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Monk, Jim
Monk, Varney
Monorail Tramway or light rail
Montague Gardens Park or open space
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College Educational institution
Montefiore, Dora
Montefiore, George Barrow
Montefiore, John Israel
Montefiore, Joseph Barrow
Monterey Ship
Monterey Suburb
Montez, Lola
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Montgomery, Charles
Montview Oval Sporting venue
Monument of Lysicrates Statue
Moon, Peter
Mooney Mooney Point Headland or point
Moore College Educational institution
Moore Court House
Moore Estate Estate
Moore Park Park or open space
Moore Park Suburb
Moore Park boundary marker Survey marker
Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Drinking Fountain MemorialFountain
Moore Steps Steps or stairs
Moore's wharf Wharf or dock
Moore, Ann
Moore, Annie
Moore, Charles 1820-1895
Moore, Charles 1820-1905
Moore, Clover
Moore, David
Moore, Edward Lomas
Moore, Essington
Moore, Frederick Lomas
Moore, Henry
Moore, Isaac
Moore, James B
Moore, John Edward
Moore, Joseph
Moore, Margaret
Moore, May
Moore, Rachel
Moore, Robert White
Moore, Sarah Jane
Moore, Thomas
Moore, William
Moore, William Henry
Moorebank Suburb

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Monk, Jim

Gardener who maintained the gardens at Canterbury Park Racecourse for six decades.

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Monk, Varney

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Composer whose work in musical theatre was based on Australian themes.

Monorail

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Single loop, elevated monorail connecting Darling Harbour and Sydney's central business district. Always a controversial structure, in 2013 it was finally demolished and the structure removed to allow expansion of the entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour.

Tramway or light rail

Montague Gardens

Park established when a property was demolished in the 1970s.

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Park or open space

Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

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College established in 1873 by Mother Ignatius McQuoin, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney.

Educational institution

Montefiore, Dora

Suffrage and women's rights advocate in Sydney and later in England, who became an outspoken socialist, and represented the Communist Party of Australia in Moscow in 1924.

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Montefiore, George Barrow

Merchant who was lost at sea in 1889.

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Montefiore, John Israel

Merchant, businessman and banker who lived, and conducted extensive business, in New Zealand, Sydney and London.

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Montefiore, Joseph Barrow

Merchant and financier who helped to found the Bank of Australasia to encourage investment in New South Wales. Bankruptcy did not stop his later involvement in finance both in London and in Adelaide.

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Monterey

Ship which traded between Sydney and the United States of America.

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Ship

Monterey

Southern residential suburb on western shore of Botany Bay, named after the town in California. It became a separate suburb in 1972.

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Suburb

Montez, Lola

Irish dancer and actress who became infamous as a 'Spanish dancer' in Europe and who performed in Sydney and the goldfields in 1855-56.

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Montgomery, Bernard Law

British army officer who rose to the rank of Field Marshal during World War II, and visited Australia in 1942.

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Montgomery, Charles

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Professional criminal and burglar who was hanged after his participation in the Bridge Street Affray in 1894. He had only recently arrived in Sydney from Melbourne where he had served time in Pentridge Prison. 

Montview Oval

Sporting oval on Montview Parade, Hornsby Heights.

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Sporting venue

Monument of Lysicrates

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Large statue of Pyrmont sandstone which is an exact replica of that in ancient Athens in 334BC which was constructed as part of a dramatic prize.
Originally in the garden of James Martin's home Clarens at Potts Point, it was moved to the Botanic Garden in 1941 when the garden was requisitioned for a dry dock.

Statue

Moon, Peter

Radio presenter on 2Day FM.

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Mooney Mooney Point

Point in the Hawkesbury River about 1 kilometre north of Mooney Mooney township.

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Headland or point

Moore College

Anglican theological college that has trained Anglican ministers in Sydney since 1856.

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Moore Court

Home at Springwood. Now demolished, the gateposts can be found at the entrance to Buttenshaw Park.

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House

Moore Estate

Over 800 acres of land purchased by William Moore in the 1870s and 1880s along the Lane Cove River.

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Estate

Moore Park

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Large area of parklands in inner south-east, also the location of the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium, and the former showgrounds, now an entertainment precinct.

