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Bluett, Frederick George
Blyth, William
Boake, Barcroft
Boan, Harry
Board, Peter
Boatswain Maroot
Bobart, Elizabeth Mary
Bobart, Henry Hodgkinson
Bochsa, Nicholas
Bockelmann, Thomas Paul
Bocking, James
Boelke, Grace Fairley
Boio
Boland, Eugenie
Bolot, Aaron
Bonachela, Rafael
Bond, Alan
Bond, William
Bondi Charley
Bonett, William
Bonner, James
Bonney, Constance E
Bonynge, Richard
Booker, Edwin
Boorong
Boote, Henry Ernest
Booth, John
Booth, Mary
Booth, William
Bordier, Leonard Etienne
Borovansky, Edouard
Bostock, Cecil
Bostock, Euphemia
Bostock, Gerry
Bostock, Lester
Boston, B
Boston, John
Bosworth, JL
Botterill, Paul
Bourke, Richard
Bovis, Charles
Bovis, William
Bowden, Frederick Leopold
Bowden, Harald
Bowden, Jane
Bowden, Joseph
Bowden, Thomas
Bowden, Thomas Kendall
Bowden, Thomas Wheaton
Bowen, Edward George

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Bluett, Frederick George

Vaudevillian whose talent for wisecracks and burlesque made him a hugely popular performer for over 3 decades.

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Blyth, William

Confectionery and pastry cook who was the proprietor of popular refreshment rooms in Pitt Street between 1843 and 1850. Born in England around 1805, he arrived in Sydney in 1833 with confectioner Thomas Dunsdon and his family, and managed their business opposite the Bank of Australia on lower George Street. Blyth married Dunsdon's sister Hephzibah in 1839 and took over the business in his own right in 1840. In 1843 he opened the new store on Pitt Street next to the Victoria Theatre. He sold the business in 1850 and established an Italian grocery at Haymarket. They moved to Victoria after this, where Hepzibah died in 1880. Blyth returned to Sydney and was living with his son Alfred in Marrickville at the time of his death in 1895.

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Boake, Barcroft

Poet who rejected the city for the bush.

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Boan, Harry

Perth retailer who married Sophie Bebarfald, daughter of Barnet Bebarfald, in 1896.

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Board, Peter

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Director of education who revolutionised public schooling in New South Wales in the early twentieth century.

Boatswain Maroot

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Boatswain Maroot was born at the Cooks River near Botany about 1793, the son of Maroot and Grang Grang. Nicknamed Boatswain or Bosun, he was a sailor and one of the first sealers put ashore at Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic ocean in 1810 where he was stranded for 18 months without food rations, later petitioning Governor Macquarie for unpaid wages. He had land at Botany Bay where he lived with his wife, and had several white tenants. He gave evidence to the Select Committee on the Condition of the Aborigines in 1845 where he spoke frankly about his life, his family, his Country and the impact on Indigenous people since 1788. His name is also often spelt as Mahroot.

Bobart, Elizabeth Mary

Parramatta pioneer.

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Bobart, Henry Hodgkinson

Anglican minister of St John's Parramatta for 18 years.

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Bochsa, Nicholas

Harpist and composer who died in Sydney on concert tour in 1856.

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Bockelmann, Thomas Paul

Composer of 'Como Waltz'.

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Bocking, James

Businessman who took over Bradbury district's first steam flour mill in 1870s.

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Boelke, Grace Fairley

Medical doctor who was one of the first two women medical graduates of the University of Sydney. 

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Boio

Son of Bungaree and Queen Gooseberry.

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Boland, Eugenie

Contralto who achieved some recognition in London in the 1900s.

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Bolot, Aaron

Architect who helped bring modernist design to Sydney.

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Bonachela, Rafael

Dancer and choreographer.

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Bond, Alan

Businessman and criminal.

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Bond, William

Landholder who received one of the first grants, 50 acres, along Salt Pan Creek in 1809.

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Bondi Charley

Aboriginal man who lived in the Double Bay area in the 1850s.

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Bonett, William

Diocesan priest, noted for service to Maltese community.

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Bonner, James

Iron-founder and early Mayor of Manly.

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Bonney, Constance E

Campaigner for peace who became disllusioned when many called for peace by negotiation.

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Bonynge, Richard

Conductor and pianist who conducted almost all his wife, Joan Sutherland's performances.

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Booker, Edwin

Early landholder at Killara.

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Boorong

Daughter of Maugoran, a Burramattagal elder who moved to the river flats near Meadowbank. As a young girl in 1789, she was taken into the care of Reverend Richard Johnson and his wife Mary but left after 18 months. She was Bennelong's last wife and is the woman buried with him in his grave at Kissing Point.

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Boote, Henry Ernest

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Labor propagandist and journalist who strongly opposed conscription and the senseless horror of war, resulting in his appearance in the Central Police Court for not submitting articles to the censor.

Booth, John

Timber merchant and politician who became mayor of Balmain, and a member of parliament. He was active in local affairs, including the School of Arts and the Working Men's Institute.

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Booth, Mary

Physician, welfare officer and feminist who lectured on hygeine and campaigned vigorously for immigration and many issues to improve the lot of women.

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Booth, William

English founder of the Salvation Army

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Bordier, Leonard Etienne

Swiss-born early settler in Hunters Hill.

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Borovansky, Edouard

Founder and manager of the Borovansky Ballet.

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Bostock, Cecil

Prominent Sydney photographer.

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Bostock, Euphemia

Bundjalung-Munajali artist who was a founding member of Boomalli Artists Cooperative.

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Bostock, Gerry

Playwright, actor and founding member of Black Theatre.

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Bostock, Lester

Theatre administrator and media producer whose passion for the arts grew from the 1970s collaboration between social justice activists and filmmakers.

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Boston, B

Manager of drapery business E Way & Co.

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Boston, John

Early free settler who became a salt, soap and beer manufacturer and trader.

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Bosworth, JL

Anglican minister who donated land for Anglican church at Brookvale in 1897.

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Botterill, Paul

Forensic pathologist.

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Bourke, Richard

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Former soldier who was a popular early Governor of New South Wales between 1831 and 1837, he is generally considered enlightened or progressive in his reforms, especially in relation to the judicial process, the treatment of emancipists and convicts, and religion. His proclamation on 10 October 1835 was responsible for implementing the concept of terra nullius, upon which British settlement was based, and the dispossession of Aboriginal people across Australia until this was overturned in 1992.

Bovis, Charles

Vaudeville entertainer and theatre entrepreneur.

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Bovis, William

Vaudeville performer and theatre entrepreneur.

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Bowden, Frederick Leopold

Police constable who was one of several officers injured, and later commended for bravery, during the Bridge Street Affray in 1894.

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Bowden, Harald

Manager for J & N Tait and later JC Williamson's.

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Bowden, Jane

Wife of Methodist pioneer and schoolmaster Thomas Bowden.

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Bowden, Joseph

Publican who managed several hotels in central Sydney late in the nineteenth century.

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Bowden, Thomas

Methodist schoolmaster who was invited to the colony by Reverend Samuel Marsden, and who devoted his life to a wide range of religious, educational and philanthropic duties.

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Bowden, Thomas Kendall

Solicitor who joined Allens law firm in 1857.

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Bowden, Thomas Wheaton

Ironmonger whose career also diversified into sugar production, land sales and auctioneering.

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Bowen, Edward George

Radiophysicist.

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