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Yarra Bay House HouseOffice block
Yarra Bay Pleasure Grounds Park or open space
Yarramundi
Yarramundi Suburb
Yarramundi Lagoon Lake or lagoon
Yarranabbe Park Park or open space
Yarrawarrah Suburb
Yarrawarrah Community Hall Hall
Yarrawarrah Public School Educational institution
Yasmar estate Estate
Yasmar house House
Yate, William
Yates, Sandra
Yates, William
Ye Olde Crusty Cellar Commercial organisation
Yeates, Ann
Yee Hing, Thomas
Yelloming
Yellow House House
Yellow Rock Suburb
Yemmerrawanne
Yengo House
Yengo Creek River or creek
Yengo National Park National Park
Yennora Suburb
Yeo Park Park or open space
Yeranibe Goruey
Yeshiva College Bondi Educational institution
YMCA Building Hall
Yondi Mountain (Kolebutba) Hill or mountain
Yong, CF
Yoo-long Erah-ba-diahng 1795 Ceremony
Yorganness, Yorgan
York Farm Farm
York Lane Street or lane
York Street Synagogue Place of worship
Young Australian Band Performing group
Young Communists Club
Young Men's Christian Association Philanthropic organisation
Young Wai, John
Young Women's Christian Association Philanthropic organisation
Young, Adelaide Annabella
Young, Angus
Young, George
Young, Gordon
Young, James Henry
Young, John
Young, John (Baron Lisgar)
Young, John Paul
Young, Malcolm

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Yarra Bay House

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Thought to have been built as a second cable station for use between 1903 and 1917, it has also been a medical ward, girls' industrial school and boys' truancy school before becoming an administrative centre for the Aboriginal land council.

House

Office block

Yarra Bay Pleasure Grounds

Picnic and recreational facility made popular by better tram networks and longer leisure hours. The area had been leased in 1898 and refreshment rooms, stables and boatshed were completed. Popularity declined during the Depression and buildings were demolished in the 1960s.

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Park or open space

Yarramundi

Aboriginal elder of the Boorooberongal clan of the Dharug people.

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Yarramundi

Semi-rural settlement bounded by the Grose and Nepean rivers and the Blue Mountains. It lies within Hawkesbury local government area.

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Suburb

Yarramundi Lagoon

Lagoon parallel to the Nepean River at Agnes Banks.

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Lake or lagoon

Yarranabbe Park

Reserve between New Beach Road, Darling Point and Rushcutters Bay. From the Aboriginal name for the area.

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Yarrawarrah

Hilly far southern suburb, bordering the Royal National Park.

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Yarrawarrah Community Hall

Community hall funded by Sutherland Shire Council to replace an earlier temporary structure.

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Hall

Yarrawarrah Public School

Primary school on Old Bush Road Yarrawarrah.

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Educational institution

Yasmar estate

The only relatively intact villa house estate remaining on Parramatta Road at Haberfield. It was formed when 46 acres of Dobroyde Estate were transferred to Alexander and Mary Louisa Learmonth on their marriage. The name is the reverse spelling of Ramsay.

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Estate

Yasmar house

Grand nineteenth-century house still standing in Haberfield. Situated at 185 Parramatta Road it has variously been a home, army quarters and remand centre.

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Yate, William

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Missionary and writer whose scandalous behaviour saw him dismissed from the Church Missionary Society.

Yates, Sandra

A consultant to business and government who has worked in advertising and publishing.

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Yates, William

Early landholder at Grotto Point.

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Ye Olde Crusty Cellar

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Wine cellar opened by the winemaker and viticulturist, Leo Buring, in the basement of the former Primrose Building at 255A George Street in August 1931. The premises were described as having 'the head of Bacchus...to guide guests in and out' with 'shaded lights' and a feeling of 'cloistered gloom'. According to a publication produced by Buring, titled 'Amusings of the Ye Olde Crusty', it notes:

In an earlier and out-of-print edition of the "A-Musings,” Ye Olde Crusty was described as a Wine Cellar...It is more than such words could convey. It is the treasure house of the Grape, presided over by the Master Vigneron, Mr. Leo Buring.

The cellar's special vintages attracted crowds and the venue also played host to many distinguished guests. In May 1933, officers of the German Navy light cruiser DKM Köln visited the cellar.

Commercial organisation

Yeates, Ann

Milliner convicted of burglary in York in 1785 and sentenced to death which was commuted to seven years' transportation. She had two children with Judge-Advocate David Collins.

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Yee Hing, Thomas

Chinese political activist and businessman.

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Yelloming

Gandangara warrior who lived near Appin.

