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Putin, Vladimir Entity
Putland, John Entity
Putney Entity
Putney Baths Entity
Putney Park Entity
Putney Progress Association Entity
Putney Public School Entity
Putney punt Entity
Putney wharf Entity
Putney-Tennyson Bowling and Recreation Club Entity
Pyala Museum Entity
Pye, James Entity
Pye, Thomas Entity
Pye, Walter Entity
Pymble Entity
Pymble Golf Course Entity
Pymble Grove Estate Entity
Pymble Hotel Entity
Pymble quarry Entity
Pymble railway station Entity
Pymble Uniting church Entity
Pymble, Robert Entity
Pyrmont Entity
Pyrmont Baths Entity
Pyrmont Bay Entity
Pyrmont Bridge 1857 Entity
Pyrmont Bridge 1902 Entity
Pyrmont Bridge Company Entity
Pyrmont Community Centre Entity
Pyrmont Fire Station Entity
Pyrmont Incinerator Entity
Pyrmont Post Office Entity
Pyrmont Power Station Entity
Pyrmont War Memorial Entity
Pyrmont windmill Entity
Q Theatre Entity
Qantas Entity
Qantas House Entity
Qing Ming Festival Entity
Quadrant Entity
Quaife, Barzillai Entity
Quakers Hat Entity
Quakers Hat Bay Entity
Quakers Hill Entity
Quarantine Station Entity
Quarantine Station Berrys Bay Entity
Quarry Creek Entity
Quarryman's Hotel Entity
Quarrymen's Arms Entity
Quartly, Marian Entity

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Putin, Vladimir

Russian politician who served as the second President of the Russian Federation and since 2008, as Prime Minister of Russia.

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Putland, John

Naval lieutenant who accompanied his wife and father-in-law, Governor Bligh to Sydney.

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Putney

Residential suburb on northern bank of Parramatta River, named after the London district on the River Thames. Bennelong was buried there on the land of James Squire, but the site of his grave is now lost.

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Putney Baths

Swimming baths on the Parramatta River between the wars.

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Putney Park

Park created by Ryde Council in 1926, after the purchase of the former estate of Francis Wright for £10,250.

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Putney Progress Association

Association formed to protect and advance the interests of residents of Putney. The association lobbied for town water, street lighting and a public school, as well as establishing a bowling club.

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Putney Public School

Local public school in Putney, opened in 1921.

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Putney punt

Cable punt that transports vehicles across the Parramatta River between Mortlake and Putney. It is the only remaining vehicular cable ferry in Sydney Harbour.

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Putney wharf

Wharf at Putney.

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Putney-Tennyson Bowling and Recreation Club

Community club in Putney.

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Pyala Museum

Museum collection at Echo Point which included musical instruments and other objects illustrating the development and evolution of human ideas in various fields, particularly in music, painting and weapons.

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Pye, James

Orchardist, farmer and local politician.

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Pye, Thomas

Descendent of Seven Hills orchardist James Pye.

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Pye, Walter

Quarry owner at Parramatta.

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Pymble

Northern residential suburb named after free settler Robert Pymble (1788–1861) who acquired a land grant in 1823. Subdivision began in the early 1880s in anticipation of the building of the north shore railway line in 1890.

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Pymble Golf Course

Golf course west of Mona Vale Road and the St Ives Shopping Village.

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Pymble Grove Estate

Residential subdivision on Sydney's upper north shore.

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Pymble Hotel

Hotel on Sydney's upper north shore.

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Pymble quarry

Quarry begun by the Lofberg family in West Pymble, and later operated by Ku-ring-gai Council as a source of road building materials.

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Pymble railway station

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North shore line station.

Pymble Uniting church

Former Presbyterian church at Pymble, dating from 1895.

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Pymble, Robert

Free settler who was granted land on Sydney's upper north shore in 1823.

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Pyrmont

Peninsular inner-west suburb between Darling Harbour and Johnston's Bay. Quarried for its sandstone, it later became a heavily industrialised working-class enclave, then gentrified as industry declined.

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Pyrmont Baths

Tidal harbour baths which were enlarged and deepened in 1901 with a smart shore building containing 85 dressing boxes, showers, club rooms, refreshment rooms and a gym. They became a central meeting place for amenity-starved residents of Pyrmont and Ultimo. When the Baths were threatened with demolition in 1929, the locals took over their administration and kept them going for another 17 years before they were finally demolished. Pyrmont Point Park was created in 1995. At the water's edge is the sculptural installation Tied to Tide by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford, which rises and falls with the tides.

