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McKay, Jim
McKee, Thomas Henry
McKell, William John
McKenna, Ross
McKenzie, Alexander
McKenzie, Cecil Roland
McKenzie, R
McKenzie, Violet
McKeon, Humphrey
McKeown, Keith Collingwood
McKeown, Thomas
McKervey, John
McKew, Maxine
McKillop, Ramsey
McKuen, Francis
McLachlan, Dugald
McLaren, Jim
McLaughlin, Clara Jane
McLean, Donald
McLean, Vida
McLennan, Kathleen
McLeod, Isabelle
McLeod, Stewart Jamieson
McLerie, John
McLucas, Daniel
McMahon, Gregan
McMahon, James Leslie
McMahon, Michael
McMahon, P
McMahon, PR
McMahon, William
McManamey, Gertrude
McManamey, John Fraser
McManus, John
McMaster, Jean
McMillan, Elizabeth
McMinn, Arthur
McMurtrie, Ernest
McNab, Claire
McNair, William Allan
McNally, Nicholas
McNamara, Frank Leonard
McNamara, John
McNeill, Albert John
McPhee, Neil Campbell
McPherson, Elle
McPherson, Lennie
McQuade, Cecily
McQuade, Neville
McQuade, William

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McKay, Jim

Author and academic.

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McKee, Thomas Henry

Baker who enlisted in the 9th Reinforcements, 13th Army Service Corps, serving in Gallipoli in 1915 before being admitted to hospital in Egypt with an injury to his foot. He was sent to France and in April 1916 he was punished for being absent from tattoo roll call and overstaying his leave. He was punished for absence without leave four times during his service. He was admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Rouen and in 1917 and 1918 he was admitted to hospital for venereal disease on a number of occasions before he was sent back to the Field Bakery in Rouen in January 1919.

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McKell, William John

Boiler maker and Australian Labor Party politician who served as New South Wales Premier and Governor-General of Australia.

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McKenna, Ross

Activist involved in the establishment of Aboriginal social welfare programs in the 1970s.

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McKenzie, Alexander

Shipmaster.

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McKenzie, Cecil Roland

Electrical engineer employed by the Sydney County Council.

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McKenzie, R

Aboriginal activist from La Perouse who took part in the 1938 Day of Mourning

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McKenzie, Violet

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Florence Violet McKenzie was an electrical engineer who taught thousands of women, and soldiers, to use radio for signalling, founded the Wireless Weekly and pioneered technical education for women.

McKeon, Humphrey

Early Maroubra settler whose house and wool scouring business were the first in the area.

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McKeown, Keith Collingwood

Entomologist and naturalist who worked at the Australian Museum. As well as scientific publications, he wrote for popular magazines and newspaper columns and published books, including among others 'Insect Wonders of Australia', 'Spider Wonders of Australia', and a children's book 'The Magic Seeds: Tessa in Termitaria'.

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McKeown, Thomas

Cleaner and carrier.

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McKervey, John

Railway employee at Oatley responsible for the post and telephone office established at the station in 1903.

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McKew, Maxine

Journalist and politician.

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McKillop, Ramsey

Member of the Wharf Labourers Union.

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McKuen, Francis

Early resident of Sydney.

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McLachlan, Dugald

First planning officer appointed to the Sydney City Council (1938).

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McLaren, Jim

Priest who conducted a religious programme on 2SM.

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McLaughlin, Clara Jane

Religious sister who greatly expanded the work of the Good Samaritans and transformed Toxteth house into St Scholastica's Convent and secondary school.

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McLean, Donald

General merchant and postmaster at Greenwich.

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McLean, Vida

Nurse who saw service throughout World War I before embarking on a career in health promotion as matron of mother craft centres in New Zealand, Australia and India.

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McLennan, Kathleen

Criminal figure of Surry Hills associated with the petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber. In 1945, she was tried for shooting the prostitute and thief, Margaret Holmes, who later died in hospital. McLennan was acquitted.

