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Murch, Arthur
Murdoch, Keith Arthur
Murdoch, Rupert
Murphy, Daniel
Murphy, Graeme
Murphy, Helen Mary (Ellen)
Murphy, James
Murphy, Lionel Keith
Murphy, Samuel
Murphy, Stephen
Murphy, Theresa Mary
Murphy, Viva
Murray, Agnes Ann
Murray, Alec
Murray, Charley
Murray, David
Murray, GA
Murray, Les
Murray, William
Muset, Joseph
Musgrove, Frank
Musgrove, Jack
Muskett, Alice Jane
Musquito
Mutch, Gordon
Mutch, Thomas
Mutton, Judy
Myers, Francis
Myles, Charles Henry
Mystakidis, Michael
Nagle, Jacob
Nagle, Linda
Nagy, John
Nairn, James
Nakata, Martin
Nam, Ping
Nanbarry
Nangle, James
Nangowrie
Nash, Leonard James
Nathan, Isaac
Neale, James Henry
Neale, John Thomas
Neale, Thomas Henry
Neall, Gail
Neave, Stacey Arthur
Needham, Elizabeth
Neeme, Aarne
Neeson, Doc
Neil, Frank

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Murch, Arthur

Artist and sculptor who trained and taught at East Sydney Technical College and was official war artist for six months in World War II.

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Murdoch, Keith Arthur

Conservative newspaper tycoon whose impact on journalism and newspaper publishing was felt across Australia.

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Murdoch, Rupert

Media magnate who inherited his father's newspaper business and built it into an international conglomerate through acquisition and expansion.

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Murphy, Daniel

Surveyor.

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Murphy, Graeme

Dancer and choreographer who has brought contemporary dance into a more commercial arena.

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Murphy, Helen Mary (Ellen)

Illiterate Irish servant who was sponsored to travel with her mother in 1859.

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Murphy, James

Lime merchant and plasterer who was Mayor of Sydney in 1860.

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Murphy, Lionel Keith

Lawyer and politician. An industrial lawyer who became a barrister and high court judge, and a Senator, Attorney-General, and Minister in the Federal Whitlam government in the 1970s. 

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Murphy, Samuel

Soldier settler at Bankstown.

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Murphy, Stephen

Coroner and magistrate who began his career as a public servant in 1867 as a clerk with the mounted police at Bathurst and then in the prison system. Murphy was sworn in as a general coroner for the colony in 1897. At the time, he was an appointed police magistrate and the Chief Emergency Officer of the Department of Justice. By 1900, he was appointed to the position of acting coroner for the Parramatta district. Soon after, Murphy was promoted to the position of Clerk of Petty Sessions at the Water Police Court in 1903. He would also take on the role, unofficially, of Sydney City Coroner following the promotion of John King to the Stipendiary Bench in October 1907. Murphy was officially appointed to the dual role of Sydney City Coroner and special magistrate of the Children’s Court in January 1909. Due to his age and workload, Murphy resigned from the coronial position in March 1912 in order to focus on family law, but only remained in practice until 1913 when he retired.

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Murphy, Theresa Mary

Adopted daughter of William and Honora Holmes who married her cousin, a jeweller, William Joseph Murphy and raised 10 children in Sydney.

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Murphy, Viva

Community activist.

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Murray, Agnes Ann

School mistress at Darlinghurst after the death of her husband Sir Terence Murray.

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Murray, Alec

Sydney photographer, a member of the so-called 'Merioola Group' of artists who, from the early 1940s to the early 1950s, lived and worked in Merioola, a boarding house in Woollahra converted from a Victorian-era mansion.

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Murray, Charley

Aboriginal man.

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Murray, David

Homeless man murdered in The Domain.

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Murray, GA

Early settler in Fairlight, owner of Roslyn Hall.

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Murray, Les

Poet, anthologist and critic who has published over 30 volumes of poetry.

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Murray, William

Manly painter and decorator who owned and subdivided land in Fairlight in the 1880s.

