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Bynon, Augusta Jane
Bynon, William
Byrne, Andrew
Byrne, John F
Byrne, Paula Jane
Byrne, William
Byrnes, James
Cadell, Thomas
Cadman, Elizabeth
Cadman, John
Cadwell, Bob
Caesar, David
Caesar, John
Cahill, JJ
Cahill, Reginald
Cahill, Teresa
Cahuac, Gertrude Evans
Cahuac, Henry St John
Cahuac, Henry William
Cahuac, John
Cahuac, Mary
Cahuac, Sophia
Calcott, Catherine
Calcott, Mary Ann
Calcott, Richard
Caldwell, (Killer)
Caley, George
Callaghan, Eliza
Callaghan, Thomas
Calletti, Guido
Callose, Bartolomeo
Calthorpe, Della
Calwell, Arthur
Camb, William
Cambridge, Ada
Cameron, Nellie
Cameron, Peter
Cameron, Roderick William
Campbell, Cressida
Campbell, David Watt Ian
Campbell, Edward
Campbell, Francis Rawdon
Campbell, George
Campbell, Henry I
Campbell, Jacko
Campbell, John
Campbell, John Douglas
Campbell, John Thomas
Campbell, Matiu
Campbell, Patrick

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Bynon, Augusta Jane

Milliner and dressmaker.

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Bynon, William

Shopkeeper who assisted with the management of his wife's millinery business.

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Byrne, Andrew

Convict who was granted land at Botany from where he supplied lime and firewood. Later a landowner at Appin who used convict gangs to clear his land.

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Byrne, John F

Policeman stationed at Botany who was involved in the rations and equipment supplied to the Aboriginals at the Botany camp.

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Byrne, Paula Jane

Historian and author of works on colonial manners, female economy and law.

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Byrne, William

Appin resident whose witnessed the massacre of Aboriginal people by government forces as a boy and whose famous accounts were published almost 90 years after the event.

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Byrnes, James

Businessman who with his brother William, had success in cloth mills and steam ferries before entering parliament in 1850.

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Cadell, Thomas

Farmer in the Campbelltown district.

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Cadman, Elizabeth

Convict who had two children from a previous relationship when she married John Cadman.

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Cadman, John

Convict who became superintendant of government boats and received a free pardon in 1821.

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Cadwell, Bob

Balgowlah resident who helped establish a Depression village at Crater Cove.

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Caesar, David

Writer and director of several films set in suburban Sydney.

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Caesar, John

West Indian who fled to England to escape plantation slavery only to be transported. As a convict his hunger drove him to regularly escape from custody and he was to become Australia's first bushranger.

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Cahill, JJ

Railway fitter who became Labor Premier of New South Wales.

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Cahill, Reginald

Owner, with his sister Teresa, of Cahill's restaurant chain.

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Cahill, Teresa

Owner, with her brother Reginald, of Cahill's restaurant chain.

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Cahuac, Gertrude Evans

Young woman who with her mother and brother, drowned in the wreck of the Dunbar in 1857.

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Cahuac, Henry St John

Settler who became a clerk and later farmer.

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Cahuac, Henry William

Young man who drowned in the wreck of the Dunbar in 1857.

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Cahuac, John

Convict and bookseller who brought his family to Sydney at government expense.

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Cahuac, Mary

Free settler who followed her convict husband to Sydney.

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Cahuac, Sophia

Free settler who, with her family, followed her convict father to Sydney.

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Calcott, Catherine

Free woman who settled with her emancipist husband in The Rocks.

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Calcott, Mary Ann

First born daughter of Harriet Calcott who never married but supported her father and sisters in their work.

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Calcott, Richard

Emancipist who worked as a merchant and became a successful property owner in The Rocks.

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Caldwell, (Killer)

Notorious police inspector in Woolloomooloo and Kings Cross.

