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P&O Wall Fountain Entity
Pacey, Millicent Entity
Pacific and Ross Sea Whaling Company Entity
Pacific Lodge Entity
Pacific Power Entity
Packer, Charles Entity
Packer, Frank Entity
Packer, Kerry Entity
PACT Entity
PACT Theatre Entity
Paddington Entity
Paddington Markets Entity
Paddington Municipal Council Entity
Paddington Police Station and Courthouse Entity
Paddington Public School Entity
Paddington Public School building Entity
Paddington Reservoir Entity
Paddington Reservoir Gardens Entity
Paddington Society Entity
Paddington Town Hall Entity
Paddington Uniting Church Entity
Paddy's Markets Entity
Paderewski, Ignaz Entity
Padstow Entity
Padstow Heights Entity
Paean on Leichhardt's return Entity
Page, Benjamin Entity
Page, David Entity
Page, JF Entity
Page, Russell Entity
Page, Stephen Entity
Paget, Violet Entity
Pagewood Entity
Pai Lau Entity
Pain, Arthur Wellesley Entity
Paine, Daniel Entity
Painter's Arms Entity
Pak-a-pu Entity
Paki, Peter Entity
Palace Hotel Entity
Palace Hotel Mortlake Entity
Palace Theatre Entity
Paling, Mary Entity
Paling, Richard Entity
Paling, William Henry Entity
Palings Lane Entity
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P&O Wall Fountain

Distinctive and significant public art work by renowned sculptor Tom Bass that was commissioned by P&O Orient Line for their new building on Hunter Street. It was fabricated in copper as a more affordable alternative to the original design of carving into the granite facade of the building. 

The fountain became infamous after Oz Magazine published a satirical photograph in 1964 that showed three men of varying heights apparently using the fountain as a public toilet. Since then the work has been commonly referred to as 'The Urinal'. The photograph was the subject of a legal battle during which the editors of Oz Magazine were accused of promoting 'public pissing'. .

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Pacey, Millicent

Poultry farmer in South Turramurra, in Sydney's northern suburbs.

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Pacific and Ross Sea Whaling Company

Whaling company established to operate in the Antarctic using Norwegian crews operating from a newly built mother ship.

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Pacific Lodge

Aged care facility of the Salvation Army, originally located in Dee Why, but recently moved to modern premises in Collaroy.

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Pacific Power

State-owned electricity generator formed from the NSW Electricity Commission in 1995

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Packer, Charles

Convict and musician, who came to Sydney after his pardon and became a well known organist, conductor and composer.

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Packer, Frank

Media proprietor who was a major newspaper publisher and became a significant television network shareholder following the introduction of television to Australia.

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Packer, Kerry

Media proprietor who expanded the empire inherited from his father Frank Packer and revolutionised sport on television, known for his abrasive personality, wealth and lavish gambling habits.

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PACT

Performing arts company that was founded in 1964 in response to the need for more Australian work in the performing arts. The company focuses on work with experimental and emerging artists. PACT originally stood for Producers Authors Composers and Talent but became the PACT (Producers Artists Curators Technicians) Centre for Emerging Arts. The organisation was originally based in the old Corn Exchange building on Sussex Street in the city before moving in January 1988 to to the PACT Theatre, a converted warehouse at 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville.

 

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PACT Theatre

200 seat theatre in a converted warehouse in Erskineville that houses the PACT Centre for Emerging Artists.

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Paddington

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Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.

Paddington Markets

Community design and craft market held at 395 Oxford Street Paddington each Saturday to encourage local crafts people.

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Paddington Municipal Council

Eastern suburbs council which was absorbed by City of Sydney in 1949. Part of the municipality merged with South Sydney Council in 1968 which reverted to City of Sydney in 1982 and the northern sector merged with Woollahra Council in 1868.

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Paddington Police Station and Courthouse

Victorian Free classical style facility which has served the community since 1888. The court is now closed but the police station remains.

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Paddington Public School

Opened as a model school which at different times has incorporated a primary school, junior technical school and secondary manual training facilities. It has served the community for over 150 years and in the 1890s had over 1400 pupils.

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Paddington Public School building

Victorian Italianate two storey building with later wings and modern blocks surrounding.

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Paddington Reservoir

Reservoir constructed as part of Sydney's water supply system to get water from the Botany Swamps Scheme to the urban area. It was decommissioned in 1899 and served as garage and workshop until collapsing in 1991. In 2009 it opened as a sunken garden and cultural precinct.

