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Bryant, Charles
Bryant, Edward
Bryant, Mary
Bryant, William
Bryce, Quentin
Bubb, Edith
Buchanan, Bessie
Buchholz, Paul
Buckenbah, Sophy
Buckeridge, JH
Buckingham, George
Buckland, Thomas
Buckle, Francis
Buckle, Frank
Buckler, Hugh C
Buckley, Jim
Buckley, Thomas
Budbury, David
Buddee, Julius
Bugg, Mary Ann
Buhrich, Eva
Buhrich, Hugh
Bukovsky, Miroslav
Bulfin, William George (Billy)
Bulkabra
Bull, John Edward
Bull, Nathaniel George
Bullen, Perce
Bullenthorpe, Fanny
Bulmanna
Bundil, Sally
Bundle
Bungaree
Bungaree, Bowen
Bungaree, John
Bungaree, Rose
Bungaree, Toby
Bungraa, Ben
Bunker, Ann
Bunker, Eber
Bunker, Margaret
Bunker, Margrett
Bunn, Anna Maria
Bunning, Walter
Bunting, James
Burattini, Dino
Burdekin, Sydney
Burdekin, Thomas
Burguez, Angèle
Burguez, Léona

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Bryant, Charles

Marine and war artist.

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Bryant, Edward

Sailor who was one of the survivors of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834.

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Bryant, Mary

Convict who was tried for robbery and assault 20 May 1786 at the Exeter Assizes, England. She was sentenced to death which was commuted to seven years' transportation to New South Wales. She later escaped the colony with her husband, William, two children and seven other convicts.

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Bryant, William

Convict who was tried at Launceston, Cornwall on 20 March 1784 for fraud (impersonation) and sentenced to death which was then commuted to seven years' transportation to New South Wales. He later escaped the colony with his wife, Mary, two children and seven other convicts.

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Bryce, Quentin

25th and first female Governor-General of Australia since 2008 and previously the 24th Governor of Queensland.

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Bubb, Edith

Instructor.

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Buchanan, Bessie

Heiress who married Edwin Stephen Rouse of Rouse Hill Estate.

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Buchholz, Paul

Publican in Como who encouraged the local German community to use it as meeting place.

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Buckenbah, Sophy

Aboriginal woman of the Kissing Point area.

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Buckeridge, JH

Architect who remodelled interior of St James's Anglican Church, Queen's Square, in 1901.

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Buckingham, George

A convict who became a company member at Barnett Levey's Theatre Royal. His name does not appear in the convict register so he may have changed it when he became an 'an industrious, clever actor'.

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Buckland, Thomas

Businessman and philanthropist who endowed children's homes and hospitals in Sydney and Blue Mountains.

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Buckle, Francis

Owner of Studley Park House 1891-1902.

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Buckle, Frank

Architect and grade cricketer who designed a mobile wicket cover. He  grew up in Hornsby with Jimmy Bancks who made him a character in the comic strip Ginger Meggs

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Buckler, Hugh C

English performer and theatre entrepreneur with 'matinee idol' looks, who toured extensively in Australia before World War I.

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Buckley, Jim

Publican of the Newcastle Hotel who often supported struggling artists who drank at his pub by buying their work.

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Buckley, Thomas

Soldier settler at Bankstown.

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Budbury, David

Aboriginal youth who was raised by white settlers. He later joined the Gandangara clan as they attacked settlers near Bringelly in 1816.

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Buddee, Julius

Pianist and teacher.

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Bugg, Mary Ann

Aboriginal wife of Frederick Ward (Captain Thunderbolt) who aided his escape from police numerous times and was herself gaoled.

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Buhrich, Eva

German-born architect and writer who was a champion of modernist design in Sydney.

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Buhrich, Hugh

Architect who designed two landmark modernist houses at Castlecrag.

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Bukovsky, Miroslav

Jazz trumpeter and composer.

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Bulfin, William George (Billy)

Publican at several inner city hotels and local cycling champion in Glebe.

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Bulkabra

Aboriginal man in colonial Sydney described in illustrations of him as the 'Chief of Botany'. He and his brother William Annan worked as whalers and sealers with Boatswain Maroot on the whaling brig the Mercury in the 1820s. His name is also written as Bolgobrough or Bulgabra.

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Bull, John Edward

Military officer and public servant who supervised road gangs in the Woodford area before his appointment as commissioner for Crown lands in Castlemaine in Victoria.

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Bull, Nathaniel George

Draper and shopkeeper who moved from local to state politics.

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Bullen, Perce

Circus owner and ringmaster who travelled extensively with a large menagerie of animals to perform in his two-ringed circus.

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Bullenthorpe, Fanny

Daughter of 19th century NSW hangman Robert Rice Howard and his wife Jane.

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Bulmanna

Aboriginal man from the Botany Bay area who lived close to Sydney Town in the 1820s.

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Bundil, Sally

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Aboriginal woman of the Kissing Point people in the early 19th century. She was thought to be about 20 in 1817. Sally was the wife of Bidgee Bidgee and may have been a relative of Bundle.

Bundle

Aboriginal man who was an elder of the Cowpastures people. As a child he was orphaned soon after the colony was established and is often referred to in early records as 'Young Bundle'. Over four decades he travelled extensively as a guide to coastal explorers, often assisting as interpreter. He also worked as a tracker and native constable. His name was also written in English records as Bondel, Bundil, Bundell. Bon-del, Bundal,or Burreach.

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Bungaree

Aboriginal man from Broken Bay who accompanied Flinders on his voyage of circumnavigation around Australia in 1802. An skilled negotiator, he was held in high esteem by various governors.

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Bungaree, Bowen

Indigenous leader who succeeded his father as leader of the clan at Broken Bay.

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Bungaree, John

Kamilaroi man brought to Sydney from the Namoi River valley and educated at the Normal Institution in the 1830s.

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Bungaree, Rose

Aboriginal woman.

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Bungaree, Toby

Aboriginal identity in early Sydney.

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Bungraa, Ben

Aboriginal man from the Pitt Town area who was a skilled tracker. He knew the Reverend John McGarvie and may have acted as his guide in 1829.

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Bunker, Ann

Widow of Captain William Minchin who became the third wife of Eber Bunker.

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Bunker, Eber

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American-born sailor who was an early whaler, merchant and landowner.

Bunker, Margaret

Second wife of Eber Bunker who is managed the farm while he was away on whaling expeditions.

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Bunker, Margrett

First wife of Eber Bunker who, as his whaling business became profitable, was able to join him in Sydney, with their five children.

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Bunn, Anna Maria

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Author of the first novel printed and published in Sydney. Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1889) was the anonymous author of The Guardian: a Tale (by an Australian) (1838) the first novel published on mainland Australia and the first in the continent by a woman. Bunn’s authorship was only established after an historian found a copy of the book in which her son had noted his mother’s authorship

Bunning, Walter

Leading modernist architect and publicist for architecture and town planning, designed Anzac House and Liner House.

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Bunting, James

Businessman who lobbied for Glebe to be declared a municipality and was elected to the first council in 1860.

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Burattini, Dino

Architect whose controversial design for East Circular Quay was not built.

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Burdekin, Sydney

Pastoralist and politician, Burdekin was Mayor of Sydney in 1890-1891.

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Burdekin, Thomas

Ironmonger who set up a branch of the family company Burdekin & Hawley in Sydney and became a wealthy and successful merchant and landholder.

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Burguez, Angèle

Ran 'Bondo' guesthouse, Parramatta, mother of painter Lloyd Rees.

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Burguez, Léona

Aunt of painter Lloyd Rees.

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