Moore Park

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Suburb to the west of Centennial Park. It includes Moore Park and its various businesses and facilities.

Moore Park boundary marker

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Boundary marker originally installed originally at the intersection of Cleveland and South Dowling streets to show the southern eastern limits of Sydney Town. It can now be found on Southern Cross Drive Moore Park.

Survey marker

Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Drinking Fountain

Stone fountain with a semicircular metal plaque erected by the cricket association members to commemorate their fallen comrades. The plaque contains two classical female figures, encircled with wreaths, labelled Courage and Peace.

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Memorial

Fountain

Moore Steps

Stairs constructed at East Circular Quay to service the adjacent wool stores. The bas reliefs of two faces in the pedestals at the foot of the stairs were carved at some time between 1973 and 1978 by sculptor Saul Munro. His son Thorin has said that his father told him he had carved the faces at night, and when approached by police or security, he would (untruthfully) tell them he had received a commission to do them but had a day job as well. 

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Steps or stairs

Moore's wharf

Wharf built by Henry Moore at Millers Point by the 1830s. The original warehouse at the wharf was sited west of its current position but was rebuilt stone by stone in 1978.

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Wharf or dock

Moore, Ann

Wife of Corporal Moore of the 48th Regiment.

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Moore, Annie

Second wife of Charles Moore.

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Moore, Charles 1820-1895

Draper, auctioneer and alderman who successfully championed improvements to Sydney's water supply including covering the Tank Stream and improving the capacity of Botany Swamps.

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Moore, Charles 1820-1905

Botanist who restored and improved the Royal Botanic Gardens and introduced scientific labelling which is still followed.

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Moore, Clover

Independent politician who was a state member for 24 years and Lord Mayor for eight years before new laws forced her to choose between state and local government.

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Moore, David

Photographer, born 1927, died 2003.

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Moore, Edward Lomas

Farmer who made his fortune fattening cattle for the Victorian goldfields and built a large property portfolio.

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Moore, Essington

Landowner in the Campbelltown district.

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Moore, Frederick Lomas

Landowner in the Campbelltown district and Mayor of Campbelltown from 1901 to 1909 and again from 1914 to 1919.

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Moore, Henry

Merchant who did his apprenticeship in his father's business before commencing his own merchant company at Miller's Point.

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Moore, Isaac

Convicted of stealing 27 bushels of coal on the Thames and transported in 1816 he became a successful publican in a series of hotels in The Rocks from the 1830s to the 1860s.

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Moore, James B

Businessman who may have been the son of Robert White Moore.

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Moore, John Edward

Landowner in the Campbelltown district.

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Moore, Joseph

Whaling captain whose became a successful shipowner and merchant.

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Moore, Margaret

Wife of publican Robert White Moore who inherited his properties upon his death.

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Moore, May

New Zealand born painter and photographer who opened a studio in Sydney with her sister Mina in 1911. She retired in 1928.

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Moore, Rachel

Convicted of 'feloniously stealing' a range of clothing items including a muslin apron, silk border and velvet hood at the Old Bailey on 12 December 1787, she was transported to Sydney for seven years. In Sydney she formed a relationship with First Fleet surgeon John White with whom she had a son, and she later married Thomas Moore.

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Moore, Robert White

Publican.

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Moore, Sarah Jane

Wife of auctioneer and mayor Charles Moore.

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Moore, Thomas

Sailor, boatbuilder, magistrate and philanthropist who endowed Moore College. He was also labelled 'the King of Liverpool' as his 1809 land grant in Moorebank made him the first citizen of Liverpool. He also funded and oversaw the construction of many of the area's public buildings and he became the magistrate of the Georges River district in 1810 - a position he held until his death.

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Moore, William

Early practitioner of homeopathy in New South Wales, who acquired large landholdings in northern Sydney, and left money endowing the Glebe Homeopathic Hospital.

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Moore, William Henry

Londoner who became the first free solicitor in the colony, leading a chequered career serving the Crown and in private practice.

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Moorebank

South-western residential and industrial suburb, bordered to the west by Georges River. It has been proposed as the site for a major intermodal freight terminal.

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