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Casula Mall shopping centre Entity
Casula Powerhouse Entity
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Entity
Casula railway station Entity
Catalina race track Entity
Cataneo, Bartolomeo Entity
Cataract Dam Entity
Cataract River Entity
Cataract Scout Park Entity
Catherine Entity
Catherine Adamson Entity
Catherine Field Entity
Catherine Hayes Hospital Entity
Catholic Education Office Entity
Catholic Institute of Sydney Entity
Catholic Young Men's Societies Entity
Cato, Jack Entity
Cattai Entity
Cattai Creek Entity
Cattai Farm Entity
Cattai National Park Entity
Catts, Norman Entity
Catts-Patterson Entity
Cauvarel, Aristide Entity
Cavalier, Rodney Entity
Cave, Cecil CB Entity
Cavendish, Mary Entity
Cawdor Entity
Cawdor Public School Entity
Cazabon, Albert Entity
Cazneau, Pierce Mott Entity
Cazneaux, Beryl Entity
Cazneaux, Carmen Entity
Cazneaux, Harold Entity
Cazneaux, Harold Ramsay Entity
Cazneaux, Jean Entity
Cazneaux, Joan Entity
Cazneaux, Rainbow Entity
Cazneaux, Winifred Entity
Cecil Hills Entity
Cecil Hotel Entity
Cecil Park Entity
Cell Block Theatre Entity
Cemetery Station No. 1 Rookwood Entity
Cenotaph Entity
Census 1828 Entity
Census 1846 Entity
Census 1851 Entity
Census 1861 Entity
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Casula Mall shopping centre

Shopping centre opened in 1986 with a Coles supermarket, a K Mart discount department store and about 40 specialty shops.

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Casula Powerhouse

Powerhouse erected to supplement electricity production during winter and power shortages. In 1955 the 250 foot stack was erected, replacing four shorter chimneys.

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Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

Multi-disciplinary arts centre with galleries, theatre and artist studios which is both a producer and presenter of work reflecting the cultural diversity of the region.

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Casula railway station

Station on the south line opened in 1894.

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Catalina race track

Motor racing track in Katoomba used from the 1960s to the 1990s for many kinds of racing. The site was declared an Aboriginal place in 2002, recognising the prior occupation of The Gully as an Aboriginal summer camp.

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Cataneo, Bartolomeo

Apostolic Delegate, or diplomatic representative, of the Vatican in Australia in the 1920s.

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Cataract Dam

The first dam built in the Upper Nepean Scheme, it provides water to the Macarthur and Illawarra regions, the Wollondilly Shire, and Sydney.

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Cataract River

A perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Macarthur region.

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Cataract Scout Park

160 hectare bush camping area at Appin which is owned and operated by Scouts NSW.

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Catherine

Transport which embarked with 98 Irish convict women from counties across the island. After delivering them in Sydney it departed for the whale fisheries.

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Catherine Adamson

Ship of 886 tons wrecked in 1857 at South Head.

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Catherine Field

Semi-rural south-western suburb in Camden local government area. It was home to the El Caballo Blanco theme park in the 1980s.

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Catherine Hayes Hospital

Two storey, 4 ward hospital built following the death of 77 children from whooping cough in 1867 at the Randwick Asylum. Funded by a donation from the Irish singer Catherine Hayes and public subscription, it was to to care for children that suffered from illness, poverty and famine. The plans were apparently approved by Florence Nightingale.

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Catholic Education Office

Administrative organisation for Catholic education in the Sydney archdiocese.

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Catholic Institute of Sydney

Teaching facility for Catholic theology and ministry.

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Catholic Young Men's Societies

Umbrella organisation for the Young Men's Societies of various Sydney Catholic parishes which organised lectures, debates and social events

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Cato, Jack

Photographer and historian of Australian photography.

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Cattai

North-western rural village. Its name is derived from an Aboriginal word thought to mean 'swampy land'.

