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Weekes, Norman
Weigand, Auguste
Weir, Peter
Weir, Thomas Michael
Weitzel, Ernest Richard
Welch, Bettina
Weldon, Sid
Wellesley, Arthur Valerian
Wellings, Les
Wells, Richard Macdonald Seymour
Wells, William Henry
Wenberg, Vincent
Wenden, Michael
Wenham, David
Wentworth, D'Arcy
Wentworth, Katherine
Wentworth, William Charles
Wenz, Johann
West, Absalom
West, Major
West, Obed
West, Peter
West, Thomas
West, TJ
West, Winifred
Westlake, Donald
Weston, Blanche
Weston, Harry J
Weyman, Eddie
Whalan, Charles
Whealey, John
Wheatland, Bill
Wheeler, James
Wheeler, Samuel
Whelan, Albert
Whelow, Edward Jules
Wherrett, Richard
Whitaker, Oswald
White, Brian
White, Charles
White, Ernest
White, Frederick William George
White, Henry Eli
White, James
White, John
White, Patrick
White, Unk
Whitehouse, Marjorie
Whiteley, Brett
Whitelock, Trafford

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Weekes, Norman

Town planner and architect.

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Weigand, Auguste

Sydney's City Organist during the 1890s.

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Weir, Peter

Director who helped shape the Australian New Wave cinema before achieving international success and many box office hits.

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Weir, Thomas Michael

Magistrate and coroner who conducted the inquest into the Granville rail disaster in 1977.

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Weitzel, Ernest Richard

German born architect who travelled to Melbourne as part of the German commission to the Melbourne Exhibition before moving to Sydney. He operated his architectual practice from 8 Bridge Street.

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Welch, Bettina

Actress who performed in lead or featured roles, mainly in commercial theatre, for more than 50 years.

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Weldon, Sid

Tugboat captain injured when the tug Hero was sunk in 1940.

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Wellesley, Arthur Valerian

Eighth Duke of Wellington who visited Sydney in 1990.

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Wellings, Les

Town Clerk of Manly 1930s and 1940s

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Wells, Richard Macdonald Seymour

Architect who was appointed Government Architect in 1927, the first Australian-born person to hold that post.

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Wells, William Henry

City surveyor in the 1840s.

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Wenberg, Vincent

Aboriginal man who was removed from his home with his siblings and raised in a number of welfare institutions.

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Wenden, Michael

Sprinter who won gold medals at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

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Wenham, David

Actor who has been successful on stage and screen.

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Wentworth, D'Arcy

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Irish-born soldier and doctor who became a well-regarded public servant and one of the early colony's richest men, despite his unconventional private life.

Wentworth, Katherine

Daughter of D'Arcy Wentworth who inherited a vast estate which she was able to control for her own use despite two marriages.

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Wentworth, William Charles

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Explorer, barrister, landowner and author who championed the emancipists and free settlers and campaigned for radical political reform.

Wenz, Johann

Vinedresser who travelled with his wife and three children to work near Camden. On completion of his contract he became an innkeeper at Lochinvar.

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West, Absalom

Brewer who established his business at Dawe's Point in 1809.

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West, Major

Surgeon who held surgeon positions in Parramatta and Windsor. He was granted 700 acres at Propect and married his housekeeper Sarah Keaton who had borne him 4 children, in 1825. By 1828 the family was living at Parramatta.

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West, Obed

Farmer, speculator and landholder who continued and expanded his father's business interests.

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West, Peter

Historian.

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West, Thomas

Convict who became a successful farmer, mill-owner, and quarryman on his grant near Darlinghurst, and a landowner at The Oaks and Picton near Sydney.

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West, TJ

Entrepreneur and entertainer who toured with motion pictures in Britain, New Zealand and Australia, and built the first chain of cinemas by 1910.

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West, Winifred

Teacher and educationist who founded Frensham School at Mittagong.

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Westlake, Donald

Clarinetist.

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Weston, Blanche

Early resident of Sydney who with her husband George Weston was instrumental in stock raising particularly fine bloodstock racehorses.

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Weston, Harry J

Illustrator and poster maker who founded his own advertising agency.

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Weyman, Eddie

Member of Sydney's criminal underworld during the 1930s.

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Whalan, Charles

Former convict who was sentenced to seven years' transportation to New South Wales on 5 July 1787 for poaching trout. Charles Whalan became a sergeant in the New South Wales Corps, was the orderly sergeant to Governors, Philip Gidley King and Lachlan Macquarie, and commanded the Light Horse Guard.

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Whealey, John

Early settler in Balgowlah Heights.

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Wheatland, Bill

Architect who worked with Jorn Utzon on the Opera house site between 1963 and 1966 specifically concerned with managing documentation for the project specifically concerned with managing documentation for the project.

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Wheeler, James

Free settler  who was given a grant of land in the Dee Why area.

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Wheeler, Samuel

Sawyer who worked in the Camden area in the 1880s.

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Whelan, Albert

Singer and entertainer who found fame in England early in the twentieth century.

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Whelow, Edward Jules

Publican.

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Wherrett, Richard

Theatrical director who directed 127 professional theatre productions.

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Whitaker, Oswald

An early convert to the Baha'i faith in Sydney.

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White, Brian

Broadcaster who was radio's first cadet journalist.

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White, Charles

Fruiterer and oyster saloon proprietor in the 1850s.

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White, Ernest

Timber merchant and political activist whose alarm at the ascendancy of the Labor Party lead him to launch the Liberal Democratic Party in 1943.

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White, Frederick William George

Physicist, science administrator and ornithologist.

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White, Henry Eli

Architect who designed some of Sydney's best known theatres during the 1920s, as well as the Bunnerong power station.

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White, James

Pastoralist, landowner and politician whose wealth financed his interest in breeding and racing horses.

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White, John

Naval surgeon and naturalist who arrived in Sydney with the First Fleet.

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White, Patrick

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Nobel Prize-winning novelist, essayist and playwright whose work was frequently set in Sydney and its suburbs.

White, Unk

Painter and cartoonist who recorded the Australian landscape and much of historic Sydney in a series of sketchbooks.

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Whitehouse, Marjorie

First president of the Putney-Tennyson Women's Bowling Club.

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Whiteley, Brett

Artist who was catapulted to fame in London in 1961 and achieved cult status in Australia, twice winning the Archibald Prize.

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Whitelock, Trafford

Dancer with the first Australian ballet company. Later a radio broadcaster with the BBC.

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