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Jackson, James R
Jackson, Joseph
Jackson, Richard
Jackson, William
Jagger, Eva
Jagger, Mick
Jalland, Pat
James, Brian
James, Clive
James, Ellen
James, Florence
James, John
James, PA
James, Sydney
James, William
James, William G
Jamieson, Ellen
Jamieson, John (1860-1943)
Jamieson, John (c1766-1850)
Jamison, John
Jane, Bob
Janisewski, Leonard
Jardine, Walter
Jarrett, William
Jauncey, Leslie Cyril
Jaye, Margaret
Jeanne-Claude
Jeanneret, Charles
Jefferis, Marian
Jefferson, Joseph
Jeffreys, Arthur
Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick
Jeffreys, John
Jeffreys, Sarah
Jeffries, Elizabeth
Jeffries, Maud Evelyn Craven
Jeffs, Phil
Jegorow, Bill
Jenkins, Edward
Jenkins, James
Jenkins, John
Jenkins, Maria
Jenkins, Thomas
Jenner, Richard
Jennings, Albert Victor
Jensen, Henry Frederick
Jensen, Peter Frederick
Jents, Beril
Jerram, Mary Stella
Jervis, James

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Jackson, James R

Painter who studied in Paris and London before settling in Sydney where his harbour and marine scenes were popular.

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Jackson, Joseph

Retailer and cricketer, Joseph Jackson was a Councillor of the City of Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s, including serving as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1931. He also served as a Member of the State Parliament for more than thirty years

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Jackson, Richard

Former convict and thief who was transported for seven years at the age of 14 after being convicted at Middlesex in September 1796 for the theft of a table clock. Described as being 5'1" (approx 155cm) tall, with fair skin, brown hair and grey eyes, he arrived in Sydney on the Barwell in 1798. He was involved in the robbery that ended in the murder of Constable Joseph Luker in 1803. In 1806 he was found guilty of the attempted murder of a man named John Fitzgerald, and sentenced to five years hard labour and 300 lashes.

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Jackson, William

Youngest Australian awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I who enlisted again in Work War II despite having lost an arm to the military action.

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Jagger, Eva

Born Eva Scutts. Mother of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, born and lived in Sydney until her family emigrated to England.

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Jagger, Mick

English musician and rock singer.

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Jalland, Pat

Professor of history and social history writer on death and old age.

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James, Brian

Australian actor with a long career in theatre, film and television.

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James, Clive

Author, television and radio broadcaster, critic and poet who grew up in Kogarah in Sydney's south. He left Australia for England in 1961, and remained living and working in the United Kingdom until his death.

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James, Ellen

Aboriginal elder who helped established a women's community group.

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James, Florence

Author and literary agent.

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James, John

Architect and builder who later became an expert on medieval architecture and building methods.

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James, PA

Sawmill owner in the Hornsby area in the early twentieth century.

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James, Sydney

Theatre entrepreneur who toured Australia 1914-1919

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James, William

Convict who became an illegal squatter when he built a stone and slab hut on the site of what became the Woodford Academy.

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James, William G

Composer and pioneer of music broadcasting in Australia. Born 1892, died 1977.

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Jamieson, Ellen

Shopkeeper who was murdered by John Knatchbull in 1844.

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Jamieson, John (1860-1943)

Magistrate and coroner. Appointed to the position of acting Sydney City Coroner in 1916, he was appointed officially in 1919. He had previously been a district coroner in Moree. Jamieson also held the roles of Fair Rent Magistrate, and the visiting magistrate to the Long Bay Penitentiary. Retiring in June 1925 when he reached the compulsory retirement age of 65, he was described as a just and fair magistrate who was an ornament to the NSW Bench. He died in 1943 at the age of 82.

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Jamieson, John (c1766-1850)

Free settler who became superintendent of government stock before being dismissed, whereupon he retired to farm his own land at Liverpool and Parramatta.

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Jamison, John

Doctor and landowner who became a politician and constitutional reformer.

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Jane, Bob

Racing car driver and businessman who raced competitively between 1956 and 1986.

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Janisewski, Leonard

Academic and writer.

