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Rowntree, Thomas Stephenson
Roxon, Lillian
Roylance, William
Ruatara
Rubinstein, Gillian
Rubsamen, Harriet
Rubsamen, John
Rudd, Kevin
Rudd, Steele
Ruddock, Max
Ruddy, Craig
Ruggero, Emanuele
Rümker, Christian Karl Ludwig
Rumpf, Ann
Ruse, James
Russell, Bourn
Russell, George
Russell, Henry Chamberlain
Russell, John
Russell, John d.1820
Russell, Katherine
Russell, Peter Nicol
Russell, Robert
Russell, Robert jnr
Rust, William E
Rutledge, William
Ryan, Ernest Alexander (Shiner)
Ryan, John
Ryan, Patrick
Ryan, Robert
Ryan, Thomas
Rye, Maria
Sadleir, Richard
Saffron, Abe
Sager, Peggy
Sainthill, Loudon
Salamander
Salamander, Biddy
Saleam, Jim
Salib, Amin
Salmon, Thomas
Salomons, Julian
Salter, George
Salter, June
Salteri, Carlo
Salting, Severin Kanute
Samios, Jim
Samson, Martha
Samuel, Alfred Charles
Samuel, Saul

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Rowntree, Thomas Stephenson

Master mariner and shipbuilder, partner with TS Mort and JS Mitchell in the Waterview Dry Dock Company, established 1855. He left the company in 1861.

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Roxon, Lillian

Journalist and author best known for her Rock Encyclopedia published in 1969.

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Roylance, William

Trade unionist who was an official of the New South Wales Labor Council and secretary to the 1879 Intercolonial Trades Unions Congress.

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Ruatara

Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who first visited Sydney in 1805 with the intention of developing trade ties. He introduced wheat to New Zealand and was also host to the first Christian missionary, Samuel Marsden.

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Rubinstein, Gillian

Young adult and children's author.

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Rubsamen, Harriet

Publican at several city hotels in the 1850s.

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Rubsamen, John

German born publican who had emigrated from Butzbach near Frankfurt.

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Rudd, Kevin

Australia's 26th Prime Minister from 2007 until 2010.

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Rudd, Steele

Author best known for 'On Our Selection', a series of country sketches published in 1899.

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Ruddock, Max

Teacher and accountant who first entered local politics in Hornsby before entering state politics.

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Ruddy, Craig

Artist who pursued a career in art after having been a designer and landscape gardener.

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Ruggero, Emanuele

Sicilian Benedictine priest who worked in Sydney from the mid-1840s.

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Rümker, Christian Karl Ludwig

German mathematician and sailor who interest in astronomy led him to work at Governor Brisbane's private observatory at Parramatta from 1821-1823. He was appointed the first government astronomer in 1827 and went to London in 1829 for astronomical instruments. He was dismissed from the government's service after a quarrel with the head of the Royal Astronomical Society, and did not return to Sydney. His name was often recorded as Charles or Carl Runker or Rumcker.

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Rumpf, Ann

Entrepreneur who ran a galvanised iron works on King Street, Newtown. 

Ann migrated from England to New Zealand with her parents William and Christina Melhuish, where she married a German farmer, Johannes Rumpf. Johannes migrated to Sydney and Ann followed soon after with her infant son. Johannes managed a billiard saloon on Castlereagh Street and the family lived on the premises. Ann petitioned for a divorce in 1894 on the grounds of 'desertion and habitual drunkenness' which made Johannes a 'brutal and disagreeable tyrant in his own home'. During the proceedings her children detailed numerous incidents of domestic violence which culminated in Ann leaving her husband in 1884 to live in Newtown. The judge found in favour of Ann and the marriage was dissolved.

During the 1880s she purchased properties in Newtown including shops at 2-10 King Street and ran the Mount Eagle Tin and Galvanised Iron Works. The business expanded to Wilson Street in about 1907. She retired from business in 1917. She died leaving an estate worth over £12,000.

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Ruse, James

Emancipist farmer who held numerous land grants and was able to prove that small landholders could become self-sufficient.

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Russell, Bourn

Ship's captain whose wealth from whaling was lost in the depression of the 1840s though he recovered to be independently wealthy before he entered politics.

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Russell, George

Engineer who managed the marine engineering section of the family business on the Sussex street wharves.

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Russell, Henry Chamberlain

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Astronomer and meteorologist who invented and made many instruments, and was the first to think comprehensively about the southern hemisphere in a global approach to meteorology.

Russell, John

Activist and reformer who was first social worker with South Sydney Community Aid and worked to establish the Aboriginal Medical Service. 

