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Trickett, William
Triguboff, Harry
Trinder, Tommy
Trollope, Anthony
Trood, Abel Salter
Trott, David (Jock)
Truman, Edwin Philip
Truman, Ernest
Trumper, Victor
Try, Jane
Tsang, Henry
Tschaikov, Anton
Tsering, Namgyel
Tsoukalas, Ezekiel
Tuai
Tucker, Charles Churchill
Tucker, Estelle
Tucker, James
Tucker, John George
Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (Lilardia)
Tucker, William
Tuckson, Tony
Tudor, Carrie
Tuffy, James
Tuki Tahua
Tulloch, William
Tunk, Margaret
Tunks, William
Turnbull, Rebecca
Turner, Bunty
Turner, Elizabeth
Turner, Ethel
Turner, George Edward
Turner, John
Turner, John William
Turner, Joseph
Turner, Mary
Turner, Thomas
Turton, Samuel
Tuting, George
Tuting, Mary
Twain, Mark
Twemlow, William Lenty
Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell
Tyerman, John Edward
Tyler, Peter John
Ullathorne, William
Ulm, Charles
Underwood, James
Underwood, Joseph

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Trickett, William

Solicitor who served as Mayor of Woollahra 1879-81 and 1886-88, and as Member of the NSW Parliament from 1880.

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Triguboff, Harry

Businessman, born in China to White Russian parents, who was educated in Sydney and worked in textiles in South Africa and Israel, before establishing a property development company in 1963.

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Trinder, Tommy

English comedian who starred in variety shows and film.

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Trollope, Anthony

English civil servant and writer who visited Australia, and Sydney, twice during the 1870s and used his experiences in a number of his books.

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Trood, Abel Salter

English migrant who, with his wife, opened day and boarding schools in Sydney for boys and for girls. The first school was in Pitt Street, the second, Bellevue Hall School, was on Kent Street from 1834 until July 1838.

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Trott, David (Jock)

Cook who enlisted in the B Company, 3rd Battalion and took part in the landings at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He was injured in July and after rejoining his unit they took part in the attack at Lone Pine. He and his battalion participated in the Battle of Pozieres in July 1916. In February 1917, he was placed under arrest having shot away fingers on both of his hands. In March 1917 he was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days heavy labouring duties for self-inflicted wounds.

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Truman, Edwin Philip

Financier and amateur musician.

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Truman, Ernest

Musician who gave over 3,000 recitals as Sydney City Organist.

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Trumper, Victor

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Cricketer and businessman who was hailed as the best batsman in the world in 1902.

Try, Jane

Wife of George Augustus Try, owner of Brookvale House

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Tsang, Henry

Architect and Deputy Mayor of Sydney who designed the Chinese Garden of Friendship at Darling Harbour and contributed to the redesign of Dixon Street as a pedestrian area.

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Tschaikov, Anton

Violinist.

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Tsering, Namgyel

Believed to be the first Tibetan to migrate to Australia (1973).

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Tsoukalas, Ezekiel

Fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox congregation.

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Tuai

 

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who visited Sydney in 1814 and London in 1818, to establish trade contracts.

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Tucker, Charles Churchill

Councillor on Hornsby Shire Council.

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Tucker, Estelle

Local resident of Kogarah who suggested the name Beverley Park in a naming competition run by council.

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Tucker, James

Controversial writer who may have been the author of Ralph Rashleigh, not published until 40 years after his death.

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Tucker, John George

Publican and butcher who lived in Forest Lodge in the 1860s.

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Tucker, Margaret Elizabeth (Lilardia)

One of the earliest female Aboriginal activists. She was taken from her family at Wangaseda in New South Wales in 1917 at the age of 12 and trained as a domestic servant at the Cootamundra Girls Home. She was sent at 16 to a wealthy grazier's family in Neutral Bay as a domestic servant, but was abused in her first placement and sent to another family. She ran away but was caught and sent into service again in Walgett. She stayed in service until 1925 and spent her adult life campaigning for Aboriginal rights and welfare. Tucker, also known as Aunty Marge and Princess Lilardia, was one of the founding members of the Australian Aborigines League in Victoria in 1932 and one of the organisers of the National Day of Mourning in Sydney in 1938. In 1968 she became the first Aboriginal woman to join the Commonwealth’s Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs. She was awarded an MBE in 1968.

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Tucker, William

William Tucker, or Tuckett, was the common hangman in New South Wales in the 1870s until about 1876. In Gundagai, on 20 July 1876, he declared to the Police Magistrate's Court that 'his profession would drive him mad, as it takes a man with very strong nerves to execute a man, and he felt that he was not equal to it, and he intended to give it up'.

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Tuckson, Tony

Initially a painter of still life and figures he is most famous for his later abstract expressionist works.

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Tudor, Carrie

First wife of Harry Rickards, whom he married at Bromley, England on 10 March 1862.

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Tuffy, James

Owner of cow yards in Darlinghurst in the 1870s.

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Tuki Tahua

Māori chief who was kidnapped from the Cavalli Islands to Norfolk Island to teach flax processing.

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Tulloch, William

Wine and spirit merchant.

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Tunk, Margaret

Laundress.

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Tunks, William

Businessman and local and state politician who was important in the development of local government in North Sydney.

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Turnbull, Rebecca

Museum curator

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Turner, Bunty

English actress.

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Turner, Elizabeth

Resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s who later moved to Woolloomooloo.

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Turner, Ethel

Novelist and children's writer who lived on Sydney's north shore.

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Turner, George Edward

First resident minister of St Anne's Anglican Church, Ryde, from 1840 until his accidental death in 1869. Member of the Committee of the Australian Museum.

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Turner, John

Farrier.

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Turner, John William

Teacher and administrator whose career ranged from pupil-teacher to Superintendent of Technical Education in New South Wales.

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Turner, Joseph

Farrier.

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Turner, Mary

Wife of Rev George Turner, minister of St Anne's Anglican Church, Ryde. She suggested that the area, known as Kissing Point, be changed to Ryde after her birthplace on the Isle of Wight.

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Turner, Thomas

Stonemason and builder who was transported for life in 1815. He is believed to have conceived the idea of robbing the Bank of Australia and organising the group who carried out the robbery, though his participation was never proved. He worked with Francis Greenway as a stonemason on St James Church and the Government House stables and received a pardon in 1842.

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Turton, Samuel

Teacher at the Anglican school established at Narellan in 1839.

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Tuting, George

Draper.

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Tuting, Mary

Draper active in her husband's business in Pitt Street.

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Twain, Mark

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American author and humorist.

Twemlow, William Lenty

Dentist who was an early settler of Northbridge, living at a two-storey sandstone house at Fig Tree Point called 'The Hermitage'.

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Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell

Journalist and author who wrote a guide to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Town Life in Australia, that was published in London in 1883.

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Tyerman, John Edward

Leaseholder of the public baths at Sans Souci.

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Tyler, Peter John

Administrator and historian who published in the areas of public administration, medical history, and the construction industry.

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Ullathorne, William

Catholic priest who worked tirelessly for the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Australia and faced public abuse for his opposition to transportation.

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Ulm, Charles

Visionary and entrepreneurial aviator who arranged the finances and administration of his flights with Kingsford Smith and undertook many hazardous journeys attempting to establish commercial flights across the Pacific before disappearing on a flight to Hawaii.

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Underwood, James

Former convict who diversified from shipbuilding to also become a successful merchant, sealer and distiller.

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Underwood, Joseph

Merchant and sealing master who managed a fleet of ships over many years carrying coal and cedar from the Hunter region and trading seal skins for tea, chinaware, rice and spirits from China and Batavia.

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