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Burke, Walter Entity
Burlakov, Misha Entity
Burland Hall Entity
Burley, Elizabeth Entity
Burlington Guesthouse Entity
Burn, Simon Entity
Burne, William Entity
Burne, WP Entity
Burnett, Alfred Entity
Burney's Coffee Palace Entity
Burnham Grove Entity
Burnley, Ian Entity
Burns Philp Entity
Burns Philp Entity
Burns, James Entity
Burns, Joanne Entity
Burns, John Fitzgerald Entity
Burns, Tommy Entity
Burnside Entity
Burnside Children's Homes Entity
Burnum Burnum Entity
Burra Korain Entity
Burragalang, Paddy Entity
Burragorang Valley Entity
Burragurra (Devil's Rock) Entity
Burramattagal people Entity
Burraneer Entity
Burridge, Pam Entity
Burridge, Theresa Entity
Burstall, Tim Entity
Burt's Milk Bar Entity
Burt, Samuel Entity
Burton Family Hotel Glebe Entity
Burton Street Baptist Tabernacle Entity
Burton, Henry Entity
Burton, Rosina Entity
Burton, William James Entity
Burton, William Westbrooke Entity
Burwood Entity
Burwood Brickworks Entity
Burwood Congregational Church Entity
Burwood Council Entity
Burwood Heights Entity
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Burwood North Entity
Burwood Park Entity
Burwood School of Arts hall Entity
Busby Entity
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Burke, Walter

Photographer who formed an advertising agency with Harry J Weston in 1908.

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Burlakov, Misha

Dancer and founder, with Louise Lightfoot, of First Australian Ballet in 1931.

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Burland Hall

Ice skating rink and grand pleasure palace on King Street, Newtown which lasted less than a decade before conversion to a department store as Marcus Clark & Co, and later a cinema. From 1986 to 1995 it housed the Newtown public library before it was converted again to office and retail space. The Art Deco facade was constructed during the 1930s.

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Burley, Elizabeth

Convict who married Thomas Arndell and raised a farming family in the Hawkesbury area.

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Burlington Guesthouse

Guest house established in Katoomba for wealthy travellers in the 1890s.

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Burn, Simon

Convict who arrived in Sydney on the Friendship in 1788. Described as a stocking weaver and timber getter, he was convicted in Exeter in 1783 of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation to America for seven years, but escaped before departure in the convict mutiny on the Mercury in 1784. Recaptured, he was transported to New South Wales. On 10 February 1788 he married fellow convict, Frances Anderson and given a land grant in Parramatta in July 1791. Accused in 1794 by Marsden of drunkenness on the Sabbath, a few weeks later he was murdered by drinking partner John Hill when he tried to defend a woman, Hill's partner, from an attack. He was the first emancipist in the colony to be murdered by another colonist.

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Burne, William

First secretary of Glebe School of Arts whose resignation necessitated forced entry to the premises when he removed all keys and documentation.

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Burne, WP

Shipwright at Greenwich.

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Burnett, Alfred

Farmer in the Camden district.

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Burney's Coffee Palace

Coffee shop established in George Street opposite the Town Hall before World War I.

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Burnham Grove

Victorian-style house built by Samuel Wheeler in Cawdor.

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Burnley, Ian

Academic and teacher in population geography and demography.

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Burns Philp

Shipping and trading company that was headquartered in Sydney from 1876 and became a multinational enterprise across the South Pacific.

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Burns Philp

Richly carved Romanesque style sandstone and brick office block constructed for the Australian maritime trading company to reflect their status and control of trade along the east coast and with the Pacific Islands.

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Burns, James

Shipowner, businessman and philanthropist who endowed Burnside Children's Homes.

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Burns, Joanne

Poet who won the Judith Wright award 2005.

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Burns, John Fitzgerald

Businessman and politician who was Postmaster-General and Treasurer in the late nineteenth century.

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Burns, Tommy

Canadian heavyweight boxer who lost his world title to opponent Jack Johnson at Sydney Stadium.

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Burnside

Ship part-built at the Kidman and Mayoh shipyard, but eventually burnt where it stood on the Putney shoreline.

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Burnside Children's Homes

Children's home founded and endowed by Sir James Burns, founder of Burns Philp, that operated until the late 1980s, at North Parramatta.

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Burnum Burnum

Activist, actor and author who is best remembered for planting the Aboriginal flag on the white cliffs of Dover on the Australian Bicentenary Day of 26 January 1988.

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Burra Korain

Ridge on Blackheath Plateau which extends north for about 6.5 kilometres from the Blue Mountain range near Mount Boyce.