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Jardine, Walter

Commercial artist and advertising agent who achieved widespread recognition in Australia and New York as a master of line and brush work.

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Jarrett, William

Publican and businessman who became a prominent developer in Glebe and amassed a large property portfolio.

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Jauncey, Leslie Cyril

Economist and author whose mildly radical politics was expressed in works on banking, national economies and conscription.

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Jaye, Margaret

Interior designer with a showroom in Rose Street, Sydney.

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Jeanne-Claude

Artist who with her husband Christo created works of art based on seeing familiar landscapes in new ways.

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Jeanneret, Charles

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Businessman and politician who operated steam ferries and rail transport leading to the development of Sydney's river suburbs.

Jefferis, Marian

Adelaide philanthropist who moved to Sydney and was a major proponent of the boarding-out system of child welfare.

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Jefferson, Joseph

American actor who performed in a number of Australian stage productions.

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Jeffreys, Arthur

Naval officer and grazier who became a prominent landholder in Canterbury, Kirribilli and near Queanbeyan.

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Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick

Landholder who inherited significant estates from his father before returning to England where he was a Member of the British Parliament from 1877 to 1906.

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Jeffreys, John

Landowner in the Canterbury area who had inherited part of his father's estate before retiring to live in Salisbury, England.

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Jeffreys, Sarah

Landholder at Canterbury who inherited land from her father.

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Jeffries, Elizabeth

Dressmaker and fruit shop proprietor.

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Jeffries, Maud Evelyn Craven

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Popular American actress who performed in many Australian productions in the 1890s and early 1900s. She married Australian grazier and fellow actor James Bunbury Nott Osborne in 1904 and retired from the stage in 1906 to live on their sheep-grazing property Bowlie at Gundaroo near Lake George in rural New South Wales.

Jeffs, Phil

Gangster who controlled several night clubs.

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Jegorow, Bill

Russian migrant who fought for the rights of migrants and worked for decades to improve ethnic affairs and community relations.

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Jenkins, Edward

Medical practioner whose family enjoyed sharing the amenities of their home Lindesay with friends and family.

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Jenkins, James

Convict who became a landowner on Sydney's northern beaches and built the first road from Balgowlah to Dee Why.

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Jenkins, John

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Convict who was executed for the murder of Robert Wardell in 1834.

Jenkins, Maria

Orchardist who with her husband established an orchard on land granted to her grandfather.

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Jenkins, Thomas

Orchardist who settled in Lindfield.

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Jenner, Richard

Convict tried at the Sussex Assizes in January 1799 and sentenced to seven years transportation. He arrived in Sydney in November 1800 on the Royal Admiral. By 1810 he had settled in Kissing Point. In July of that year, his house was robbed and his wife and manservant assaulted. The thieves were traced by a local Aboriginal man, Bundle, who identified one of their footprints, and arrested by the constable James Squire. Jenner received a land grant in the Hunters Hill, Lane Cove district from Macquarie, and was still living at Kissing Point in the 1820s.

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Jennings, Albert Victor

Builder, investor and property developer, born 1896 died 1893. Chairman and managing director of AV Jennings Industries, Australia's largest home builder in the 1960s.

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Jensen, Henry Frederick

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Electrician and politician, Harry Jensen served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1957-1965.

Jensen, Peter Frederick

Anglican minister, academic and theologian who served as Archbishop of Sydney from 2001 to 2013.

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Jents, Beril

Fashion designer recognised as 'Australia's first queen of haute couture'. She specialised in evening and bridal wear and first learnt dressmaking by assisting her mother as a young girl, designing and sewing her first gown at age nine. By age 12, she entered the workforce and at 16, she opened a studio in Waverley and then in King's Cross in 1944. She dressed Sydney's socialites and even some of the Cross' most famous figures including Nellie Cameron. She also had international clients including actresses Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Gaynor and Vivien Leigh.

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Jerram, Mary Stella

Magistrate who was the first woman appointed to the position of New South Wales State Coroner in May 2007. Originally contracted for a five-year period, her term was extended and her retirement in October 2013.

 

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Jervis, James

Historian of early Sydney.

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