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Paddington Reservoir Gardens

Urban garden and cultural precinct within the former water reservoir chambers. Once an integral part of Sydney's first water supply system it was decommissioned in late nineteenth century and used for storage and as a garage before conversion to a cultural precinct.

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Paddington Society

Resident action group formed in 1964 to preserve the environmental and social amenity of Paddington.

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Paddington Town Hall

Town hall in Victorian Free Classical style which replaced the first Council venue built near the site of the Royal Women's Hospital in Oxford Street in 1866. As the suburb grew and became more prosperous in the 1880s the present site was purchased and the imposing civic centre constructed.In 1905 the 32 meter clock tower was added.

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Paddington Uniting Church

Church built for the Methodist congregation of ashlar sandstone with slate roof in 1877. Now the site of the popular Paddington Markets on Saturdays.

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Paddy's Markets

Traditional 'flea market' with clothing, souvenirs, fresh produce which grew up alongside the cattle and grain markets in George Street during the 1830s and was formalised near the Belmore Markets and later in Thomas Street Haymarket. The name 'Paddy's' is possibly borrowed from a similar market in Liverpool's Irish quarter. When the Market City complex was built in the 1990s Paddy's Market was accommodated in its basement.

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Paderewski, Ignaz

Polish pianist and composer who was to become the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

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Padstow

South-western residential and industrial suburb on the western bank of Salt Pan Creek, on the site of the Padstow Park Estate, named after the town in Cornwall, England. It developed after the opening of the railway station in 1931.

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Padstow Heights

South-western residential suburb on the western bank of Salt Pan Creek, named after the town in Cornwall, England.

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Paean on Leichhardt's return

Song by Isaac Nathan with words by AK Silvester.

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Page, Benjamin

Sea captain from Rhode Island, United States of America, who made stops at Sydney in the 1790s.

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Page, David

Musician and resident composer for the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Page, JF

Tanner in the Botany area who was prominent in local politics.

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Page, Russell

Dancer best known for his work with the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Page, Stephen

Dancer and choreographer best known for his association with the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Paget, Violet

English actress and comedian who established a theatre company in Sydney with her husband and who also toured extensively in Australia in the 1910s.

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Pagewood

South-eastern residential suburb, named in 1929 after Alderman F.J. Page of Botany Council. It was developed to provide housing in a period of shortage in Botany Municipality after the First World War.

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Pai Lau

Gateway to Cabramatta pedestrian mall which functions as a symbol of the South-East Asian communities and as a welcoming monument and celebration of freedom and democracy.

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Pain, Arthur Wellesley

Anglican bishop.

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Paine, Daniel

Sydney's first master boatbuilder, appointed by John Hunter.

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Painter's Arms

Inn in Castlereagh St.

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Pak-a-pu

Chinese lottery game where a ticket is bought which contains rows of characters from the ancient poem Chian Ji Mun. The master ticket is kept hidden and is marked by the organiser of the game. The player marks a number of characters on their ticket. The ticket closest to the master ticket wins.

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Paki, Peter

Māori musician and singer who frequently performs in Australia.

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Palace Hotel

Hotel first established near the wharf at Watsons Bay c 1886. Though modified several times it remains a popular Bay venue.

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Palace Hotel Mortlake

Hotel built in 1886 then demolished and rebuilt closer to its clientele's workplace at the Mortlake Gasworks.

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Palace Theatre

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Variety theatre, later used as a cinema, in Pitt Street that was built for George Adams in 1896 as part of the Tattersall's Hotel complex. The building had Sydney's first electric power station installed in the basement to provide light for the theatre.

Paling, Mary

First wife of William Paling.

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Paling, Richard

Music store proprietor and brother of William Paling.

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Paling, William Henry

Musician and teacher who became a businessman, selling instruments, publishing music and promoting concerts.

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Palings Lane

Thoroughfare to the original 1880s Palings Warehouse now lined with restaurants and bars.

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Palings Warehouse

Office building which used innovative engineering techniques to straddle the Tank Stream and featured safe deposit vaults in the basement. Only the facade still exists as a reminder of the musical heritage of the area.

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Palisade Hotel

The original pub on this site, popular with wharf workers,was built around 1880 near the palisade fence that ran from Munn Street to Bettington Street. The current seven storey Federation Free style hotel built by the Sydney Harbour Trust operated for over eighty years before being closed for redevelopment.

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Pallister

Victorian mansion which is now part of Greenwich Hospital.

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Palm Beach

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Far northern beachside suburb on the Barrenjoey Peninsula. It was named after the cabbage tree palms which were common in the area.