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McDermott, Terry
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Frederick
McDonald, Hugh
McDonald, James
McDonald, John
McDonald, Thomas
McDougal, Andrew
McElhone, Arthur Joseph
McElhone, John
McElhone, William Percy
McEncroe, John
McGahey, Susan Bell
McGarvie, John
McGarvie, William
McGaw, Eardley Henderson 'Mac'
McGaw, Minna
McGee, Bridget
McGee, DO
McGeorge, John
McGeown, Frank
McGibbon, John
McGill, Walter
McGillivray, Jane
McGing, Michael
McGlade, Bernard
McGonnigle, Patrick
McGoorty, Eddie
McGovisk, Andrew
McGowan, Dick
McGowen, James
McGrath, Brian
McGrath, Eileen
McGrath, Raymond
McGregor, Fiona
McGuinness, William
McGuire, Duncan Hazlitt
McGuire, George
McGuire, Marie
McInnes, WB
McIntosh, Andrew
McIntosh, Charles
McIntosh, Hector McDonald
McIntosh, Hugh D
McIntosh, James
McIntosh, Robert
McIntyre, Dugald
McIntyre, John
McKane, Patrick

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McDermott, Terry

Television, radio and theatre actor and producer known for his role in the television series 'Homicide'.

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McDonald, Alexander

Scottish-born marine who settled on his land grant at Field of Mars.

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McDonald, Donald

Arts administrator and arts director.

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McDonald, Frederick

Labor member of federal parliament 1922-1925. Narrowly defeated at the 1925 election he challenged the result in court but mysteriously disappeared.

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McDonald, Hugh

Quartermaster in the 46th Regiment who also operated a private retailing business which he ran from his premises in York Street where he lived with his wife Mary and their four children. The 46th left Sydney for Madras in 1817, but McDonald returned to join his family in 1818. McDonald died in 1819 at the age of 36 and was the first person to be buried in the new Devonshire Street cemetery.

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McDonald, James

Architect and alderman from the Rozelle area.

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McDonald, John

Former convict who was granted land along the Macdonald River. He lived with his family at Pitt Town where he farmed and operated a flour mill.

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McDonald, Thomas

Carriers' agent.

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McDougal, Andrew

Free settler and carpenter who arrived in 1798 to build a corn mill at Parramatta.

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McElhone, Arthur Joseph

Sydney businessman Arthur McElhone served as a Councillor of Sydney City Council for more than forty years, and was Lord Mayor in 1935.

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McElhone, John

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Politician and businessman. He lived in Rockwell Crescent, Potts Point from 1881 until his death in 1898 and the nearby McElhone Stairs were named after him.

McElhone, William Percy

Solicitor who was a Councillor for the City of Sydney between 1908 and 1927, and Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1922.

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McEncroe, John

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Irish priest who opposed transportation and strenuously advocated the rights of the working man. Despite upheaval between the Irish and English orders of the church he was held in high esteem by Protestants and Catholics alike.

McGahey, Susan Bell

Matron of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1891-1904 who worked to advance the status of nursing as a profession.

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McGarvie, John

Second Presbyterian minister in colonial Sydney, the first incumbent at Pitt Town and Ebenezer, and of St Andrews Scots Church. While living in the area, he recorded the names of places along the Hawkesbury River, or Dyarubbin, that local Aboriginal people shared with him. His papers are held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.

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McGarvie, William

Scottish journalist, bookseller and art dealer, who was one of the founders of the Sydney Herald.

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McGaw, Eardley Henderson 'Mac'

First home builder on the Lambert Peninsula.

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McGaw, Minna

Guesthouse operator at Commodore Heights

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McGee, Bridget

Irish immigrant who was sponsored by her sister, marrying master mariner Joseph McGee and settling in Balmain.

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McGee, DO

Chief executive of Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority 1970-

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McGeorge, John

Forensic psychiatrist who served as a consultant to all three armed services in the 1940s and 50s and assessed many of the worst offenders in his work with the Department of Justice.

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McGeown, Frank

Melbourne based Irish republican interned at Darlinghurst in 1918.

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McGibbon, John

Presbyterian minister who championed ultra-Protestantism and opposition to Rome whilst energetically supporting a variety of Protestant publications and associations.

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McGill, Walter

Scottish-born sculptor, mason and phrenologist who worked in Victoria and New South Wales, carving many prominent Sydney monuments during the mid to late 19th century. He worked on Darlinghurst Gaol, carved the allegorical figures, including 'Science', on the General Post Office building and cast the death mask of executed bushranger Captain Moonlight in 1880.

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McGillivray, Jane

Schoolmistress who received a grant in 1839 of the area which is now Killara

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McGing, Michael

Irish republican interned as a suspected member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

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McGlade, Bernard

Carter who established a yard on Bridge Street to service ships at Circular Quay.

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McGonnigle, Patrick

Early resident of the Liberty Plains area

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McGoorty, Eddie

American boxer who won the Australian version of the World Middleweight Title during his career.

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McGovisk, Andrew

Builder, developer and landlord active in the inner-city during the 1870s and 1880s.  Built Avoca, an Italianate row of terraces in Forest Lodge, and several hotels.

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McGowan, Dick

Cafe proprietor and former American naval officer who introduced American style cafe fare to Sydney.

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McGowen, James

First Labor Premier of New South Wales (1910-1913). Member of the Legislative Assembly for the seat of Redfern 1891-1917.

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McGrath, Brian

Lawyer.

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McGrath, Eileen

Printmaker, art teacher and sculptor who worked predominantly in England and the United States of America.

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McGrath, Raymond

Architect, illustrator and artist who tried many media before establishing himself as an important modernist architect in England between the wars.

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McGregor, Fiona

Author and performance artist.

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McGuinness, William

Irish republican interned at Darlinghurst gaol in 1918.

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McGuire, Duncan Hazlitt

Early immigrant from Mauritius.

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McGuire, George

Mauritian-born clerk and soldier who died of wounds received at Gallipoli.

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McGuire, Marie

Immigrant from Mauritius.

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McInnes, WB

Artist of still life, landscape and portraits who won the Wynne Prize in 1918 and the Archibald Prize seven times between 1921 and 1936.

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McIntosh, Andrew

Landholder in the Campbelltown district.

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McIntosh, Charles

Landholder in the Campbelltown district.

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McIntosh, Hector McDonald

Labourer who enlisted as a private in the 11th Reinforcement, 3rd Battalion in July 1915. He served in Egypt then France in 1916 before gunshot wounds and gassing saw him transferred to England where he died.

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McIntosh, Hugh D

Sporting and theatrical entrepreneur whose promotional skills were not matched by financial success.

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McIntosh, James

Landholder in the Campbelltown district.

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McIntosh, Robert

Landowner at Cromer in 1828.

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McIntyre, Dugald

Builder who served as president of his professional organisation.

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McIntyre, John

Convict gamekeeper to Governor Arthur Phillip. Feared and hated by the Eora people he was speared by Pemulwuy and died soon after of his injuries, sparking a retaliatory expedition around Botany Bay.

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McKane, Patrick

Patrick McKane, or Kean, was an Irish convict who was working as a labourer at Lane Cove when, with fellow convicts Edward McHugh and John White (or Wright), he broke into the house of Richard Jenner at Kissing Point in July 1810, assaulting his wife and manservant and making off with money, clothes and other sundries. A local Aboriginal man, Bundle, tracked Kean by his footprint which showed two prominent nails in the sole of his shoe, and he was arrested by the constable James Squire. The three men were found guilty and sentenced to lashes and hard labour. McKane died in a boating accident at Broken Bay in 1824 soon after receiving his ticket of leave.

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