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Pessoto, Antonio
Pessoto, Vito Angelo
Peters, Frederick Augustus Bolles
Petersen, Axel
Petersen, Harold
Petherbridge, WC
Petit, Philippe
Petrov, Vladimir
Petrova, Evdokia
Pettit, Zadoc
Phayne, Rosa
Phelps, Bertha Emily
Phelps. Phillip Henry Ferdinand
Philip, George Blackmore
Phillip, Arthur
Phillip, Elizabeth
Phillips, Harold
Phillips, Harry
Phillips, Murray G
Phillips, Nat (Stiffy)
Phokas, Serapheim
Picken, William (Bill)
Piddington, Jack Hobart
Pidgeon, Nathaniel
Pidgeon, William Edwin
Pierce, Aaron
Pietroszys, Genovefa
Pietroszys, Stefan
Pigeon
Pigott, William
Piguenit, William Charles
Pike, Giuseppa Lucy
Pike, Joseph Henry
Pinhey, William Townley
Pink, Olive Muriel
Pinkerton, James William
Piper, Jim
Piper, John
Piper, Mary Ann
Pitt, William
Plate, Carl Olaf
Playfair, Thomas
Playoust family
Plomer, P William
Plumb, Gwen
Plummer, George
Plunkett, John Hubert
Podio, Miriam Victoria
Poehlman, John
Polding, John Bede

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Pessoto, Antonio

Italian community leader.

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Pessoto, Vito Angelo

Italian community leader.

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Peters, Frederick Augustus Bolles

American-born pharmaceuticals salesman who emigrated to Sydney and began commercially producing ice-cream, the first person in Australia to do so, founding the Peters brand.

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Petersen, Axel

Danish seaman who became partners with Harold 'Mack' Mackenzie to form a towage company in the 1930s.

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Petersen, Harold

Danish seaman who worked in towage with his brother's company.

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Petherbridge, WC

Medical practitioner.

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Petit, Philippe

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French high wire artist.

Petrov, Vladimir

Soviet diplomat and spy whose defection in 1954 caused outrage and serious repercussions within Australian politics for many years.

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Petrova, Evdokia

Russian diplomat and spy who defected with her husband in 1954.

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Pettit, Zadoc

Private in the New South Wales Corps who was granted land in the Ryde area by Lieutenant-Governor, Major Francis Grose in 1794.

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Phayne, Rosa

Governess who travelled to Sydney with the Female Middle Class Emigration Society.

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Phelps, Bertha Emily

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Author and composer active at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Phelps. Phillip Henry Ferdinand

The son of the Liverpool police magistrate Colonel Lieutenant James Henry Phelps, P H F Phelps created several volumes of sketches of his surroundings in Sydney and New South Wales. He appears to have returned to England in about 1842 after the death of his father in November 1841.

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Philip, George Blackmore

Local resident who established his own publishing business in 1895, was President of Tamarama Life Saving club for 32 years from 1904 and Waverley councillor in 1911.

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Phillip, Arthur

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British naval officer who became first Governor of New South Wales, leading the colony for five difficult years.

Phillip, Elizabeth

Early resident at Darling Point.

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Phillips, Harold

American showman who opened Australia's first Luna Park in St Kilda, Victoria, and later ran Sydney's Luna Park.

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Phillips, Harry

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Professional photographer whose obsession with the Blue Mountains resulted in postcards and books and who did much to make the area famous between 1900 and 1930.

Phillips, Murray G

Sports writer.

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Phillips, Nat (Stiffy)

Vaudeville performer who became famous (or infamous) in the duo Stiffy and Mo, with Roy Rene. They were renowned for their bawdy, 'blue' comedy.

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Phokas, Serapheim

First Orthodox priest resident in Sydney.

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Picken, William (Bill)

Landowner and race horse breeder at Canterbury with a long association with the racing industry.

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Piddington, Jack Hobart

Radiophysicist who developed an early warning radar system and assisted with its installation in Darwin.