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Pyrmont Bay

Bay on the west side of Darling Harbour, adjacent to the Australian National Maritime Museum

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Pyrmont Bridge 1857

Wooden pile bridge with an iron centre swing span which crossed Cockle Bay. It was demolished for the new bridge in 1899.

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Pyrmont Bridge 1902

Timber truss bridge constructed with a steel opening span, which was one of the first to be driven by electricity from the Ultimo Powerhouse. The span is still operating smoothly and the bridge has been recognised as a National Engineering Landmark. It is one element of the working harbour that has survived into the post-industrial present.

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Pyrmont Bridge Company

Company which built the first toll bridge linking Pyrmont with Glebe Island across Johnstons Bay which opened in 1857.

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Pyrmont Community Centre

Two storey brick block which provided amenities as well as education. It was only at school that many children were able to have showers and proper baths, and the building of the school gymnasium in 1919 was a boon to the budding champion athletes of Pyrmont. But from a peak of 650 students in 1920, the number fell to 245 in 1933 as houses were demolished for woolstores and flour mills, and the school was closed. It is now a community centre.

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Pyrmont Fire Station

Federation style, three-storey, red brick and sandstone fire station on Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont. It is a rare, intact example of the fire stations built in the metropolitan area during the first two decades of the operation of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Only Darlinghurst and Headquarters (on Castlereagh Street) are comparable. In 1945, it was one of the 23 stations closed during a cut back and it was used as a Board workshop. Restoration work amounting to $2.7 million commenced in September 2014.

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Pyrmont Incinerator

A modern cubist-inspired building with richly decorative detailed work based on Aztec motifs, the incinerator was constructed on a steep quarried site that took 20 years to redevelop after it was decommissioned in 1971. The site is now occupied by apartments.

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Pyrmont Post Office

Federation Free style two storey building on Union Square which reflects the development of the suburb and the combination of dwelling and communication services. Postal services had been established in the area in 1852 but with rapid population growth from the 1870s new premises were required and the building was erected at the cost of £4,347. It is now used for commercial offices.

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Pyrmont Power Station

Steam driven station which powered Sydney's first electric street lights. By the 1970s it became an emergency generator as new power stations were bought into use. The original façade is preserved on Pyrmont Street.

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Pyrmont War Memorial

Memorial to the 750 local men who enlisted during World War I. 150 men died and many more were wounded. It is topped by an angel of peace holding a shield bearing the legend “Their name liveth for evermore”. It was sculpted by Gilbert Doble.

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Pyrmont windmill

Mill built by John Macarthur on his land at Pyrmont around 1807 and managed by Garnham Blaxcell. It was in ruins by the early 1820s. 

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Q Theatre

Theatre company which became known in the 1960s for its prolific lunchtime program at the AMP Building in Circular Quay, Sydney. In 2005, it moved to the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith.

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Qantas

Australia's largest airline and second oldest in the world.

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Qantas House

Former world headquarters of Qantas airways at No. 1 Chifley Square, designed by Rudder Littlemore & Rudder, Architects in the Post-War International style, utilising the latest curtain wall technologies to create the distinctive sweeping curve of its facade.

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Qing Ming Festival

Chinese festival which celebrates springtime and denotes a time for people to tend the graves of departed ones.

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Quadrant

Literary and cultural journal that holds a conservative stance on political and social issues.

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Quaife, Barzillai

Congregational and Presbyterian minister who became a journalist and teacher.

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Quakers Hat

Headland in Middle Harbour at the western edge of Beauty Point.

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Quakers Hat Bay

Bay on Middle Harbour to the west of the Spit Bridge.

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Quakers Hill

Western residential suburb, where Quakers are thought to have been early settlers. It was the site of poultry farms, orange groves and vineyards until subdivision in the 1960s.

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Quarantine Station

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Former quarantine station at North Head which was the main arrival point for immigrants from 1832 to 1984, now home to a hotel, conference complex and restaurant.

Quarantine Station Berrys Bay

Quarantine station established in 1912.

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Quarry Creek

Small watercourse which flows into Toongabbie Creek.

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Quarryman's Hotel

Hotel built to cater for the workers from the quarries and woolstores which drove the economy of the local area.

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Quarrymen's Arms

Hotel in Pyrmont near Glebe Island Abattoirs

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Quartly, Marian

Historian and academic.

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