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Lorking, Sydney Entity
Lotaville Girls' School Entity
Lottie Stewart Hospital Entity
Lottin, Victor-Charles Entity
Lotus Line Entity
Louden, A Entity
Lough, John J Entity
Lough, May Entity
Louie the Fly Entity
Louis Film Company Entity
Love, John Entity
Love, Nigel Entity
Lovejoy, Robin Entity
Lovell, Henry Tasman Entity
Lovell, Nigel Entity
Lovers Jump Creek Entity
Lovers Leap, Maroota Entity
Lovett Bay Entity
Low, David Entity
Lowe, Robert Entity
Lowell Entity
Lower Portland Entity
Lower Portland School of Arts hall Entity
Lower Prospect Canal Entity
Lowndes, Jimmy Entity
Lowry-Corry, Somerset (Lord Belmore) Entity
Lowy, Frank Entity
Luana Hall Entity
Lubrano, Francesco Entity
Lucania Entity
Lucas Heights Entity
Lucas, Ann Entity
Lucas, Arthur Henry Entity
Lucas, Augustin Entity
Lucas, Clive Entity
Lucas, John Entity
Lucas, John snr Entity
Lucas, Mary Entity
Lucas, Nathaniel Entity
Lucas, Olivia Entity
Lucas, Penelope Entity
Lucas, Samuel Entity
Lucas, William Entity
Lucas-Tooth, Robert Lucas Entity
Lucasville railway station Entity
Lucinda Entity
Lucy Osburn - Nightingale Foundation Museum Entity
Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Foundation Entity
Lucy, Black Entity
Luddenham Entity

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Lorking, Sydney

Politician.

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Lotaville Girls' School

A day and boarding school for girls established by Mary Hughes and her husband Professor Henry Hughes in Surrey Street in Darlinghurst in 1881. It moved into the former Star and Garter Inn building in Randwick between 1885 and 1890, then the purpose built Tara on Allison Road. From 1903 to 1908 it was housed in Avonmore Terrace, Randwick.

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Lottie Stewart Hospital

Treatment centre at Dundas for a wide range of specialist services founded by Frederick Stewart.

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Lottin, Victor-Charles

French sailor on La Coquille which visited in 1824.

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Lotus Line

Water sculpture in Redfern Park of cast stainless steel and bronze lotus flowers.

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Louden, A

President of the Boot, Shoe and Slipper Manufacturers' Association of New South Wales in the early 1900s.

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Lough, John J

Community leader and Mayor of Manly.

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Lough, May

Wife of Manly Mayor John Lough.

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Louie the Fly

Cartoon character in an advertisement created for Mortein in 1957 by Bryce Courtenay.

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Louis Film Company

Purchaser of the Hoyts Enmore Theatre in 1969, which it renamed Finos Theatre screening Greek films until 1984.

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Love, John

Early landowner who was issued a grant of 90-acres in the Ryde area by Acting Governor Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson in 1795.

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Love, Nigel

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Aviator and flour miller who after serving as a pilot in World War I, developed an airfield at Mascot and promoted aviation through joy flights and charter operations.

Lovejoy, Robin

Actor and artistic director.

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Lovell, Henry Tasman

Psychologist and teacher who was first professor of psychology at the University of Sydney.

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Lovell, Nigel

Film, radio and television actor.

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Lovers Jump Creek

Small watercourse that flows through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

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Lovers Leap, Maroota

Sandstone escarpment on the Hawkesbury River at Upper Crescent Reach, Portland Head. The Darug and Darkinyung name for the landmark is probably Yerumbola, recorded in 1829.

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Lovett Bay

Small northern suburb on western shore of Pittwater.

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Low, David

Cartoonist whose Bulletin drawings of Prime Minister WM Hughes during World War I made him famous, and led to him moving to England where his work featured in many publications.

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Lowe, Robert

Barrister who chose to practise law in Australia after being diagnosed with imminent blindness and who found acclaim and enmity in his fight for responsible government in the colony during the crucial 1840s.

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Lowell

Ship which bought ice from Boston in 1855.

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Lower Portland

A rural suburb in the Hills Shire Local Government Area at the junction of the Colo and Hawkesbury Rivers. Named after the third Duke of Portland, William Cavendish-Bentinck who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1794 and 1801.

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Lower Portland School of Arts hall

Community hall opened in 1913.

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Lower Prospect Canal

Open canal which carried water from Prospect Reservoir to Guildford between 1888 and 1995. The canal has now been replaced with pipes and the canal corridor is now a reserve area for walking and cycling.

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Lowndes, Jimmy

Aboriginal stockman who travelled from his home on the Georges River to work on the Castlereagh River.

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Lowry-Corry, Somerset (Lord Belmore)

Earl of Belmore who was Governor when Prince Alfred was shot, and opened the first Intercolonial Exhibition.

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Lowy, Frank

Australian-Israeli businessman who founded the Westfield Group.

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Luana Hall

Community hall which was demolished for the construction of Dee Why Returned Services League club.

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Lubrano, Francesco

Owner of the 'Italo- Australian' newspaper.1922-1940.

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Lucania

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Home of Ernest Fisk at the corner of Stuart and Cleveland Streets Wahroonga, which received the first radio signal between England and Australia.

Lucas Heights

Southern suburb where Sydney's only nuclear reactor operates, producing isotopes for research and medical purposes. The residential area to the north was renamed Barden Ridge to avoid association with the facility.

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Lucas, Ann

Wife of John Lucas.

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Lucas, Arthur Henry

English-born schoolmaster and biologist who taught in Australia for over 50 years.

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Lucas, Augustin

Captain of the French ship L'Oriental which arrived in Sydney in April 1841.

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Lucas, Clive

Australian architect in the heritage field, scholar, author and heritage advocate.

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Lucas, John

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Carpenter, publican and building contractor who entered parliament after achieving business success.

Lucas, John snr

Builder, miller and businessman who constructed mills on the Georges River and enjoyed financial success until natural forces and mismanagement lead to bankruptcy in 1828.

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Lucas, Mary

Daughter of Thomas Rowley and his convict partner Elizabeth Selwyn, who married into the Lucas family.

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Lucas, Nathaniel

Carpenter and convict who worked hard at many trades, earning trust and security for his large family.

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Lucas, Olivia

Convict who witnessed and contributed significantly to the growth of the colony, experiencing both comfort and hardship as she raised a large family.

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Lucas, Penelope

Governess employed by John Macarthur.

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Lucas, Samuel

Farmer who established a woolwash near the junction of Cup and Saucer Creek and the Cooks River in 1863.

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Lucas, William

Building contractor.

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Lucas-Tooth, Robert Lucas

Prominent businessman, brewer and farmer who later became a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Lucasville railway station

Station on the Zig Zag railway line now abandoned.

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Lucinda

Steam yacht on which the draft constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia was prepared over the weekend of 27-29 March 1891, whilst it was moored at Brooklyn.

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Lucy Osburn - Nightingale Foundation Museum

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Nursing museum and archives at Sydney Hospital housed in the Nightingale Wing, the oldest remaining building on the hospital site. The building originally housed Australia's first school of nursing and was run by Lucy Osburn who arrived in Sydney in 1868 and was a protegee of Florence Nightingale,

Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Foundation

Charitable body that operates the Lucy Osburn-Nightingale nursing museum and archives at Sydney Hospital.

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Lucy, Black

Aboriginal woman who lived on the banks of Tarban Creek, Gladesville, in the 1920s. Died 1928.

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Luddenham

South-western rural suburb named after a village in Kent which was the home town of John and Gregory Blaxland. It is adjacent to the proposed Badgerys Creek airport site.

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