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Pidgeon, Nathaniel

Irish-born cabinetmaker who became Sydney's first missionary.

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Pidgeon, William Edwin

Painter who won the Archibald Prize three times.

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Pierce, Aaron

Convict who became a timber getter, orchardist and early landowner in Wahroonga.

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Pietroszys, Genovefa

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Eastern European refugee who arrived in Australia in 1948 with her husband Stefan as displaced persons. After being threatened with deportation because of health issues, the couple fled authorities and lived for more than twenty years in caves at Killarney Heights and around Middle Harbour. After her death from a heart attack in 1979, her husband went to live in an aged care home where he died in 1982.

Pietroszys, Stefan

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Eastern European refugee who arrived in Australia in 1948 with his wife Genovefa as displaced persons. After being threatened with deportation because of health issues, the couple fled authorities and lived for more than twenty years in caves at Killarney Heights and around Middle Harbour. After his wife's death from a heart attack in 1979, Stefan went to live in an aged care home where he died in 1982.

Pigeon

Aboriginal boy known as young Pigeon from Shoalhaven who was in Sydney in the early 1800s. He was attacked with a tomahawk by Musquito in early 1806 and seriously injured.

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Pigott, William

Solicitor and local politician who was first mayor of Stanmore.

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Piguenit, William Charles

Tasmanian-born artist who later moved to New South Wales and ultimately became Australia's pre-eminent nineteenth-century landscape painter.

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Pike, Giuseppa Lucy

Part of the extended Passanisi and Leane families which farmed along the George River.

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Pike, Joseph Henry

Georges River farmer who traced his ancestry to convicts.

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Pinhey, William Townley

Pharmacist and local politician who also served as the Deputy City Coroner for Sydney until his death in 1895.

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Pink, Olive Muriel

Aboriginal-rights activist, anthropologist, artist and gardener who lived in Sydney from the 1910s to 1930s before moving to Alice Springs.

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Pinkerton, James William

Carpenter who enlisted in the 15th Reinforcement, 18th Battalion and proceeded to Etaples, France in December 1916. In May 1917 he received treatment for a gunshot wound to his right leg and was admitted to hospital again in July with venereal disease, spending 78 days in treatment. In December he was found guilty of absence without leave (AWL) and sentenced to 27 days in detention forfeiting 59 days' pay. In February 1918 he was admitted to hospital with an abscess and then in May for synovitis. He was found AWL again before he was returned to Australia.

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Piper, Jim

New Zealand-born applied laser specialist who became a teacher and administrator at Macquarie University.

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Piper, John

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Soldier and public servant who became a rich landowner but had to sell most of his assets to pay back money to the colony after mismanagement in his post of Naval Officer.

Piper, Mary Ann

Daughter of convicts who married John Piper.

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Pitt, William

Melbourne-based architect who also undertook theatre commissions in Sydney.

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Plate, Carl Olaf

Painter who exhibited locally and internationally and established the Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney.

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Playfair, Thomas

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Butcher, charity worker and politician who campaigned for slum clearance and improved sanitation and water supply for the city. He was also responsible for the establishment of the Homebush saleyards in 1882. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1885.

Playoust family

Early French settlers in Sydney

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Plomer, P William

Early landowner at Liberty Plains.

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Plumb, Gwen

Performer on stage, radio and television over a long career.

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Plummer, George

Founder of the first Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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Plunkett, John Hubert

Attorney General and politician whose reputation for austere impartiality improved the treatment of emancipists, convicts and Aboriginals though he considered the Church Act of 1836 which gave legal equality to Protestants and Catholics, his most important achievement.

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Podio, Miriam Victoria

Twenty six year old woman who died while under the care of Dr Harry Bailey at Chelmsford Private Hospital in 1977. 

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Poehlman, John

Publican and licensee of Café Francais in George Street.

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Polding, John Bede

First Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of Sydney.

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