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Hayes, Catherine
Hayes, Charles
Hayes, Chow
Hayes, Henry Smithers
Hayes, Michael
Hayes, Patrick
Hayes, William
Hayes-Williams, WG
Haynes, John
Hazzard, Shirley
Healey, Richard
Heard, James Charles
Heath, Edward
Heaton, John Henniker
Hecht, Charles
Hedgeland, Annie
Hedgeland, Edmund Woodhouse
Hedgeland, George Caleb
Heffron, RJ
Hegarty, Mary
Heifetz, Jascha
Heiss, Anita
Hellings, Harry (Bull)
Helpmann, Robert
Hely, EA
Hely, Frederick Augustus
Hemington, Charles
Hemingway, Dorothy May
Hemsley, Alfred
Henderson, Hugh Jenner
Henderson, Marie Braybrooke
Henley, Thomas
Hennessy, John Francis (Jack)
Henning, Edmund Biddulph
Henning, Emily
Henning, Rachel Biddulph
Hennings, John
Henry, Juliette
Henry, Lucien Felix
Henry, William
Henson, Bill
Henson, HB
Hepburn, Katherine
Hepple, Edward
Herbert, George
Herbert, John
Herbert, Xavier
Herd, Margaret
Herford, John W
Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)

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Hayes, Catherine

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Irish-born singer who became an international star, and toured Australia in 1854 and 1855, when Sydney was seized by 'Hayesmania'.

Hayes, Charles

Businessman and Manly councillor sometime called the father of Manly.

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Hayes, Chow

Criminal and gunman who was notorious in mid-twentieth century Sydney.

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Hayes, Henry Smithers

Manager of Brisbane Steam Mills, Parramatta Street. Declared insolvent in 1845 and again in 1849.

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Hayes, Michael

Dealer and Catholic layman whose trading businesses in Sydney and on Norfolk Island failed when he could not recover debts owed to him.

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Hayes, Patrick

Entrepreneur whose business interests ranged from brick making to ferry companies.

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Hayes, William

Rigger who was killed while working on the construction of Rose Bay hangar.

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Hayes-Williams, WG

New Zealand born Registrar-General.

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Haynes, John

Journalist and politician who started a number of publications, including the Bulletin, and had a long career in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Hazzard, Shirley

Author of fiction and nonfiction who has lived and worked overseas since 1947.

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Healey, Richard

Radio sport journalist and politician.

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Heard, James Charles

American swing, bop and blues drummer.

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Heath, Edward

British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974.

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Heaton, John Henniker

Jackaroo and journalist who travelled widely and published a pioneer reference work, Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time in 1879.

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Hecht, Charles

Publican who held licenses at several hotels around Sydney despite being a bankrupt.

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Hedgeland, Annie

Colonial migrant who was the sister of pastoralist Edmund Biddulph and writer Rachel Henning, and wife of surveyor George C Hedgeland.

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Hedgeland, Edmund Woodhouse

Australian surveyor and engineer who worked extensively in the Malay States in the early twentieth century. He was killed by a train in Bowral in 1927.

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Hedgeland, George Caleb

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Surveyor who undertook alignment surveys of streets across Sydney in the late nineteenth cenutry. He was also a pastoralist, artist and stained glass artist.

Heffron, RJ

Trade unionist and Labor politician who was a New South Wales government minister from 1941 and Premier between 1959 and 1964.

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Hegarty, Mary

Classical scholar and teacher.

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Heifetz, Jascha

Lithuanian born American violinist considered to be one of the finest violinists of all time. He toured extensively before injury forced him to focus on teaching.

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Heiss, Anita

Author of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

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Hellings, Harry (Bull)

Member of a well known swimming family who was honorary handicapper for the Amateur Swimming Association.

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Helpmann, Robert

Ballet dancer, actor, producer, director and choreographer whose professional career was built in England though he returned to Australia in the 1950s and 60s for ballet and theatrical performances.

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Hely, EA

Early landholder at Balgowlah Heights within what is now Sydney Harbour National Park around Reef Beach.

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Hely, Frederick Augustus

Public servant who arrived in the colony in 1823 as principal superintendant of convicts and served as a magistrate as well as establishing a farm north of Sydney.

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Hemington, Charles

Businessman and entrepreneur who developed fairy Bower as a tourist destination.

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Hemingway, Dorothy May

Actor and theatrical producer active from the late 1930s up to the late 1950s, producing plays for Bryant's Playhouse, Mosman Theatre Guild, Little Theatre and Independent Theatre.

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Hemsley, Alfred

English-born lawyer who joined the Allen legal firm in 1894, making it Allen, Allen and Hemsley, and later served as a member of the Legislative Council.

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Henderson, Hugh Jenner

Station hand who enlisted in 1915 but after having been wounded at Gallipoli, took up land at Bankstown.

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Henderson, Marie Braybrooke

English comic actress who settled in Australia.

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Henley, Thomas

Plasterer and builder who combined an active career as alderman in Drummoyne with his position in the Legislative Assembly for over three decades.

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Hennessy, John Francis (Jack)

Architect who had a major influence on church architecture and played a significant role in ensuring registration and professional training for architects.

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Henning, Edmund Biddulph

Pastoralist and company director. Usually called Biddulph.

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Henning, Emily

Wife of Edmund Biddulph Henning. She was born in North Sydney, the daughter of wine merchant William Tucker.

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Henning, Rachel Biddulph

Colonial English migrant whose letters to her family about her colonial experiences were serialised posthumously in The Bulletin in 1951-1952 with illustrations by Norman Lindsay as The Letters of Rachel Henning, and subsequently published as a book. Her papers are now in the Mitchell Library.

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Hennings, John

Scenic artist and set designer for theatre.

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Henry, Juliette

French woman who joined her partner, doctor Paul Rastoul, in New Caledonia in 1873 after he was exiled from France after the defeat of the Commune in Paris in 1871. She arrived in Sydney with her two children in 1874 after being deported for assisting in the attempted escape of a French communard. Paul Rastoul drowned trying to escape the following year. In Sydney she worked as a French teacher and in 1880 she married French artist Lucien Henry, another former Communard. After his departure for Paris in 1891 she began divorce proceedings. As well as taking part in Sydney's intellectual and social life, she established Cercle Litteraire Française, French literary circles in Hobart and Sydney. A monument to her was erected in Waverley Cemetery in November 1898.

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Henry, Lucien Felix

French-born artist and teacher who was one of the first to use Australian motifs in his sculpture and decorative art, and was a founder of the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Henry, William

Emancipist and early settler whose timber felling business cleared much of the Lane Cove area.

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Henson, Bill

Art photographer whose work focuses on ambiguity and transition though images of children and adolescents.

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Henson, HB

Engineer who submitted a detailed plan to clean up and modify the Cooks River and Sheas Creek to allow barges to travel between the Parramatta and Cooks rivers.

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Hepburn, Katherine

American actor who briefly visited Australia.

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Hepple, Edward

Theatre and television actor and scriptwriter.

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Herbert, George

Secretary of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union.

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Herbert, John

Landowner who received a 100 acres grant near Kirkham in 1812.

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Herbert, Xavier

Author and outspoken champion of Indigenous issues particularly Aboriginal people living on missions.

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Herd, Margaret

Radio presenter who was known as the Fairy Godmother.

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Herford, John W

Tanner who became involved in local government in Botany.

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Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)

Architect, historian and author who, after working with the Allied Works Council during World War II, established his own architectural practice and taught at Sydney Technical College.

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