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Cole, Percival
Cole, Robert
Cole, Stanley Llewellyn
Cole, William Washington
Colebee
Colebee c1760-1806
Colebee, Kitty
Coleborne, WG
Coleman, Cecil
Colethread, John
Colette, Toni
Colinjong
Colleano, Con
Colley, Edwin
Collicott, Mary
Collicott, Thomas
Collingridge, Arthur
Collingridge, George
Collington, James
Collingwood, Peter
Collins, Albert
Collins, David
Collins, Lottie
Collins, Louisa
Collins, Lynn
Colonna, CA
Coluzzi, Eleni
Coluzzi, Luigi
Combes, Edward
Comino, Anna
Comino, John
Compagnoni, Nicholas
Concannon, Gertrude
Conder, Charles
Condron, John
Connell, Catherine
Connell, John
Connelly, P Frank
Connington, Michael Joseph
Connolly, John
Connor, Harry
Connor, Michael
Connor, Roger
Connors, Mike
Conolly, Philip
Considen, Dennis
Cook, James
Cook, Joseph
Cook, Kevin
Cook, Mary

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Cole, Percival

Teacher, educator and writer who was very influential in reshaping education in Sydney in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Cole, Robert

Criminal who escaped from Long Bay prison in 2006.

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Cole, Stanley Llewellyn

Carrier whose business success lead him into industry representation and local and state politics.

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Cole, William Washington

American circus owner.

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Colebee

Aboriginal man who helped guide William Cox when surveying the Blue Mountains road, and was granted land at Blacktown.

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Colebee c1760-1806

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Cadigal man captured with Bennelong, who became familiar with the Europeans but disappeared after 1806.

Colebee, Kitty

One of the first girls enrolled at the Native Institute at Parramatta.

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Coleborne, WG

Architect of the Oatley School of Arts building.

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Coleman, Cecil

Solicitor with Allen Allen and Hemsley.

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Colethread, John

Early landowner in the Ryde area.

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Colette, Toni

Film, television and theatre actor and musician.

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Colinjong

Aboriginal man from Botany Bay killed by Nanbarry in 1806.

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Colleano, Con

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Aboriginal man who achieved fame as an acclaimed tightrope walker in the 1920s and 1930s as part of the Colleano's All Star Circus and as a solo act, in Australia and the United States of America.

Colley, Edwin

Stonemason on the Great Hall at the University of Sydney. Also a noted amateur vocalist and singing-class instructor.

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Collicott, Mary

The wife of a convict who followed her husband to Sydney with her three children as well as three of her husband's children from a previous marriage, and later became matron of the Female Orphan School.

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Collicott, Thomas

Merchant convicted of failing to affix revenue stamps to his medicine bottles who was transported to New South Wales, where his wife Mary joined him along with their children from previous marriages.

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Collingridge, Arthur

Engraver, art teacher and art publisher who, with his brother George, were regular exhibitors at the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Collingridge, George

Artist and engraver who settled at Berowra, and later Hornsby, and devoted his life to researching the earliest European discovery of Australia.

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Collington, James

Convict who in 1792 entered a public bakehouse through its chimney and stole 50 pounds of flour which he stashed away. After his stash was seized by another individual, he broke into another hut where eight people were sleeping and took a box of provisions before he was discovered and apprehended. His trial was held at Parramatta on 7 February 1792 and he was hanged the following morning. At the tree where he was hanged, he addressed onlookers warning them to avoid his mistakes, saying he was 'induced by hunger' to commit his crime.

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Collingwood, Peter

Actor who appeared on television and in film before a career as a director.

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Collins, Albert

Artist and teacher who taught at various North Shore schools before becoming a director at advertising company Smith and Julius.

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Collins, David

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Deputy judge advocate and secretary to the governor, who arrived on the First Fleet, was responsible for the legal establishment of the colony, and wrote the most complete account of the colony's first years.

Collins, Lottie

English music hall artist famous for her song 'Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!'.

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Collins, Louisa

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The last woman to be hanged in New South Wales, Collins was convicted of poisoning her husband in a crime that became famous as 'The Botany Murder'.

Collins, Lynn

Curator and administrator.

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Colonna, CA

Businessman who owned the camera obscura at the Gap.

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Coluzzi, Eleni

Cafe owner and co-founder with her husband Luigi of Bar Coluzzi.

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Coluzzi, Luigi

Italian boxer who, with his wife Eleni, established Bar Coluzzi in Darlinghurst.

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Combes, Edward

Engineeer, politician and painter who trained in Paris and contributed to the development of colonial public works and education policy. His artistic skill lead to him directing the art section of the Garden Palace Exhibition in 1879 and was instrumental in the foundation of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Comino, Anna

Prominent member of Greek community.

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Comino, John

Oyster farmer, businessman and Greek community leader who encouraged more than 3000 migrants from his home island of Kythera in Greece.

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Compagnoni, Nicholas

Italian market gardener in Marrickville.

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Concannon, Gertrude

Soprano, composer and teacher who often programmed Australian works into her performances throughout her 15 year international career.

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Conder, Charles

Painter, lithographer and fan designer who overcame the objection of his father to pursue an artistic career in open air realism as part of the Impressionist school.

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Condron, John

Herdsman employed at Camden Park who became an early landowner in 1812 at what became Studley Park.

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Connell, Catherine

Wife of a successful early settler who had arrived with her husband and two daughters in 1801. When she died at age 51 he gave her a large Masonic funeral which attracted over 200 mourners.

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Connell, John

Successful merchant in Pitt Street who amassed a large property portfolio.

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Connelly, P Frank

American-born sculptor who won the competition for a memorial to TS Mort during a visit to Sydney.

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Connington, Michael Joseph

Landowner in Putney.

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Connolly, John

Businessman who owned Dudhope at Putney for a short time in the 1920s.

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Connor, Harry

American actor who visited Sydney in 1899.

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Connor, Michael

Early landowner in the Ryde-Denistone area.

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Connor, Roger

Early landowner in the Ryde-Denistone area.

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Connors, Mike

Actor, comedian and theatre entrepreneur, who appeared with Roy Rene (Mo).

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Conolly, Philip

Catholic priest who arrived with Fr John Therry as the first Catholic chaplains in Sydney. After a year in the colony he traveled on to Hobart and worked across Tasmania until his death.

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Considen, Dennis

Irish naturalist and ship's surgeon on the First Fleet transport, Scarborough.

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Cook, James

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Navigator who led the first European expedition to visit Botany Bay in 1770, after observing the transit of Venus near Tahiti.

Cook, Joseph

Politician in New South Wales and Federal parliament, who was Prime Minister in 1913-14.

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Cook, Kevin

Union organiser and campaigner for Aboriginal causes, who was first Aboriginal director of Tranby College.

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Cook, Mary

Charity worker who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her services to the Red Cross. She was also the wife of the sixth prime minister of Australia.

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