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Strickland, Gerald Entity
Strictly Ballroom Entity
Stroumboulis, Konstantinos Entity
Stroyan, Stuart Entity
Struggletown Precinct Randwick Entity
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de Entity
Stuart Thom & Co Entity
Stuart, Alexander Entity
Stuart, John Entity
Stuart, Thomas P Anderson Entity
Stubbs, RF Entity
Stubbs, RM Entity
Stubbs, Thomas Entity
Stucco Housing Cooperative Entity
Studley Park Entity
Studley Park House Entity
Stumpf, Johann Entity
Sturt, Charles Entity
Sturtholme Entity
Suburban Herald Entity
Suburban Herald Printery Entity
Sudan War 1885 Entity
Sugar Cane Entity
Sugar Loaf Inn Entity
Sugarworks dam Entity
Sullivan, Con Entity
Sullivan, Jack Entity
Sullivan, Julia Entity
Sullivan, Margaret Virginia Entity
Sullivan, Walter Entity
Sulman and Power Entity
Sulman Award Entity
Sulman Prize Entity
Sulman, Annie Elizabeth Entity
Sulman, John Entity
Summary Offences Act No 96, 1970 Entity
Summer Hill Entity
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Entity
Summerbell, Andrew Entity
Summers, Anne Entity
Sun Entity
Sun Building Entity
Sun Fire Insurance Company Entity
Sun Hing Jang Entity
Sun Valley Entity
Sun, Hop Yin Entity
Sun-Herald Entity
Sunbeam factory Entity
Sunday Mirror Entity
Sunday Telegraph Entity

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Strickland, Gerald

Maltese and British politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta, Governor of the Leeward Islands, Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Western Australia and Governor of New South Wales.

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Strictly Ballroom

Romantic comedy that tells the story of Scott, a Sydney ballroom dancer, who finds love and authenticity dancing with Fran, a local girl of Spanish descent.

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Stroumboulis, Konstantinos

Greek-born convict who was pardoned in 1836.

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Stroyan, Stuart

Ship's captain who died in the wreck of his ship, the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in August 1834. His widow and three young children lived in London, and donations were taken up in Sydney after the disaster for their benefit. His wife's young brother, Henry Weatherhead, had been one of his crew and was one of the survivors of the wreck.

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Struggletown Precinct Randwick

Area comprised of several street blocks on the western side of Young Street in Randwick. Initially used for market gardens during the 1840s, the area was subdivided in the 1850s and workers' cottages were built. It has been suggested the name 'Struggletown' was associated with the area as it was 'the poor end of town', however, another theory suggests it is more likely to be related to the personal antagonism between the mayor of Randwick in 1863, Charles Moore, and the area's landowner, Simeon Pearce.

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Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de

Polish explorer and scientist, who although self taught, conducted an extensive geological survey of the colonies and laid the basis of Australian palaeontology.

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Stuart Thom & Co

Legal practice in Barrack Street.

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Stuart, Alexander

Scottish-born merchant and politician who became Premier of New South Wales in 1883.

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Stuart, John

First publican of the Palace Hotel Mortlake.

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Stuart, Thomas P Anderson

Professor who oversaw the construction of the medical school at the University of Sydney.

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Stubbs, RF

Auctioneer in Sydney in the 1870s.

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Stubbs, RM

Landowner in Glebe.

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Stubbs, Thomas

Composer and musician who performed in Sydney's first symphony performance.

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Stucco Housing Cooperative

Student cooperative for full time students at the University of Sydney which was constructed from an old glass making factory between 1982 and 1991. The purchase and conversion was funded by the university and the Department of Housing.

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Studley Park

Suburb in the Camden local government area

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Studley Park House

House built for William Payne, which was later used as a school and golf club.

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Stumpf, Johann

German vineyard worker.

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Sturt, Charles

Explorer, soldier and public servant who opened up much of the rich agricultural land south and west of the colony by following the Darling, Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers.

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Sturtholme

Fairlight residence of Arthur Griffith, MLA, erected in the 1920s.

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Suburban Herald

Free local newspaper that flourished on Sydney's north shore in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Suburban Herald Printery

Printery in Crows Nest for local newspaper proprietor John James Gay from 1924.

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Sudan War 1885

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In March 1885, the New South Wales Contingent departed from Sydney to participate in a British colonial conflict in Sudan, the first time that Australian soldiers had been sent to fight overseas. The contingent comprised 758 soldiers.  Hostilities had ended before the Australians arrived and the Contingent returned in May 1885. Nine men were lost through illness.

Sugar Cane

Convict transport of 403 tons which sailed from Ireland in 1793. One convict was executed after a mutiny on the voyage.

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Sugar Loaf Inn

Public house at Canterbury which was licensed from 1853. The hotel was demolished for the construction of Canterbury Station.

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Sugarworks dam

Dam constructed across the Cooks River to provide fresh water for the boilers at the factory.

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Sullivan, Con

Showman and circus owner who formed a troupe with his family of 10 children.

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Sullivan, Jack

Local resident of North Sydney.

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Sullivan, Julia

Mother of 10 who helped train her children to perform as the Colleano's All-Star Circus.

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Sullivan, Margaret Virginia

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American-born actress who travelled to Australia with her then husband JC Williamson, where she performed in many stage productions.

Sullivan, Walter

Television and theatre actor active during the 1950s to 1990s.

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Sulman and Power

Architectural practice established by John Sulman and Joseph Porter Power at the end of the nineteenth century in George Street.

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Sulman Award

Award for architectural excellence in public and commercial buildings presented since 1932 by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter).

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Sulman Prize

Award for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist.

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Sulman, Annie Elizabeth

Lifelong friend of Eadith Walker, who was adopted by Eadith's aunt Joanna Walker and raised with Eadith.

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Sulman, John

Architect who began town planning in Australia as a formal discipline and did much to influence the plan of Sydney.

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Summary Offences Act No 96, 1970

Legislation which made certain offences punishable in a summary manner. These included prostitution, vagrancy, betting, public assembly and drunkeness.

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Summer Hill

Inner-western residential suburb, on land granted to emancipist Henry Kable in 1794 and 1804. Its name comes from Sunning Hill, the nearby property of New South Wales Corps officer Nicholas Bayly, in present-day Haberfield.

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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

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Play which openly and authentically portrayed distinctly Australian life and characters.

Summerbell, Andrew

Shipwright of Greenwich.

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Summers, Anne

Feminist, editor and publisher who helped found the Women's Liberation Movement in Australia and began many practical initiatives to assist victims of domestic violence.

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Sun

Daily afternoon newspaper first published in 1910. In 1953 Associated Newspapers sold it to Fairfax who published The Sun until 1988 as a companion to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Sun Building

Office block built for the Sun newspaper, its spectacular Skyscraper Gothic style confidently portraying the commercial power of the media. It was the last of the great newspaper buildings to be built in the city.

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Sun Fire Insurance Company

Branch of the English insurance company.

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Sun Hing Jang

Respected Chinese importer in Sydney's central business district.

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Sun Valley

Lower Blue Mountains rural locality separated from Valley Heights in the 1990s.

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Sun, Hop Yin

Market gardener in the Marrickville area.

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Sun-Herald

Newspaper published in tabloid or compact format in Sydney by Fairfax Media as the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. First published as the Sunday Herald, it became the Sun-Herald after it was amalgamated with the Sunday Sun in 1953.

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Sunbeam factory

Factory to manufacture small household appliances established in 1910.

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Sunday Mirror

Sunday counterpart of the Daily Mirror newspaper

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Sunday Telegraph

Sunday counterpart newspaper to the Daily Telegraph.

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