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Muset, Joseph

Composer, teacher and priest.

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Musgrove, Frank

Owner of the Criterion Theatre in Sydney from 1913.

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Musgrove, Jack

Theatre manager involved in vaudeville, film distribution and dance hall management.

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Muskett, Alice Jane

Artist and author who was the second pupil of the Julian Ashton Art School and also published verse and short stories.

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Musquito

Aboriginal man in Sydney in the early 1800s. After being speared under the heart outside the General Hospital in the Rocks on the night of Thursday, 9 January 1806, he was taken into the hospital and treated but died the following Wednesday. He had earlier injured a Aboriginal boy, young Pigeon, with a tomahawk while drunk, and was killed in retaliation for this. He had also fought with Boatswain Maroot outside the Wynyard Barracks earlier that day because of the attack.  He is often confused with the bushranger Musquito who was hanged in Tasmania in 1825.

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Mutch, Gordon

Active figure in 1960s underground Sydney and the city's theatre scene, Mutch later became an experimental filmmaker, sculptor and anti-nuclear activist.

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Mutch, Thomas

Labor politician whose ministerial achievements in education were obscured by the bitter faction fighting of the 1920s.

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Mutton, Judy

First female partner at Allen Arthur Robinson.

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Myers, Francis

Writer of novels, drama and non-fiction, who wrote for the Argus newspaper under the pseudonym 'Telemachus'.

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Myles, Charles Henry

Businessman in Sydney.

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Mystakidis, Michael

Editor.

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Nagle, Jacob

Sailor who accompanied Captain Phillip when he explored and decided to settle in Port Jackson. Born and raised in British North America he had fought in the Revolutionary War before being pressed into service in the British Navy.

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Nagle, Linda

Dancer. Actor, Comedian, Performer, Playwright

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Nagy, John

Owner of The Gap Tavern, Watson's Bay, in the 1960s.

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Nairn, James

Publican who operated The King's Arms inn.

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Nakata, Martin

Professor Nakata Martin has worked in the area of Indigenous education for several decades, and is a leading Indigenous academic in Australiat. He is the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Education & Strategy) at James Cook University.

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Nam, Ping

Chinese businessman who supported the monarchist cause in China.

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Nanbarry

Cadigal man who survived smallpox to become a child-servant in the early colony and later sailed on the Investigator with Matthew Flinders.

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Nangle, James

Architect, educator and astronomer who helped reorganise technical education in Sydney.

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Nangowrie

Aboriginal man named Nangowrie, or Nangui, from the 'Portland Head' or ‘Lower Branch’ people of the Macdonald River (Gununday) whose Country reached from the upper Macdonald River (Gunanday) downstream to Mangrove Creek and upstream along the Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin) as far as Portland Head and Cattai. He knew the Reverend John McGarvie and may have acted as his guide in 1829. His name was also written in English as Nangui and Nangoa.

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Nash, Leonard James

Senior magistrate and NSW coroner.

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Nathan, Isaac

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English-born composer, conductor, publisher and printer hailed as 'Australia's first composer'.

Neale, James Henry

Politician representing first East Sydney and then Hartley in the Blue Mountains.

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Neale, John Thomas

Sydney businessman and theatre owner.

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Neale, Thomas Henry

Magistrate at Hartley and landowner with his brother James in Katoomba.

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Neall, Gail

Swimmer, born 1955, who, among many other achievements, won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics. She retired from swimming in 1974.

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Neave, Stacey Arthur

Architect who was in practice with Hardy Wilson determined to make Australian aware of their colonial heritage.

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Needham, Elizabeth

Servant and needleworker who was transported for theft but became a successful businessperson and landowner in the Tempe area.

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Neeme, Aarne

Artistic director of many of the major theatre companies in Australia.

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Neeson, Doc

Doc Neeson was the charismatic lead singer of Australian rock band The Angels from the 1970s until the 1990s.

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Neil, Frank

Theatrical entrepreneur, owner of the Tivoli Theatre 1934-1940.

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