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Caley, George

First naturalist to study eucalypts, he made an early attempt to cross the Blue Mountains and explored much of the Sydney region with Aboriginal help.

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Callaghan, Eliza

Wife one of the first judges and chairmen of Quarter Sessions, Thomas Callaghan, Eliza Callaghan managed her husband's properties after his sudden death in 1863, building one of the key heritage sites in Randwick - Corana and Hygeia. She died at the age of 93, 'the tapping of her stick being a familiar sound in Randwick'.

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Callaghan, Thomas

Irish-born judge who migrated to New South Wales for health and financial reasons, and became one of the first three judges and chairmen of the Sydney Court of General and Quarter Sessions.

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Calletti, Guido

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Pimp, thief and gang leader who became one of Sydney's most notorious gunmen and razor slashers. He was 'short, thickset, foul-mouthed' and was in trouble with the law from the age of 10. By 25 he led the Darlinghurst Push, a gang of street brawlers and stand-over men. He appeared in court 56 times, mostly for violent assault and robbery. He had an ongoing love affair with Nellie Cameron whom he married in 1934. He died of gunshot wounds to the abdomen at St Vincent's Hospital in 1939.

Callose, Bartolomeo

Manufacturer and importer of Italian food.

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Calthorpe, Della

Wife of Harry Calthorpe, property agent of the first business and residential leases in the new city of Canberra. Their home, Calthorpes' House, has been preserved and epitomises good taste in the 1920s.

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Calwell, Arthur

Federal politician from 1940 to 1972 who presided over some of the most turbulent years of Labor politics, and was shot in an assassination attempt at Mosman in 1966.

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Camb, William

Publican of several hotels in Pitt Street including the Elephant and Castle and the Commercial from 1867.

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Cambridge, Ada

Writer whose novels and poems described the lives of middle-class Australians at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Cameron, Nellie

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Prostitute famously nicknamed 'The Kiss of Death Girl' who was associated with the razor gang wars of the 1920s and 1930s. She was described as 'a redhead with a ripe figure and provocative china blue eyes'. She committed suicide in her flat in Darlinghurst in 1953.

Cameron, Peter

Presbyterian Minister and principal of St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, declared a heretic in 1993.

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Cameron, Roderick William

Canadian shipowner whose ships traded in Australia. He was the Canadian Commissioner to the Sydney Exhibition of 1879.

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Campbell, Cressida

Artist best known for her woodblock printing.

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Campbell, David Watt Ian

Australian poet whose studies in Cambridge and rugby union prowess lead to him representing England in the 1930s.

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Campbell, Edward

Farmer on the banks of the Cooks River at Marrickville in the 1850s.

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Campbell, Francis Rawdon

Medical practitioner of Scottish descent whose treatment of the mentally ill included removal of physical restraint and the use of recreational facilities. He was fearless in his attacks on colonial misadministration affecting the asylum ahead of his time in many therapies.

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Campbell, George

Congregational minister at Burwood who was first president of the council of Sydney City Mission.

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Campbell, Henry I

Draughtsman and artist who recorded scenes of early Sydney.

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Campbell, Jacko

Aboriginal activist who came to Salt Pan Creek as a child and became a respected elder who helped educate younger generations in Aboriginal land rights.

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Campbell, John

Merchant who returned to Sydney after receiving his education in England, and became head of the family wharf, shipping and mercantile business.

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Campbell, John Douglas

Landowner of Oran Park, a subdivision of his uncle William Douglas Campbell's estate, which he inherited in 1829.

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Campbell, John Thomas

Secretary to Governor Macquarie and his staunchest supporter with a reputation for high principles and integrity, he played an important role in shaping the administration of the colony and also became a successful landowner and cattle breeder.

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Campbell, Matiu

Māori teacher who worked with Māori cultural groups.

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Campbell, Patrick

Early landowner who was issued a grant in the Ryde area by Lieutenant-Governor, Major Francis Grose in 1794.

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