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Cattai Creek

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Tributary of the Hawkesbury (Dyarubbin) that starts at Castle Hill and meets the river at Clarence Reach, opposite Ebenezer, after running along the southern border of Cattai National Park.

Cattai Farm

Homestead of Thomas Arndell now part of Cattai National Park.

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Cattai National Park

National park north-west of Sydney on site of Thomas Arndell's farm.

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Catts, Norman

Advertising executive who later worked for chemical companies and endowed a trust fund for the education of Aboriginal children.

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Catts-Patterson

Advertising agency established by George Patterson and Norman Catts.

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Cauvarel, Aristide

French born publican whose hospitality extended to catering for all classes of society and even Mayoral picnics. After working in several cafes and hotels around Sydney he spent 10 years in Gundagai before leaving for Europe, later returning to work in Dubbo.

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Cavalier, Rodney

Australian politician and author who was the Member for Gladesville from 1981 to 1988 and served in two successive New South Wales Labor governments as the Minister for Education from 1984 to 1988.

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Cave, Cecil CB

Anglican minister.

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Cavendish, Mary

Lover of William Castell who arrived with him in Sydney from Mauritius where she had been known as Mrs Mary Cecil. She lived with Castell in Sydney as his supposed sister and died in the boating accident on 26 January 1839 that also took his life.

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Cawdor

Semi-rural township in Sydney's far south-west.

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Cawdor Public School

Small rural school near Camden.

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Cazabon, Albert

Composer and conductor who became musical director at the Prince Edward Theatre in 1927 and also conducted at the Conservatorium.

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Cazneau, Pierce Mott

Photographer.

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Cazneaux, Beryl

Daughter of photographer Harold Cazneaux.

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Cazneaux, Carmen

Artist daughter of photographer Harold Cazneaux.

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Cazneaux, Harold

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Photographer whose work recorded many aspects of Sydney over many decades.

Cazneaux, Harold Ramsay

Son of photographer Harold Cazneaux who died in the battle at Tobruk.

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Cazneaux, Jean

Daughter of photographer Harold Cazneaux.

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Cazneaux, Joan

Daughter of photographer Harold Cazneaux and mother of entrepreneur Dick Smith.

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Cazneaux, Rainbow

Daughter of photographer Harold Cazneaux.

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Cazneaux, Winifred

Wife of Harold Cazneaux.

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Cecil Hills

South-western residential suburb, named for the farm of John Wylde, Judge Advocate 1816-1825. Much of it stayed intact until after the land was purchased for subdivision by the New South Wales Government in the 1970s. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1992.

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Cecil Hotel

Hotel close to Cronulla Beach, converted to Cecil Apartments in 1988.

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Cecil Park

South-western semi-rural suburb originally occupied by people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe. European settlement began in the early 1800s, when it was owned by Simeon Lord. It was designated a suburb in 1991.

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Cell Block Theatre

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Theatre established in 1958 within the National Art School in the old Darlinghurst gaol.

Cemetery Station No. 1 Rookwood

A railway station terminus at Rookwood Cemetery, also known as the Necropolis Receiving Station, which served the cemetery's railway line. It was part of a larger line completed in 1869 that ran to the Woronora General Cemetery in Sutherland and to Sandgate Cemetery in Newcastle. James Barnet adopted elements of 13th-century Venetian Gothic style and the station included wide platforms, a ticket office, two vestibules, retiring rooms and a carriage port. After the station closed, it was dismantled and moved to Canberra where it is now All Saints Church.

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Cenotaph

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War memorial in Martin Place that has become the focus for Sydney's Anzac Day commemoration.

Census 1828

The first census held in November 1828 and the only census to survive in full to the present day. Its purpose was to record all inhabitants of the colony, both convict and free. Inhabitants are listed alphabetically according to surname.

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Census 1846

Census held in 1846 which included areas of what are now Victoria and Queensland.

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Census 1851

Census held in 1851 which included areas of what are now Victoria and Queensland.

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Census 1861

Population count conducted on 5 April 1861.

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Census 1901

Census held on 31 March 1901.

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