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Rigby, Alan
Rignold, Betsy
Rignold, George
Rignold, William
Rigpa Sydney Religious organisation
Riley Estate Estate
Riley Street Gang Gang
Riley Street National School Educational institution
Riley, Alban Joseph
Riley, Alexander
Riley, Edward
Riley, Eleanor Harriet
Riley, Elizabeth
Riley, Michael
Riley, Philip
Riou, Edward
Ritchie Bros Commercial organisation
Ritchie, Ann
Ritchie, Kate
Ritchie, Lesley Howard
Ritchie, Robert Adam
Ritmo Brazilian Festival Festival
Ritz Residential block
Riverside Park Park or open space
Riverside Theatres Theatre
Riverstone Suburb
Riverview Suburb
Riverwood Suburb
Rivett, Albert
Riviera Co-operative Country Club Commercial organisation
Rivkin, Rene
Rizzo, Carolina
Rizzo, Luciano
Rizzo, Maria
RMS Austral Ship
RMS Ormonde Ship
RMS Strathaird Ship
Roach, Archie
Roach, Philip Norman
RoadKnight, Margret
Roads and Maritime Services State or colonial government
Robbins, Hubert Harry
Robbins, Joyce
Robert and William Grey organ Musical instrument
Robert Brough Memorial Fountain Fountain
Roberts, Alfred
Roberts, Anne
Roberts, Caroline
Roberts, Charles James
Roberts, George

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Rigby, Alan

Conservation and bush walker who campaigned for the protection of the wilderness in particular the Blue Mountains.

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Rignold, Betsy

English actress who appeared in Australia in the 1890s.

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Rignold, George

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Actor and theatre manager renowned for both Shakespearean performances and popular melodramas.

Rignold, William

English musician and actor who performed in Sydney in 1890.

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Rigpa Sydney

Centre for Tibetan Buddhist in George Street, Haymarket.

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Religious organisation

Riley Estate

Estate extending from Woolloomooloo Bay to Surry Hills amalgamated from many smaller land grants in the 1820s.

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Estate

Riley Street Gang

Criminal gang involved in sly grog, robbery and murder from the late nineteenth century until the 1920s.

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Gang

Riley Street National School

One of three National schools established in Sydney in 1849

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Educational institution

Riley, Alban Joseph

Retailer and politician who was a councillor in Burwood as well as a member of parliament and Mayor of Sydney in 1887.

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Riley, Alexander

Free settler who established a large grazing and trading empire with the importation of Saxon merino sheep. Frustrations with the limitations of colonial trade resulted in his resettlement in London from where he directed his colonial enterprises.

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Riley, Edward

Merchant who settled in Sydney after business success in India, amassing a huge estate by purchasing allotments in Surry Hills. Upon his suicide in 1825, two conflicting wills created years of litigation as the his estate was broken up.

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Riley, Eleanor Harriet

Society wife, activist in women's affairs and mother of 15 children, of whom 10 survived.

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Riley, Elizabeth

Pseudonym of author Kerryn Higgs.

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Riley, Michael

Indigenous photographer and film maker.

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Riley, Philip

Draper who established Riley Bros. drapery business with his brother Alban.

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Riou, Edward

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Naval captain who almost lost his ship the Guardian when it hit an iceberg off Table Bay.

Ritchie Bros

Engineering works which specialised in rolling stock and agricultural machines.

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Commercial organisation

Ritchie, Ann

Property owner in Pitt Street in the 1850s and 1860s.

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Ritchie, Kate

Television presenter and commercial radio host.

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Ritchie, Lesley Howard

Publican.

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Ritchie, Robert Adam

Engineering manufacturer and politician who moved from agricultural engineering to lucrative contracts supplying government rolling stock.

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Ritmo Brazilian Festival

Festival held in September to celebrate Brazilian food and culture.

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Festival

Ritz

Guesthouse at Cremorne Point which was converted to a private hotel but became enmeshed in controversy when residents fought the redevelopment which made it unavailable for low cost housing.

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Residential block

Riverside Park

Park by the Cooks River which now forms part of Marrickville golf course.

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Park or open space

Riverside Theatres

Entertainment venue of three theatres which can accomodate Shakespeare, comedy, drama, ballet, contemporary dance and musicals.

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Theatre

Riverstone

North-western residential and rural suburb. Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Charles O'Connell was granted land by Governor Macquarie in this area and named it 'Riverston' after his birthplace in Ireland.

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Suburb

Riverview

Northern residential suburb overlooking Lane Cove River. It is home to the Jesuit school St Ignatius' College, built in 1880.

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Riverwood

South-western residential suburb. Originally known as Herne Bay, it developed an unsavoury reputation for poverty, overcrowding and violence, and its name was changed to Riverwood in 1957.

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Rivett, Albert

Clergyman and pacifist who resigned because of growing differences with church officials over his attitude to World War I and his strong anti conscription stance.

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Riviera Co-operative Country Club

Speculative development company formed to develop the Lambert Peninsula. It was to collapse in 1935.

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Rivkin, Rene

Entrepreneur and stockbroker who was jailed for insider training and later took his own life.

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Rizzo, Carolina

Wife of Luciano Rizzo.

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Rizzo, Luciano

Pasta manufacturer who opened Sydney's first macaroni factory.

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Rizzo, Maria

Second wife of Luciano Rizzo.

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RMS Austral

Royal mail steamer of the Orient Line which sailed between England, Colombo and Australia in the 1880s and 1890s.

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Ship

RMS Ormonde

Steam turbine powered cruise ship of the Orient Line which had been used as a troop carrier from 1917 til 1918.

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RMS Strathaird

Ocean liner that operated on the P&O route between Britain and Australia between 1932 and 1961 when she was scrapped.

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Roach, Archie

Aboriginal singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Roach, Philip Norman

Solicitor who practiced in Sydney for more than 50 years and specialised in criminal cases. Described in his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry as one of Sydney's 'most colourful criminal lawyers'.

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RoadKnight, Margret

Melbourne-based singer and social activist.

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Roads and Maritime Services

State Government agency responsible for improving road safety, testing and licensing drivers, registering vehicles and managing the road network.

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State or colonial government

Robbins, Hubert Harry

Landowner in the Campbelltown district.

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Robbins, Joyce

Landowner in the Campbelltown district.

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Robert and William Grey organ

Organ built in 1796 by Robert and William Gray of London, for the Hon Spencer Perceval. The organ was lent to the Emperor
Napoleon, and after his fall in 1815 was brought to England in 1817 by Lady Perceval, who later ordered it to be sold.
In 1829 it was in the possession of the Congregational Church, Wiveliscombe, Somerset UK.
In 1901 it was purchased by Dr CA Edwards of Sydney who was born at Wiveliscombe and eventually bought to Sydney.

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Musical instrument

Robert Brough Memorial Fountain

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Fountain in the courtyard of Sydney Hospital with a distinctly Australian design, comprising a group of brolgas surmounted by black swans displaying their crimson beaks. It was erected in 1907 in memory of the actor Robert Brough who had died in Sydney in 1906. The fountain was imported from the Colebrookdale Factory in England.

Fountain

Roberts, Alfred

Surgeon at Sydney Infirmary 1855-70 and later at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

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Roberts, Anne

Landowner at Hornsby and wife of Oscar Garibaldi Roberts.

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Roberts, Caroline

Architect.

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Roberts, Charles James

A publican who played an active role in civic affairs including serving as Mayor of Sydney in 1879.

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Roberts, George

Painter who specialised in theatrical scenery and set design. He died while in the audience at the Victoria Theatre in 1865.

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