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Burragalang, Paddy

Aboriginal elder who lived in the southern part of Dharawal country in Five Islands (The Illawarra).

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Burragorang Valley

Valley in western Sydney between Camden and Lake Burragorang.

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Burragurra (Devil's Rock)

Significant Aboriginal engraving site on the Boree track within Yengo National Park. Considered to be one of most important engraving sites in the Sydney-Hawkesbury region because of its planned composition, with the linking of the Ancestral Beings via a long line of pits, the depiction of a nesting emu, and a kangaroo hunt.

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Burramattagal people

Aboriginal clan which was custodian of the land around present day Parramatta.

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Burraneer

Small southern residential suburb on peninsula overlooking Port Hacking. It was named in 1827 by surveyor Robert Dixon from an Aboriginal word "Booranea", meaning "point of the bay".

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Burridge, Pam

Champion surfer who learned to surf on Sydney's northern beaches.

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Burridge, Theresa

Fruit shop owner and confectioner who inherited a ginger beer factory upon the death of her husband.

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Burstall, Tim

Film producer and director and writer who was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian film industry from the 1960s.

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Burt's Milk Bar

Milk bar in Kings Cross which initially sold non-alcoholic beverages including milkshakes before it became a gathering place for young people from the 1940s featuring seating, snack food and two juke boxes. From the late 1940s it played progressive jazz music, a genre which, according to one frequent patron, Martin Vaughan, was played no where else in Sydney.

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Burt, Samuel

Convict who was tried at London's Old Bailey for forgery in January 1787, a crime he committed after a rejected marriage proposal. He told the court: 'I now feel myself forever cut off from the union of a person that was most dear to me, death to me will be preferable to life'. While in prison his intended agreed to marry him, however, Burt was sentenced to transportation for life and his fiancée died of typhus before he was sent to Sydney. During the voyage he warned the ship's captain and officers of a convict group's plan for mutiny. For his role thwarting the mutiny he was granted 30 acres in Erskineville, known as Burt's Farm, on 8 January 1794 and given a full pardon by Governor Francis Grose. His land was later the site of Bakewell Brothers' Beulah Steam Brick and Pottery Works.
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Burton Family Hotel Glebe

Glebe hotel on St John's Road which thrived on its connection to the Glebe Rugby League Club. It remained in the Flitcroft family until it closed in 2002.

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Burton Street Baptist Tabernacle

Baptist church, which was a centre of Baptist evangelism until it closed in 1996. It was here that Arthur Stace was inspired to start writing 'Eternity' on Sydney streets in the 1930s. The building has was restored and repurposed as the Eternity Playhouse, home of the Darlinghurst Theatre Company, in 2013.

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Burton, Henry

Circus proprietor and horse breeder who toured remote areas around Sydney and interstate.

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Burton, Rosina

Equestrienne and circus performer who travelled with her husband's circus troupe in the 1850s.

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Burton, William James

Stonemason who became a publican in Glebe and represented his ward on Glebe Council for many years.

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Burton, William Westbrooke

Lawyer, judge and politician who helped develop legal structures in the colony.

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Burwood

Inner-western suburb which is characterised by a mixture of residential, commercial and light industrial development. It contains many notable examples of Victorian and Federation architecture.

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Burwood Brickworks

Brick company which supplied the bricks for many of the houses in the suburb before closure in the 1930s when the Depression brought a decline in construction.

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Burwood Congregational Church

Local Congregational church in Burwood.

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Burwood Council

Council formed in 1874 to administer the Municipality of Burwood.

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Burwood Heights

Inner western residential suburb, on southern side of Hume Highway. It became a separate suburb in 2007.

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Burwood local government area

Area in Sydney's inner west, traditional lands of the Wangal people, governed by Burwood Council. One of Sydney's smallest local government areas, it is home to a large Chinese community.

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Burwood North

Northern part of the suburb of Burwood.

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Burwood Park

Park established by Burwood Council in 1882. The original design was based on the Union Jack though this was later modified.

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Burwood School of Arts hall

Community hall built in 1879 on land donated by Thomas Walker of Yaralla, and extended in 1885. Purchased in 1936 by the Department of Education.

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Busby

South-western residential suburb in Liverpool local government area, named after pioneer viticulturalist James Busby. It was developed by the New South Wales Housing Commission in the 1960s and 70s.

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Busby's Bore

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A convict-built 3.6-kilometre tunnel that brought water to Sydney from 1830.

Busby's Bore Fountain

Fountain built to commemorate the first piped water supply in Sydney from Lachlan Swamps, now Centennial Park.

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