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Crocker, Fred J
Croft, Brenda L
Croft, Colin
Croft, John
Croft, Jonathon
Crombie, Donald
Crone, Donald
Crook, William Pascoe
Crosby, Don
Cross, Stanley George
Cross, Zora
Crossland, Burton
Crossley, Ada
Crossley, Anna Maria
Crossley, George
Crothers, George
Crotty, John
Crouch, John Stuart
Crowe, Russell
Crowe, Tom
Crowley, Catherine
Crowley, Desmond W
Crowley, WG
Crozier, John Baptist
Cruise, Tom
Crummer, Catherine
Crummer, James H
Crump, Edwin
Crumpton, John
Cubitt, Daniel
Culey, Edward John
Cullabaa
Cullen, Adam
Cullen, Eliza Jane (Lily)
Cullen, James
Cullis-Hill, Eleanor
Cullis-Hill, Grandison
Cumines, Albert
Cummings, William
Cuneo, Giovanni
Cuningham, Kathleen
Cunningham, Allan
Cunningham, Philip
Cunningham, Richard
Cunningham, Syd 'Doc'
Curby, Pauline
Curlewis, Herbert
Curran, John William
Curran, Michael
Curran, Patrick 'Paddy'

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Crocker, Fred J

Architect who was part of the Commonwealth Department of Works team responsible for the design of the Reserve Bank of Australia building at Martin Place.

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Croft, Brenda L

Artist, curator, writer and lecturer, from the Gurindji/Malgnin/Mudpurra peoples.

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Croft, Colin

Actor who as a 10-year-old, was a tiny drum major in celebrations for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He served in the Army Entertainment Unit in the Pacific during Word War II and then toured in variety shows in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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Croft, John

Businessman who entered into partnership with Thomas Whistler Smith under the name of Smith, Croft and Company.

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Croft, Jonathon

Mid-nineteenth century landowner in the Carss Park area.

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Crombie, Donald

Film and television director.

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Crone, Donald

Noted architect who designed several iconic Sydney buildings including the Sydney Tower.

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Crook, William Pascoe

Congregationalist lay leader who was involved with the establishment of a number of schools in the colony.

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Crosby, Don

One of Australia's most distinguished actors and radio producers, with a career spanning stage, film, radio and television.

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Cross, Stanley George

Black and white artist and cartoonist who created a number of comic characters who endured for decades from the 1930s.

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Cross, Zora

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Australian poet, novelist and journalist.

Crossland, Burton

Early settler at Berowra who built boats and houses and farmed land near Berowra Creek.

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Crossley, Ada

Concert singer whose parents allowed her to take lessons as a child on the condition she never sang opera. After further training in London and Paris in the 1890s she enjoyed concert success across Europe, America, and Australia.

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Crossley, Anna Maria

Wife of George Crossley, convict and legal clerk, and sister of Nicholas Devine, Superintendant of Convicts.

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Crossley, George

Lawyer who was transported for forgery and continued his chequered career in the colony.

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Crothers, George

Wealthy builder who became an alderman on Petersham Council.

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Crotty, John

Master builder who became an early resident of Gladesville.

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Crouch, John Stuart

Landowner on Dangar Island.

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Crowe, Russell

Actor, musician and film producer who has acheived international success.

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Crowe, Tom

Glebe publican.

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Crowley, Catherine

Mother of William Charles Wentworth who was convicted at the Staffordshire Assizes in July 1788 of feloniously stealing 'wearing apparell' and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. She formed a relationship with D'Arcy Wentworth aboard Neptune and became his common-law wife.

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Crowley, Desmond W

Director of Adult Education at the University of Sydney who campaigned for lifelong education using modern technology and communications.

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Crowley, WG

Press agent for the circus tour of Cooper, Bailey & Co in 1876-77.

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Crozier, John Baptist

Catholic Primate of All Ireland who visited Australia in 1915.

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Cruise, Tom

American film actor and producer who visited Sydney.

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Crummer, Catherine

First Greek-born woman to settle in Sydney, after marrying a British soldier in Greece in the 1820s and moving with him to the colony.

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Crummer, James H

British soldier who arrived in Sydney in 1835 with his Greek-born wife and family, and served nearly 30 years as a soldier and later police magistrate in the colony.

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Crump, Edwin

Saddler and harness maker who established his business on Canterbury Road to benefit from proximity to the racecourse.

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Crumpton, John

Early settler at Berowra Waters, who built the church on Bar Island.

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Cubitt, Daniel

Convict who received an absolute pardon for assistance given when the Guardian was almost shipwrecked off Table Bay.

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Culey, Edward John

Solicitor who became a partner in Allen Allen and Hemsley.

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Cullabaa

Aboriginal man from Brisbane Waters.

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Cullen, Adam

Controversial artist whose work was often regarded as simplistic and crude.

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Cullen, Eliza Jane (Lily)

Community and charity worker.

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Cullen, James

Importer who ran his business from 81 Clarence Street, Sydney. He lived at Sandgate Cottage in 1885, then known as 'Kilkerran'.

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Cullis-Hill, Eleanor

Architect who designed houses and kindergartens in northern Sydney.

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Cullis-Hill, Grandison

Architect who worked in a variety of practices designing commercial buildings, schools and apartment blocks.

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Cumines, Albert

Fundraiser and community leader who worked for charities in China and Australia.

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Cummings, William

Soldier who was granted land at Camellia and Greystanes.

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Cuneo, Giovanni

Builder and manager of the Garibaldi Hotel in Hunters Hill in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Cuningham, Kathleen

Pioneering researcher into breast cancer.

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Cunningham, Allan

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Botanist and explorer who collected plant samples of northern and western Australia on four voyages with Phillip Parker King, and was responsible for extensive botanical exploration around Bathurst and the Liverpool Plains. He was briefly Colonial Botanist under Governor Gipps.

Cunningham, Philip

Leader of the Irish convicts in the rebellion at Castle Hill. A stonemason and publican in his native Ireland who attempted to reorganise the United Irish network, he was transported for sedition and remained a rebel til his death.

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Cunningham, Richard

Botanist who came to Sydney as Colonial Botanist in 1833.

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Cunningham, Syd 'Doc'

Syd 'Doc' Cunningham was an Aboriginal man of the Yuin people who was known to many as Black Santa. He was a welfare worker with the Western Districts Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs in St Marys and served with the Australian armed forces in World War II. In the 1960s he began making trips to remote areas of western New South Wales with presents for Aboriginal children. After his retirement in 1992, Cunningham continued to raise funds for the Christmas presents he would take to Aboriginal children, sitting outside a supermarket on King Street, Newtown with a table, a chair and a bucket. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1989. 

After his death in 1999, a plaque in his honour was erected on the spot on King Street where he had sat.

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Curby, Pauline

Author and historian.

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Curlewis, Herbert

Barrister and writer who became a District Court judge.

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Curran, John William

Publican in Parramatta.

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Curran, Michael

Irishman who farmed in the Narellan area.

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Curran, Patrick 'Paddy'

Notorious bushranger hanged at Berrima gaol for convictions of murder and rape.

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