawson in 1879.

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Railway station

Lawson, Gertrude

Daughter of Louisa and sister of Henry Lawson, who helped run The Dawn newspaper, until she fell out with her mother in the early twentieth century.

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Lawson, Henry

Carpenter and sailor who was a survivor of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in August 1834.

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Lawson, Henry (1867-1922)

Writer and poet who became identified with bush life, despite living most of his life in Sydney.

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Lawson, Louisa

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Writer, newspaper proprietor and advocate for women's rights and womanhood suffrage.

Lawson, Nelson Simmons

Pastoralist who, like his father, had extensive land holdings around Prospect and in the Mudgee district. He was born on the Lady Nelson commanded by Captain Simmons, as the family returned from Norfolk Island.

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Lawson, Sarah

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Convict whose marriage brought respectability and security.

Lawson, William

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Explorer and pastoralist whose journeys did much to open up the land west of the Blue Mountains.

Laycock, Hannah

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Wife of quartermaster Thomas Laycock who received her own land grants at present day Kingsgrove in 1804.

Laycock, Isabella

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Daughter of Eber Bunker who married Thomas Laycock in 1809.

Laycock, Thomas (1756?-1809)

Quartermaster in the New South Wales Corps and landowner who helped put down the Castle Hill convict uprising in March 1804.

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Laycock, Thomas (1786–1823)

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Soldier, explorer and publican who was the son of Thomas and Hannah Laycock.

Layton

Convict transport of 499 tons, which made five voyages to New South Wales between 1827 and 1841.

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Ship

Lazar, Samuel

Theatre manager and producer of pantomimes and operas. Lazar played a key role in the Theatre Royal, possibly financing its construction. A few years after that he was admitted to Bayview House psychiatric asylum after exhibiting 'symptoms of lunacy' and died just over a year and half later.

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Le Courrier Australien

French language newspaper first published in 1892. It is the longest running foreign language newspaper in Australia.

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Newspaper

Le Géographe

French research vessel which carried scientists and hydrographers from France to southern Australia between 1800 and 1803.

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Le Plastrier, Richard

Architect who teaches master classes for beginning and established architects and is involved in preservation and development discussions around the Pittwater area.

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Le, Hung

Vietnamese born musician and comedian.

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Lea, Montague

Confectioner and shopkeeper who worked in the family business Darrell Lea.

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Lea-Scarlett, EJ

Historian.

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Leach, Claudia

Alderman and community leader who worked to establish the Community Aid program in Lane Cove to provide home nursing, child minding and meals to the needy in the community.

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Leadbeater, Charles

Theosophist and cult clergyman who lived in Sydney from 1914.

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Leak, Jonathan

Convict and potter who became one of the most successful manufacturers in the colony, producing bricks, tiles, bottles, jars and clay pipes.

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Leane, Lucy

Woman of Aboriginal heritage who settled with her large family on the Georges River and was a highly respected farmer and vineyard owner.

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Leane, William

English born farmer who raised a large afmily and built a thriving farm and vineyard enterprise on the George River near Voyager Point.

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Learmonth, Alexander

Landowner in what was later Haberfield.

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Learmonth, Mary Louisa

Church worker and superintendent of the school established at St David's church on the family estate Yasmar at Haberfield.

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Lebanese Community Council

Umbrella group of over 40 Lebanese organisations with representatives of all religions and political persuasions.

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Leclezio, Odile

Actor of Mauritian descent

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Lecorre, Alexandre Josselin

Mauritian trader who undertook the first Mauritian expedition to Sydney in 1802.

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Lee, Charles Alfred

Shopkeeper and conservative parliamentarian who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 35 years. He served from 1884 for Tenterfield, and as Minister for Justice and briefly as Secretary for Public Works in 1899.

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Lee, Donald George

Waiter at Chequers nightclub who lived in Kellett Street, Kings Cross in the 1950s. 

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Lee, Edward

Shipwright at Greenwich.

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Lee, Frederick

Merchant and Canterbury landholder.

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Lee, James Ernest (Jack)

Petty criminal and illegal bookmaker who operated in Sydney's underworld at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was born in Tumut to a Chinese father and Australian born mother.

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Lee, Sammy

Canadian bandleader who settled in Potts Point and became a prominent and flamboyant nightclub owner.

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