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Yellow House

Art gallery at 59 Macleay Street that was transformed into an innovative multimedia space and artist's cooperative which nurtured many of Sydney's emerging artists, filmmakers, performers and musicians.

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Yellow Rock

Lower Blue Mountains village on western side of Nepean River. It was badly damaged by the 2013 bushfires.

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Yemmerrawanne

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Aboriginal youth who accompanied Bennelong when he sailed to England with Governor Phillip in 1792.

Yengo

Victorian Georgian stone house at 11-19 Queens Avenue, Mount Wilson that was built for industrialist Jesse Gregson in 1880. The house is one of the foundation houses of Mount Wilson, and the significant garden was created by Gregson with the help of Charles Moore and then J.H. Maiden.

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Yengo Creek

Tributary of the Macdonald River that rises in Yenglo National Park, between the Hunter and the Hawkesbury.

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River or creek

Yengo National Park

World heritage listed national park between the Lower Hunter and Hawkesbury that forms part of the Great Dividing Range. Founded in 1993, it is one of the eight conservation areas in the Greater Blue Mountains Heritage area. The Macdonald River (Gununday) flows from the north west to the south east of the park, where it reaches the Hawkesbury River.

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National Park

Yennora

Western industrial and residential suburb, named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'to stroll'. The Yennora Wool Centre was established there in 1971.

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Yeo Park

Park in Ashfield with a heritage-listed band rotunda, on the original site of Hurlstone College.

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Yeranibe Goruey

Aboriginal man of the Burramattagal people on the Parramatta River who were displaced when a garrison was opened at Rose Hill. Married to Bennelong's sister Worogan, they sailed as advisors with James Grant in the Lady Nelson in 1801.

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Yeshiva College Bondi

Orthodox Jewish primary school established in 2007 after a split within the community of the original Yeshiva College.

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YMCA Building

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Federation Free Style sandstone building on Pitt Street that was constructed by the Young Men's Christian Association in 1907. The building included offices, a performance and meeting space, and facilities for accommodation.

 

Yondi Mountain (Kolebutba)

Peak in the Higher Macdonald district of the Hawkesbury that has an elevation of about 230m. The Aboriginal name recorded for the mountain in 1829 was Kolebutba.

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Hill or mountain

Yong, CF

Malayan author of the history of Chinese people in Australia.

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Yoo-long Erah-ba-diahng 1795

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An Aboriginal rite of passage in February 1795 at Woccanmagully (Farm Cove), involving Colebee and Nanbarry, in which boys were made men after ordeals that concluded when their upper right front tooth was knocked out.

Ceremony

Yorganness, Yorgan

Seaman who fell overboard and drowned whilst working on the Prince of Wales.

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York Farm

Land grant made to Lieutenant John Brabyn in Denistone area.

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Farm

York Lane

One of Sydney's longest laneways which reveal some of the original warehouses which serviced businesses as well as residential conversions which heralded the return to inner city living from the 1980s.

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Street or lane

York Street Synagogue

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Early synagogue built on land close to the present location of Town Hall. It was consecrated in 1844 and in use for 35 years.

Place of worship

Young Australian Band

Band which was active at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Performing group

Young Communists

Young political group known by various names which existed from 1923.

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Club

Young Men's Christian Association

The YMCA is a worldwide organisation which provides community development and spiritual support. Formed in England in the 1840s, it started in Sydney in 1853.

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Philanthropic organisation

Young Wai, John

Attracted initially by the goldfields, Young was an active community leader who devoted his life to the Presbyterian church and established several Chinese Presbyterian churches.

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Young Women's Christian Association

Christian women's support association established in Sydney by Mary Jane Barker.It provided migrant accommodation, an employment agency, an early savings bank for women and the first women's gymnasium in 1912, and continues at the forefront of women's advocacy.

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Young, Adelaide Annabella

Wife of Sir John Young who was the twelfth governor of New South Wales from 1861 to 1867.

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Young, Angus

Scottish-born guitarist and founding member of rock band AC/DC.

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Young, George

Scottish born rock musician and songwriter who was a member of pop group The Easybeats.

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Young, Gordon

Canadian sportsman who introduced softball to New South Wales schools.

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Young, James Henry

Businessman and politician who as secretary for public works did much to promote north coast harbours often at the expense of rail expansion.

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Young, John

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A leading builder and entrepreneur in Victorian Sydney who was mayor of Sydney and later of Leichhardt and Annandale.

Young, John (Baron Lisgar)

Governor who worked closely with the early responsible governments in New South Wales and was very active in philanthropic work in Sydney.

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Young, John Paul

Pop singer songwriter who has also worked on radio and television.

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Young, Malcolm

Scottish-born guitarist who founded rock band AC/DC.

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