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Kearney House Entity
Kearns Entity
Kearns, Phil Entity
Keating van Iersel, Annita Entity
Keating, Edmund Entity
Keating, Paul Entity
Keats, Horace Entity
Kebblewhite, James Entity
Keber Randwick Entity
Keck, Henry Entity
Kedumba River Entity
Keegan, Thomas Entity
Keep Within Compass Hotel Entity
Keep, John Entity
Keesing, Nancy Entity
Kegworth Estate Entity
Keifer, Phillip Entity
Keith Longhurst Reserve Entity
Kellaway, Cecil Entity
Kellerman, Annette Entity
Kellett, Thomas Entity
Kellogg Company Entity
Kellow, Robert Entity
Kelly's Bush Entity
Kelly, Doreen Entity
Kelly, Emily Caroline (Carrie) Entity
Kelly, Frederick Septimus Entity
Kelly, John Entity
Kelly, Michael Entity
Kelly, Patrick Entity
Kelly, Paul Entity
Kelly, Petra Entity
Kelly, Thomas Hussey Entity
Kelly, Tony Entity
Kelly, Vince Entity
Kelly, William Henry Entity
Kellyville Entity
Kellyville Ridge Entity
Kellyville School of Arts hall Entity
Kelman, Winsome Entity
Kelsey, Thomas Entity
Kelso Creek Entity
Keltie, James Entity
Kember, William Entity
Kemble, Francis Entity
Kemp's Estate Entity
Kemp, Charles Entity
Kemp, Charles (1813-1864) Entity
Kemp, John Edward Entity
Kemp, Michael Entity

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Kearney House

Residential block constructed for the nurses at Parramatta hospital. Now demolished.

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Kearns

South-western residential suburb, named after William Kearns, a local farmer in the nineteenth century. It was developed for housing in the 1980s.

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Kearns, Phil

Australian rugby union player who was captain of the team on 10 occasions.
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Keating van Iersel, Annita

Wife of former Prime Minister Paul Keating between 1975 and 1998.

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Keating, Edmund

Early settler, with his family, in Lidcombe.

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Keating, Paul

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Sydney Labor politician who was Prime Minister from 1991-96.

Keats, Horace

Composer and songwriter who wrote music for radio plays, ballet, and film.

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Kebblewhite, James

Office worker who rose to become managing director of Beard Watson Ltd.

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Keber Randwick

Gracious freestanding house erected on land that had originally been part of the Glebe Estate.

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Keck, Henry

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Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol in the 1840s.

Kedumba River

Perennial stream rising on the eastern side of Walford Park Katoomba. It flows generally south for 2.5 kilometres before flowing over Katoomba Cascades, Katoomba Falls and off the Blue Mountains Range. It then flows generally south through the Jamison Valley, the Blue Mountains National Park and Kedumba Valley for a further 23 kilometres before entering Lake Burragorang near Policeman Point.

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Keegan, Thomas

Miner represented the labour movement at state level for 25 years.

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Keep Within Compass Hotel

Hotel in George Street almost opposite Essex Street owned by John Redman.

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Keep, John

Ironmonger who conducted his business first in Barrack Street before moving to the corner of Clarence and King streets.

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Keesing, Nancy

Author of poetry, childrens novels, biography and literary criticism.

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Kegworth Estate

Estate on the western edge of Leichhardt in the vicinity of present day Tebbutt Street

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Keifer, Phillip

Publican at Haslam's Creek in the mid nineteenth century.

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Keith Longhurst Reserve

Park in Kentlyn

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Kellaway, Cecil

South African actor born 1890 died 1973. Came to Australia in 1921 to act in musical comdeies. Later made feature films in Hollywood.

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Kellerman, Annette

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Professional swimmer, actor and writer who was born in Marrickville.

Kellett, Thomas

Publican and entrepreneur who established Sir Joseph Banks Hotel as a sport and leisure destination.

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Kellogg Company

Cereal and convenience food produce which originated in the United States of America.

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Kellow, Robert

First Lieutenant of the Marines who was sent to New South Wales on the First Fleet ship, Scarborough.

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Kelly's Bush

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Bushland on the Woolwich Peninsula which became the focus of the first Green Ban to stop clearance and development of the site.

Kelly, Doreen

Aboriginal activist.

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Kelly, Emily Caroline (Carrie)

Theatre producer and anthropologist who founded the first Sydney company devoted to Australian plays - the Community Playhouse - using the stage name Carrie Tennant (her mother's maiden name). Disheartened by the company's subsequent failure, Kelly abandoned theatre to study anthropology.

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Kelly, Frederick Septimus

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Talented Australian born musician and oarsman who won gold for England rowing in the 1908 Olympics.

Kelly, John

Landowner at Beauty Point at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Kelly, Michael

Fourth Archbishop of Sydney whose conservatism was often at odds with his Irish nationalism.

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Kelly, Patrick

Supervisor of convict logging parties in the Pennant Hills and Epping districts under Governor Macquarie.

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Kelly, Paul

Indigenous singer songwriter.

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Kelly, Petra

German politician who founded the German Green Party based on her observations of the Green Ban movement she has observed in Australia.

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Kelly, Thomas Hussey

Wool broker and company director with special interest in promoting mining.

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Kelly, Tony

Labor parliamentarian who held a variety of portfolios from 2003.

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Kelly, Vince

Journalist and author wrote biographies and non-fictional works on Australian police and criminals.

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Kelly, William Henry

Federal politician 1903-1919

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Kellyville

North-western residential suburb. It is named after nineteenth century landowner Hugh Kelly.

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Kellyville Ridge

North-western residential suburb. Named after nineteenth century landowner Hugh Kelly, it became a separate suburb in 2002.

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Kellyville School of Arts hall

Community hall built by the School of Arts as a memorial hall.

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Kelman, Winsome

Architect.

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Kelsey, Thomas

Publican.

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Kelso Creek

Watercourse which flows into the George River at Panania through a weir to mitigate flooding.

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Keltie, James

Navy captain who served as first mate on the Fishburn before being appointed master of the HMS Sirius when her captain fell ill at Rio de Janeiro in 1787.

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Kember, William

Beach inspector who became known for rescuing a 16 year old boy at Maroubra Beach in 1944.

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Kemble, Francis

Company promoter with a passion for sugar companies who correctly foresaw the increased demand of the new colony and drove the establishment of the first sugar mill.

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Kemp's Estate

Housing subdivision at Balgowlah Heights in 1922.

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Kemp, Charles

Passenger who died in the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in August 1834. He appears to have joined the ship at Hobart, ten days before the disaster. His body was found washed up near the wreck with that of seaman James Starkie. Both men were formally identified by the first mate Thomas Marshall at an inquest on 6 September. Their remains were very decomposed when found, and the treatment their bodies received on their way to burial caused a public outcry.

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Kemp, Charles (1813-1864)

Journalist who, with John Fairfax, became co-owner of the Sydney Herald before turning to politics and business.

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Kemp, John Edward

Architect who worked under the prominent civil engineer and architect Gustavus Alphonse Morell, and then became a junior partner in Morell and Kemp before taking over the business after Morell's death.

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Kemp, Michael

Local resident and environmentalist in the Hawkesbury area, whose family have lived in the region for several generations.

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