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Russell, John d.1820

Former hatmaker who was convicted of robbery in London in 1799. He arrived in Sydney on the Cormandel in 1802 and soon joined the early Sydney police force. In 1804 Russell was a suspect in the burglary of Mary Breeze's house on Back Row (modern day Phillip Street) and the subsequent murder of an investigating police officer Joseph Luker. He remained a police constable until at least 1817. In 1820 he was found hanged in a house near the Market Wharf and was found to have killed himself while insane.

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Russell, Katherine

Pianist and actress who often appeared in productions staged by her husband Alfred Dampier.

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Russell, Peter Nicol

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Engineer, foundry owner, philanthropist and university benefactor.

Russell, Robert

Scottish engineer who migrated with his family to Hobart in 1832 and then to Sydney in 1838 where he established a family business with his sons.

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Russell, Robert jnr

Engineer who participated in several family companies.

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Rust, William E

Publican.

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Rutledge, William

Merchant who acquired land in Parramatta, Kissing Point, Eastwood and Queanbeyan and took sheep overland to Victoria, where he eventually settled.

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Ryan, Ernest Alexander (Shiner)

Criminal and conman who spent much of his adult life in prisons around Australia.

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Ryan, John

Convict who arrived in Sydney as part of the First Fleet. He was a silk weaver who was convicted in London in 1784 of theft and sentenced to 7 years transportation to America, but escaped after a convict mutiny on the Mercury. He was recaptured and departed for New South Wales on the Charlotte in 1788. With three of his fellow mutineers, he was convicted of the theft of food in February 1788. Sentenced to 300 lashes, he was given a reprieve. He was sent to Norfolk Island on the Sirius in 1790 where he married and had a child. He and his family returned to Sydney in 1793.

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Ryan, Patrick

Pastoralist who had a station at Burren Junction, New South Wales and owned the Federation house, Archina, in Randwick.

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Ryan, Robert

Member of the New South Wales Corp who was granted a large holding on the north shore at Kirribilli in 1800.

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Ryan, Thomas

Forger whose advancement as clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office lead to a healthy property portfolio.

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Rye, Maria

Social reformer and promoter of emigration.

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Sadleir, Richard

Naval officer, teacher and political activist who produced a steady stream of petitions and pamphlets espousing his many causes. He was first Mayor of Liverpool.

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Saffron, Abe

Nightclub owner and property developer reputed to be a major figure in Australia's organized crime in the latter half of the twentieth century.

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Sager, Peggy

Ballet dancer and teacher. Born New Zealand 1924, Arrived in Australia 1941 and joined the Borovansky Ballet in 1944. After appearing in England and Europe rejoined the Borovansky Ballet as principal dancer. Died 2002.

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Sainthill, Loudon

Artist and stage and costume designer. Born Hobart 1918, died London 1969.

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Salamander

Aboriginal man from the Port Jackson area who travelled to Tasmania with on the HM Brig Lady Nelson in 1804, becoming the first mainland Aboriginal to do so in 12,000 years. He took his name from the convict transport and whaling ship, Salamander.

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Salamander, Biddy

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Aboriginal woman who originated from Broken Bay. She was probably one of Bungaree's daughters.

Saleam, Jim

Far right activist.

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Salib, Amin

Founding president of the Coptic Orthodox Society

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Salmon, Thomas

Landowner who settled at Asquith in 1874.

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Salomons, Julian

Skilful barrister and member of the Legislative Council who was an active member of the Jewish community and served as Agent General for New South Wales in London in 1899-1900.

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Salter, George

Emancipist who had been transported for his part in a smuggling ring. He was sentenced to be hanged and delivered to a surgeon for dissection at the Devon Assizes on 17 March 1788. While his relatives and accomplices were executed, Salter's sentence was commuted. After being granted 30 acres of land on the riverbank at Parramatta in 1796, he established a successful farm and when that was purchased by the government he was appointed Superintendant of Government Stock in Van Deimen's Land.

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Salter, June

Actress and author best known for her character roles.

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Salteri, Carlo

Mechanical engineer who, in 1956, co-founded Transfield with Franco Belgiorno-Nettis.

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Salting, Severin Kanute

Danish-born merchant and landowner who formed a partnership with Philip William Flower and established Flower, Salting and Company, one of the countries leading wool merchant firms. He founded the Salting Exhibition for boys educated at Sydney Grammar School.

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Samios, Jim

Solicitor and politician.

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Samson, Martha

Publican.

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Samuel, Alfred Charles

Local councillor who was Mayor of Vaucluse ten times between 1914 and 1943.

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Samuel, Saul

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Company director and practical and liberal politician who was the first Jewish legislator in New South Wales.