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Gledswood estate Entity
Gledswood Hills Entity
Gleeson, Gerry Entity
Gleeson, James Entity
Gleeson, John Entity
Gleeson, Libby Entity
Glen Alpine Entity
Glen Ayr Entity
Glen Isla Entity
Glen Mervyn Entity
Glen Shale Mine Entity
Glenbrook Entity
Glenbrook railway station Entity
Glendenning Entity
Glenelg Crescent estate Entity
Glenfield Entity
Glenfield Entry
Glenfield House Entity
Glenfield Public School Entity
Glenfield railway station Entity
Glenfield siege 1968 Entity
Glengarry Entity
Glenhaven Entity
Glenhaven Entry
Glenhaven 2004 Media
Glenhaven Public School Entity
Glenhurst Entity
Glenhurst Entry
Glenlee Entity
Glenlee Estate Entity
Glenmire Entity
Glenmore Park Entity
Glenorie Entity
Glenorie Entry
Glenorie 2007 Media
Glenorie Progress Association Entity
Glenorie School of Arts Entity
Glenorie School of Arts hall Entity
Glenorie Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Entity
Glenrock Entity
Glenrock Entry
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Glenrock Darling Point, one of the old residences of Sydney c1860 Media
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Glenwood Entity
Glenwood Nursing Home Entity
Globe Mills Entity
Glossodia Entity
Glossop, Ann Entity
Gloucester Street and corner of little Essex Street, Sydney 1902 Media

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Gledswood estate

An agricultural estate near Narellan which has been subdivided to form the suburb of Gledswood Hills. The original homestead is now used as a winery and function centre.

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Gledswood Hills

South-western residential suburb. It was assigned in 2011.

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Gleeson, Gerry

Teacher and public administrator who entered the public service with several key roles in higher education before becoming head of the Premier's Department.

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Gleeson, James

Surrealist artist who delved in to the subconscious using literary, mythological or religious subject matter.

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Gleeson, John

Convict who attempted to profit from land dealings in The Rocks.

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Gleeson, Libby

Children's author and script writer for young children.

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Glen Alpine

Affluent south-western residential suburb, built from the mid-1980s around Campbelltown Golf Course by Lend Lease. It is named after the 1820s homestead of the Reverend Thomas Reddall, first Anglican clergyman appointed to Campbelltown.

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Glen Ayr

House built around 1860 which housed a girls' school between 1905 and 1912 when the estate was subdivided and the house demolished.

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Glen Isla

Sailing ship of 1067 tons.

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Glen Mervyn

Residence constructed for the meat supplier, Thomas Field. Field gave it to the Australian Red Cross on condition that it be used for philanthropic or charitable purposes. The Red Cross operated a convalescent home there for ex-servicemen of World War II, opening on 12 December 1942. It was then leased to Sydney Legacy at a token cost for use as a hostel for orphaned children of servicemen. In 1973 Legacy handed the property back to the Red Cross and the following year it opened as a Junior Red Cross Home. It now operates as a day care centre.

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Glen Shale Mine

Shale mine in Nellies Glen in the Megalong Valley which operated in the 1880s and 1890s.

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Glenbrook

Lower Blue Mountains residential suburb between Lapstone and Blaxland. It is the site of Lennox Bridge, oldest surviving stone arch bridge on the Australian mainland.

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Glenbrook railway station

Railway station on the Western Line at the foot of the Blue Mountains. The original 1860s station was replaced in 1913 by a new station on a line deviation, and the abandoned building moved to Artarmon railway station in 1916

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Glendenning

Western industrial and residential suburb, originally part of the Mount Druitt public housing development. It was named in 1987 after local butcher William Glendenning, who operated a slaughteryard in Lamb Street in the early 1900s.

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Glenelg Crescent estate

Subdivision of Ballast Point, Balmain, which was a victim of the 1842 financial crash.

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Glenfield

South-western residential suburb between Campbelltown and Liverpool. The original homestead (1816) was named by explorer Dr James Throsby after his birthplace near Leicester in England.

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Glenfield

From a land grant to emancipist James Meehan, Glenfield was to become one of the fastest growing suburbs in the Campbelltown area.