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McLeod, Isabelle

Aboriginal woman whose family was relocated in the 1960s by the Aborigines Protection Board, from the south coast to Green Valley, near Liverpool.

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McLeod, Stewart Jamieson

Carrier who enlisted in the 15th Reinforcement 1st Battalion serving in Egypt and the Battle of Fromelles, France on 19 July 1916. He survived only to be killed in action on 26 August 1916.

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McLerie, John

Superintendent (later Inspector-General) of Police in Sydney 1850-1874.

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McLucas, Daniel

Early grant holder near Kirkham who received 100 acres from Governor Macquarie.

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McMahon, Gregan

Actor and theatrical producer who founded the Melbourne Repertory Company in 1911. After it folded in 1918 he moved to Sydney and founded the Sydney Repertory Theatre Society. He returned to Melbourne in 1928.

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McMahon, James Leslie

Les McMahon was a Labor politician, trade unionist, and Member of he House of Representatives for the seat of Sydney.

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McMahon, Michael

Local politician after whom McMahons Point is named. A brush and comb maker who settled on the north shore in the 1860s, his skill was recognised with a bronze medal at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Victoria in 1867.

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McMahon, P

Merchant owner of a bond store at East Circular Quay in the 1880s.

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McMahon, PR

Professor of Wool Technology, University of New South Wales

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McMahon, William

Liberal politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972.

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McManamey, Gertrude

Custodian of Woodford Academy after her father's death.

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McManamey, John Fraser

Poet and rector who converted Woodford House into a school.

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McManus, John

Early landowner in the Studley Park area.

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McMaster, Jean

Matron who established the Coast Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1894.

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McMillan, Elizabeth

Nurse who saw service in the Middle East and Western Fronts before training in London in Dr Truby King's Plunket Mothercraft method. She became the first director of the Karitane organisation in Sydney responsible for nurse training and mother care.

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McMinn, Arthur

Draughtsman.

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McMurtrie, Ernest

Performer who appeared as female equestrienne and circus trapeze artist, Daisy Shand.

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McNab, Claire

Crime writer and teacher who now lives in Los Angeles.

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McNair, William Allan

Market researcher who established the McNair Surveys of radio and television audiences for advertisers.

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McNally, Nicholas

Catholic priest.

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McNamara, Frank Leonard

Magistrate and coroner, who, during his short tenure as Sydney Sydney City Coroner in the mid 1950s, was consistently critical of the growing road and rail death toll, urging for safer roads and railways. He campaigned to charge drunk or irresponsible drivers who caused injuries or deaths, and promoted the installation of automatic doors on electric trains.

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McNamara, John

Irish convict turned bushranger shot by police near Windsor in 1830.

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McNeill, Albert John

Clerk who enlisted as a sapper in the 14th Field Company Engineers, arriving in Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt before being sent to Marseilles, France in June 1916. While in Etaples, he was admitted to hospital for bronchitis, possibly contracted during a gas attack. After recuperating and training in England, he proceeded to Rouelles, France and then Belgium. In April 1918 he spent time in hospital in France with a sprained left ankle and was punished in August and September for absence without leave.

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McPhee, Neil Campbell

Labourer who enlisted in the 7th Reinforcement, 45th Battalion and proceeded to Etaples, France in March 1917. On 23 September, he was admitted to hospital in France for 'debility' and a few days later for 'gastric ulcer'. He returned to Australia and was discharged as medically unfit with 'permanent disability'.

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McPherson, Elle

Model, businesswoman and actress renowned around the world as 'The Body'.

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McPherson, Lennie

Career criminal and murderer who dominated organised crime in the 1960s with the help of corrupt police.

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McQuade, Cecily

Member of the McQuade family of Windsor and owner of Her Majesty's theatre.

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McQuade, Neville

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Young man who was arrested in Sydney for dressing as a woman several times in the 1940s, charged with vagrancy and offensive behaviour.

McQuade, William

Member of a wealthy Windsor family.

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