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Mansbridge, Frances
Mansfield, George Allen
Mansfield, Ralph
Manson, William
Manton, Emilie
Manton, Frederick
Maraun, Everett Hugh (Bill)
Margarot, Maurice
Marinakis, Nikolaos
Marjoribanks, Alexander
Markham, Dulcie May
Marks, Ernest S
Marlow, George
Marlow, James
Maroot
Maroot, Maria
Marquet, Claude Arthur
Marr, David
Marr, Henry
Marr, Thomas
Marriott, Edward
Marsden, Elizabeth Mary
Marsden, Samuel
Marsden, Thomas
Marsh, Arthur
Marsh, Henry
Marshall, George
Marshall, James
Marshall, John
Marshall, Mary
Marshall, Thomas
Marshall, WB
Marshall-Hall, George
Martens, Conrad
Martin, Charles James
Martin, David James
Martin, David Nathaniel
Martin, Isabella
Martin, James
Martin, James 1820-1886
Martin, Jessie
Martin, Josephine
Martin, William
Martin, Zac
Martindale, BH
Martyn, David Forbes
Marx, Chico
Mash, Ann
Mason, John
Mason, Norbert Keck ('Tug')

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Mansbridge, Frances

One of the founders, with her husband Albert Mansbridge, of the Workers Educational Association in England.

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Mansfield, George Allen

Architect who was responsible for many significant buildings in 19th century Sydney, including many schools. 

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Mansfield, Ralph

Missionary, newspaper editor and temperance advocate whose analysis of the 1841 Census is one of the first demographic studies of the colony.

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Manson, William

Businessman and property speculator.

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Manton, Emilie

Mauritian immigrant who arrived in Sydney in 1829. Married to Frederick Manton and pioneered settlement in the Yass area.

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Manton, Frederick

Pioneer in the Yass district, married Mauritian immigrant Emilie Blanchard in 1829.

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Maraun, Everett Hugh (Bill)

Clerk who enlisted in the 35th Reinforcement, Field Artillery Brigade and became a gunner before disembarking at Liverpool, England in August 1918. He joined his unit in Rouelles, France and was admitted to hospital with 'pyrexia of unknown origin' (probably trench fever). In May 1919 he returned to England and then to Australia.

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Margarot, Maurice

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Political activist and reformer who was transported as one of the Scottish martyrs, for sedition.

Marinakis, Nikolaos

Newspaper editor.

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Marjoribanks, Alexander

Visitor, who published Travels in New South Wales in 1847.

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Markham, Dulcie May

Prostitute and associate of gangland figures in Sydney during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. During her lifetime, she amassed 100 convictions in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia for prostitution, vagrancy, consorting, assaulting police and the public, keeping a brothel and drunkenness and drunk driving. She was nicknamed The Angel of Death, The Black Widow and Pretty Dulcie.

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Marks, Ernest S

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Wool buyer, sportsman and politician who founded and was active in many amateur sporting associations. Marks was an early supporter of Zionism and also helped found the Australian Jewish Historical Society. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1930.

Marlow, George

Theatre owner and entrepreneur noted for bringing melodrama and pantomime to Sydney audiences. He came to Australia as a boy, reportedly walking the streets of Melbourne as an unemployed young man in the early 1900s, 'wondering where the money for his next meal was to come from'. Within a decade, he had three touring companies and became the proprietor of two theatres in Melbourne and Sydney, building the New Tivoli Theatre.

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Marlow, James

Owner of Parrot's Farm, Studley Park

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Maroot

Aboriginal elder of the Cameragal clan and father of Boatswain Mahroot.

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Maroot, Maria

Aboriginal woman who was the sister of Boatswain Maroot. She would collect the rent due to him from his tenants at Botany while he was away fishing in the 1830s and wrote to the Governor requesting documents about his lease to the land when they refused to pay. 

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Marquet, Claude Arthur

Anti war cartoonist who produced a prolific portfolio of political satire and protest.

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Marr, David

Journalist, author and political and social commentator.

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Marr, Henry

Merchant who received a land grant in the Lidcombe area.

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Marr, Thomas

Early landowner in Pitt Street.

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Marriott, Edward

Cellist.