Glenfield House

Georgian house in Casula which was built by Dr Charles Throsby in 1816.

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Glenfield Public School

Public school established in 1882

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Glenfield railway station

Railway station built in 1869 in the Macquarie Field estate, moved south to its current location in 1891 and redeveloped in the 1980s.

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Glenfield siege 1968

Beryl Muddle was held hostage for 8 days by her boyfriend Wally Mellish in his house at Glenfield.

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Glengarry

California Bungalow-style house in Killara built in 1919 for William Virtue.

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Glenhaven

North-western semi-rural suburb. Old Northern Road (formerly the convict-built Great North Road) passes through it.

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Glenhaven

In a valley originally part of Dharug land, Glenhaven's mix of bush and famland make it a popular area for families.

Glenhaven 2004

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Image courtesy of
Airview
[0403-0904-30]

Glenhaven Public School

Public school established in 1889

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Glenhurst

Victorian style house built on the Glenhurst Estate allotments by the solicitor, George Evans.

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Glenhurst

Glenhurst was built on the Glenhurst Estate in Darling Point. It was demolished in 1959 or 1960 and replaced by Glenhurst Gardens apartment building.

Glenlee

Residential suburb within Campbelltown local government area.

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Glenlee Estate

Land grant by Lachlan Macquarie to William Howe in 1818 at Minto.

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Glenmire

Italianate three storey sandstone mansion built for Edwin Stanley.

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Glenmore Park

Western residential suburb on southern side of M4 Motorway, named after the homestead built by Henry Cox for his bride Frances and completed in 1825. Glenmore Park estate was officially opened in 1990 and is one of Penrith City's largest and most rapidly developing housing estates.

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Glenorie

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Northern rural suburb which was a major fruit-growing area until well into the twentieth century.

Glenorie

As timbergetters cleared the land from 1817, Glenorie orchards supplied citrus and stone fruits for the city and abroad. Today it remains an attractive semi-rural area.

Glenorie 2007

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Image courtesy of
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[0705-0808-34]

Glenorie Progress Association

Community group established in the 1890s to lobby for improved community services and infrastructure for the suburb of Glenorie

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Glenorie School of Arts

School of Arts established in 1902

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Glenorie School of Arts hall

Community hall opened in 1902, with a brick memorial hall built in 1932 and opened in 1933.

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Glenorie Volunteer Bushfire Brigade

Volunteer bush fire brigade established in 1947

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Glenrock

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Grand gentleman's residence at Edgecliff. The house was eventually demolished and rebuilt in the 1870s. The second house of the same name was built on the site by merchant John Marks in the 1870s.

Glenrock

Glenrock, the home of the Smith and Whistler Smith families from the 1840s, was replaced by a later building that is, along with Fiona, now part of Ascham.

Glenrock c1846

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By
George Edwards Peacock
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128043 / ML 492]
(Mitchell Library)

Glenrock Darling Point, one of the old residences of Sydney c1860

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Glenrock residence in Darling Point shows John Lamb, Mrs Lamb and her first child in her arms.

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a089648 / SPF/648]

Glenrock Estate

Vast waterfront estate purchased by Thomas Smith in 1835 at Darling Point. The estate was subdivided in 1859 to provide new home sites after the death of his son who had inherited the property.

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Glenwood

North-western residential suburb named after 'Glenwood Park' homestead, originally known as 'Norfolk Vale' when built by James Samuel Staff in 1853. Formally recognised as a suburb in 1996, it is the site of Parklea Markets and Parklea Sikh Temple.

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Glenwood Nursing Home

Victorian style mansion, Airlie, in Greenwich, which has since been converted to a nursing home.

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Globe Mills

Four storey mill which conducted all processes from wool scouring to garment construction before closing after World War II. Recently converted to apartments.

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Glossodia

North-western semi-rural suburb. It was named in 2004 after the native Australian orchid.

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Glossop, Ann

Convict who became common-law wife of William Broughton, but died in the attack on the Boyd in New Zealand in 1809.

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Gloucester Street and corner of little Essex Street, Sydney 1902

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By
H Stuart Wilson
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3767001 / ML 1437]
(Mitchell Library)