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McLean, Donald
McLean, Vida
McLennan, Kathleen
McLeod, Isabelle
McLeod, Stewart Jamieson
McLerie, John
McLucas, Daniel
McMahon, Gregan
McMahon, James Leslie
McMahon, Michael
McMahon, P
McMahon, PR
McMahon, William
McMahons Point Suburb
McManamey, Gertrude
McManamey, John Fraser
McManus, John
McMaster, Jean
McMillan, Elizabeth
McMinn, Arthur
McMurtrie, Ernest
McNab, Claire
McNair Survey Pty Ltd Commercial organisation
McNair, William Allan
McNally, Nicholas
McNamara, Frank Leonard
McNamara, John
McNeill, Albert John
McPhee, Neil Campbell
McPherson, Elle
McPherson, Lennie
McQuade, Cecily
McQuade, Neville
McQuade, William
McRae, George
McRae, Miles
McShane, Ian
McSweeney, Edmund
McSweeny, Jean
McTaggart, Isabella
Mead, Margaret
Meadowbank Suburb
Meadowbank Estate Farm
Meadowbank Park Park or open space
Meadowbank railway bridge Bridge
Meagher, James A
Meagher, Richard Denis
Mealmaker, George
Meals on Wheels Community organisation
Meany, James

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McLean, Donald

General merchant and postmaster at Greenwich.

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McLean, Vida

Nurse who saw service throughout World War I before embarking on a career in health promotion as matron of mother craft centres in New Zealand, Australia and India.

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McLennan, Kathleen

Criminal figure of Surry Hills associated with the petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber. In 1945, she was tried for shooting the prostitute and thief, Margaret Holmes, who later died in hospital. McLennan was acquitted.

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McLeod, Isabelle

Aboriginal woman whose family was relocated in the 1960s by the Aborigines Protection Board, from the south coast to Green Valley, near Liverpool.

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McLeod, Stewart Jamieson

Carrier who enlisted in the 15th Reinforcement 1st Battalion serving in Egypt and the Battle of Fromelles, France on 19 July 1916. He survived only to be killed in action on 26 August 1916.

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McLerie, John

Superintendent (later Inspector-General) of Police in Sydney 1850-1874.

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McLucas, Daniel

Early grant holder near Kirkham who received 100 acres from Governor Macquarie.

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McMahon, Gregan

Actor and theatrical producer who founded the Melbourne Repertory Company in 1911. After it folded in 1918 he moved to Sydney and founded the Sydney Repertory Theatre Society. He returned to Melbourne in 1928.

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McMahon, James Leslie

Les McMahon was a Labor politician, trade unionist, and Member of he House of Representatives for the seat of Sydney.

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McMahon, Michael

Local politician after whom McMahons Point is named. A brush and comb maker who settled on the north shore in the 1860s, his skill was recognised with a bronze medal at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Victoria in 1867.

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McMahon, P

Merchant owner of a bond store at East Circular Quay in the 1880s.

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McMahon, PR

Professor of Wool Technology, University of New South Wales

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McMahon, William

Liberal politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972.

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McMahons Point

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North shore harbourside suburb immediately to the west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, named for Michael McMahon, a brush and comb manufacturer who settled there in the 1860s. Before the bridge was built, ferries from Circular Quay would meet trams there.

Suburb

McManamey, Gertrude

Custodian of Woodford Academy after her father's death.

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McManamey, John Fraser

Poet and rector who converted Woodford House into a school.

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McManus, John

Early landowner in the Studley Park area.

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McMaster, Jean

Matron who established the Coast Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1894.

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McMillan, Elizabeth

Nurse who saw service in the Middle East and Western Fronts before training in London in Dr Truby King's Plunket Mothercraft method. She became the first director of the Karitane organisation in Sydney responsible for nurse training and mother care.

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McMinn, Arthur

Draughtsman.

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McMurtrie, Ernest

Performer who appeared as female equestrienne and circus trapeze artist, Daisy Shand.

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McNab, Claire

Crime writer and teacher who now lives in Los Angeles.