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Marsden, Elizabeth Mary

Landowner in Ermington area.

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Marsden, Samuel

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Anglican chaplain who used his extensive landholdings to promote the sheep industry but is equally remembered for his extreme severity as a magistrate.

Marsden, Thomas

Son of a cousin of the Reverend Samuel Marsden who established his own mercantile firm, Marsden and Flower, with Philip William Flower in about 1830. Their partnership was dissolved in 1837 on Marsden's death, after which Flower continued the business in his name.

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Marsh, Arthur

Milk vendor in Oatley from 1928.

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Marsh, Henry

Publisher and composer who set up business at 490 George Street.

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Marshall, George

Convict who built a successful business as a blanket maker and clothier.

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Marshall, James

Naval officer who was challenged to a duel by John Macarthur.

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Marshall, John

Apprenticed as a sailor at age 10 he spent his life at sea including two voyages transporting convicts to Sydney. He also saw action in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars where he was mortally wounded.

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Marshall, Mary

Dublin born convict flower keeper who continued her husband's business after his death and achieved some level of prosperity and respectability.

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Marshall, Thomas

Survivor of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He was the first mate, or chief officer, of the ship and had to identify several of the dead at inquests around the city.

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Marshall, WB

Stained glass designer and maker.

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Marshall-Hall, George

Controversial composer, conductor and professor of music from Melbourne.

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Martens, Conrad

Artist who travelled with Charles Darwin on the Beagle before settling in Sydney where he recorded the landscapes and harbour for thirty five years.

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Martin, Charles James

English physiologist and pathologist who was the demonstrator in physiology at the University of Sydney from 1891 to 1896 before moving to Melbourne. He and Frank Tidswell collaborated on pioneering research into venoms and anti-venoms.

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Martin, David James

Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin was the Governor of New South Wales from January 1989 until his resignation in August 1990, shortly before his death from pleural mesothelioma. He was the first Governor to be an officer in the Royal Australian Navy officer.

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Martin, David Nathaniel

Theatre entrepreneur who often faced protests for replacing Australian performers with overseas artists.

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Martin, Isabella

Wealthy woman and philanthropist who was the daughter of a wealthy wine merchant and wife of James Martin, with whom she had 15 children. She was one of the chief organisers of the Queen's Jubilee Fund and also a member of the Board of Control of the School of Industry for Orphan Girls. She became unhappy in her marriage and the conditions of their family home in Potts Point. She developed a distaste for the toxic smells emanating from Rushcutters Bay that often swept up to their property, and after two of her children and her sister died, she left her husband. She lived off her own substantial wealth leasing Greycliffe and then Woollahra House, before moving to Clairvaux, where she died.

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Martin, James

Convict who escaped with 10 others in the governor's cutter and sailed to Timor in 1790.

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Martin, James 1820-1886

Politician and lawyer who rose from a humble background to be a member of parliament, Chief Justice of the colony and Premier three times between 1863 and 1872.

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Martin, Jessie

American jazz drummer.

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Martin, Josephine

Architect.

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Martin, William

Architect.

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Martin, Zac

Indigenous actor in theatre and film

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Martindale, BH

Captain in the Royal Engineers who was appointed Commissioner for Internal Communication with responsibilities for road and rail building between 1857 and 1861.

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Martyn, David Forbes

Radiophysicist.

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Marx, Chico

American comedian and film star, a member of the Marx Brothers group.

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Mash, Ann

Convict sentenced to seven years transportation for theft of a bushel of wheat. On the journey she partnered with Richard Alley and had a daughter with him once she reached Sydney, but the child died a few days later. Ann formed a relationship with John Irving, whose land in Parramatta went to her when he died. She married Robert Flannagan, sold her land in 1798 and then married William Chapman. She managed her large family of nine children and from the late 1790s, she operated a small goods business and a passenger boat service between Parramatta and Sydney. She also assisted Chapman in various other businesses including a bakery, butchery and general store, and after his death she held a liquor licence for the King's Head Tavern until about 1813.

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Mason, John

Captain of the Friendship who sailed with the First Fleet but who died on the return voyage.

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Mason, Norbert Keck ('Tug')

Solicitor who married actor, director and theatre entrepreneur Doris Fitton.

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