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McNair Survey Pty Ltd

Market research company founded by Bill McNair in the 1940s that collates statistical information about television and radio audiences.

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Commercial organisation

McNair, William Allan

Market researcher who established the McNair Surveys of radio and television audiences for advertisers.

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McNally, Nicholas

Catholic priest.

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McNamara, Frank Leonard

Magistrate and coroner, who, during his short tenure as Sydney Sydney City Coroner in the mid 1950s, was consistently critical of the growing road and rail death toll, urging for safer roads and railways. He campaigned to charge drunk or irresponsible drivers who caused injuries or deaths, and promoted the installation of automatic doors on electric trains.

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McNamara, John

Irish convict turned bushranger shot by police near Windsor in 1830.

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McNeill, Albert John

Clerk who enlisted as a sapper in the 14th Field Company Engineers, arriving in Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt before being sent to Marseilles, France in June 1916. While in Etaples, he was admitted to hospital for bronchitis, possibly contracted during a gas attack. After recuperating and training in England, he proceeded to Rouelles, France and then Belgium. In April 1918 he spent time in hospital in France with a sprained left ankle and was punished in August and September for absence without leave.

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McPhee, Neil Campbell

Labourer who enlisted in the 7th Reinforcement, 45th Battalion and proceeded to Etaples, France in March 1917. On 23 September, he was admitted to hospital in France for 'debility' and a few days later for 'gastric ulcer'. He returned to Australia and was discharged as medically unfit with 'permanent disability'.

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McPherson, Elle

Model, businesswoman and actress renowned around the world as 'The Body'.

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McPherson, Lennie

Career criminal and murderer who dominated organised crime in the 1960s with the help of corrupt police.

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McQuade, Cecily

Member of the McQuade family of Windsor and owner of Her Majesty's theatre.

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McQuade, Neville

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Young man who was arrested in Sydney for dressing as a woman several times in the 1940s, charged with vagrancy and offensive behaviour.

McQuade, William

Member of a wealthy Windsor family.

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McRae, George

Scottish born architect who held the position of government architect from 1911 until 1923.

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McRae, Miles

Commissioner for Railways in the 1890s.

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McShane, Ian

Writer and historian.

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McSweeney, Edmund

Sydney based Irish republican gaoled at Darlinghurst on suspicion of being a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

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McSweeny, Jean

Arts patron and advocate.

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McTaggart, Isabella

Teacher whose boarding house caused her insolvency in 1865.

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Mead, Margaret

American cultural anthropologist.

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Meadowbank

Residential and commercial suburb on the northern bank of the Parramatta River. The land was originally granted to surgeon William Balmain in 1794 and named 'Meadow Bank.'

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Meadowbank Estate

Land grant to Surgeon William Balmain in Ryde district in 1794.

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Farm

Meadowbank Park

Reserve on the north bank of Parramatta River half a kilometre west of Meadowbank Railway Station.

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Park or open space

Meadowbank railway bridge

Bridge across the Parramatta River opened when the Sydney and NSW rail systems were undergoing a period of rapid expansion. The wrought iron structure and cast iron cylinders were imported from England, and the above-track sections are locally made steel lattice trusses. It has now been turned into a pedestrian and bicycle way.

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Bridge

Meagher, James A

Solicitor and raconteur with a love of Irish literature, who helped and encouraged the best of Sydney's literary minds in the mid twentieth century.

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Meagher, Richard Denis

Solicitor and politician. He was the first Labor Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney.

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Mealmaker, George

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Scottish weaver who arrived as a political transportee having railed against the despotism and tyranny of the British government. Chosen by Governor King, he enjoyed brief success establishing a weaving industry at the Female Factory in Parramatta.

Meals on Wheels

Community organisation which originated in Britain but which spread rapidly across Australia from the early 1950s. It provides meals and support to frail aged people who wish to remain in their own homes.

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Community organisation

Meany, James

Catholic priest who established radio station 2SM in 1931 for use by the Catholic archdiocese.

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