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Cowan, William Entity
Cowell, Frances Entity
Cowell, Timothy Alfred Entity
Cowpasture bridge Entity
Cowper Wharf Entity
Cowper, Charles Entity
Cowper, Eliza Entity
Cowper, Norman Entity
Cowper, William Entity
Cowper, William Macquarie Entity
Cox, Annie Entity
Cox, Edward Entity
Cox, Frederick Charles Entity
Cox, Frederick Farrant Entity
Cox, James Charles Entity
Cox, Jane Maria Entity
Cox, Mary Ann Entity
Cox, Matilda Entity
Cox, Philip Entity
Cox, William Entity
Coxen, Charles Entity
Coxen, Charles F Entity
Coxen, Stephen Entity
Coxhead, Harald Entity
Coxs Creek Entity
Coyle, James Edmund Fitzgerald Entity
CR Tebb & Sons Entity
Crackenthorp, Spencer Entity
Cracknell, Ruth Entity
Craddock, John Lansdown Entity
Craigend Entity
Craigend Mill Entity
Craigie, Billy Entity
Craignathan Entity
Cramer, Madame Entity
Cramphorn, Rex Entity
Cranbrook Entity
Cranbrook Estate Entity
Cranbrook School Entity
Crane, Samuel Entity
Crane, WG Entity
Cranebrook Entity
Cranston, William Entity
Crater Cove Entity
Crawford, Jack Entity
Crawford, Loretta Entity
Crawford, Percy Entity
Crawford, Robert Entity
Crawley, Margaret Entity
Craydon, Letty Entity

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Cowan, William

Local landowner who became first president of Ku-ring-gai Shire Council.

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Cowell, Frances

Publican who successfully took over her husband's license when he became insolvent.

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Cowell, Timothy Alfred

Publican who appeared before the court for insolvency and failing to pay maintenance.

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Cowpasture bridge

Bridge over the Nepean River at Camden.

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Cowper Wharf

Major trading wharf in Woolloomooloo.

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Cowper, Charles

Farmer and politician who became Premier five times, testament to his political adroitness and powers of conciliation.

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Cowper, Eliza

Wife of Sir Charles Cowper.

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Cowper, Norman

Solicitor and soldier who became senior partner at Allen Allen and Hemsley and a director of many companies.

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Cowper, William

Anglican minister who arrived in 1809 and over nearly 50 years, preached, founded schools, churches and religious societies and worked with convicts and Aboriginal people.

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Cowper, William Macquarie

Anglican minister who worked hard to spread his ministry through the north of the state before settling in Sydney and launching Moore College. He was Dean of Sydney for 44 years.

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Cox, Annie

Dressmaker whose insolvency ended in the debtor's prison.

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Cox, Edward

Son of the New South Wales Corps officer and settler William Cox, he built the property 'Fernhill' in Mulgoa and was a member of the Legislative Council.

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Cox, Frederick Charles

Butcher who became an orchardist at Carlingford, and an alderman and mayor of Parramatta.

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Cox, Frederick Farrant

Sailor, theosophist and lecturer who arranged to be cremated upon his death in a small transportable oven he had commissioned from a foundry. It was the first cremation in New South Wales.
'The deceased's wishes were carried without complete success'

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Cox, James Charles

Physician and lecturer whose love of Australian natural history is reflected in his membership of all the important scientific associations of the day.

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Cox, Jane Maria

Daughter of the mariner, merchant and settler, Richard Brooks, and wife of Edward Cox.

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Cox, Mary Ann

Salvation Army sister who energetically supported the establishment of the Army in Sydney.

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Cox, Matilda

Fruit shop proprietor.

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Cox, Philip

Architect who designed many of our iconic buildings including several used for the Olympic Games in 2000.

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Cox, William

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New South Wales Corps officer who settled in the Windsor district and oversaw the building of the first road over the Blue Mountains.

Coxen, Charles

Naturalist who travelled for months collecting specimens of Australian fauna which provided the stimulus for the expedition of John Gould in 1838-40. He later became a politician in Queensland.

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Coxen, Charles F

Student at the Normal Institute.

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Coxen, Stephen

Settler in the Upper Hunter who was ruined by drought and flood in the 1840s.

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Coxhead, Harald

Community activist who became first ranger of Carss Park.

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Coxs Creek

Watercourse about 3 kilometres long which rises about 1 kilometre north east of Punchbowl railway station and flows into the Cooks River.

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Coyle, James Edmund Fitzgerald

Civil engineer who, with Professor William H Warren, designed the suspension bridge at Northbridge. Born in Ireland about 1844, he was a Member of the Institute of Civil engineers and worked in coal mining in Scotland before migrating to New Zealand in the early 1870s. He worked there as an engineer and surveyor, also travelling to and from Sydney. In 1884, he was asked to produce a report on the NSW Department of Public Works for the government,who were looking for recommendations to reduce its size. In the late 1880s he was commissioned by the NSW Government to produce a report on the Murray River, looking at navigation and water rights, and also advised on railways. He died at his sister Rosalind Robertson's house, Byron Lodge, in Randwick on 6 October 1895 at the age of 51.

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CR Tebb & Sons

Family butcher which operated at Liverpool in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Crackenthorp, Spencer

Chess champion.

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Cracknell, Ruth

Actor and author who worked in radio, television, film and on the stage.

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Craddock, John Lansdown

Public servant and magistrate who served as the City Coroner between 1961 and 1963.

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Craigend

Darlinghurst villa designed and built by Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell.

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Craigend Mill

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Windmill adjacent to Craigend mansion, Darlinghurst, but not associated with that estate.

Craigie, Billy

Aboriginal campaigner who worked for better legal, housing and medical services for Indigenous people.

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Craignathan

House constructed in Hayes Street Neutral Bay which was demolished in 1968.

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Cramer, Madame

Singer who performed in Sydney in 1856 and 1857.

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Cramphorn, Rex

Experimental theatre director who emerged in the 1960s challenging the received view of theatre.

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Cranbrook

Two storey sandstone home which has also served as state governor's residence and from 1917 was the nucleus of the new Cranbrook School.

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Cranbrook Estate

Leasehold of 40 acres which been part of the Cooper estate on the southern side of New South Head Road.

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Cranbrook School

Private Anglican boys school at Bellevue Hill established in 1918.

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Crane, Samuel

Soldier and early settler who was killed while clearing his land at Concord in 1794.

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Crane, WG

President of the YMCA.

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Cranebrook

Western residential and semi-rural suburb on northern edge of Penrith. 'Crane Brook Farm' was granted to emancipist James McCarthy in 1804, and probably named for the abundance of cranes and lagoons in the area.

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Cranston, William

Sailor who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He was described in newspaper reports of the disaster as a boy.

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Crater Cove

Bay in North Harbour at Balgowlah surrounded by Sydney Harbour National Park.

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Crawford, Jack

Champion tennis player who won the Australian Open four times in the 1930s.

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Crawford, Loretta

Receptionist at the Carousel club in Kings Cross, and a witness at the 1983 inquest into the disappearance of Juanita Neilsen in 1975. In 2001 she made a statement to the police with additional information concerning Neilsen's death.

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Crawford, Percy

Tivoli employee for more than 20 years under both Harry Rickards and later Hugh D McIntosh.

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Crawford, Robert

Principal clerk to the Colonial Secretary who arrived from Scotland in 1821 and soon managed to build up extensive holdings including farms and Clydebank on his town allotment. Financial difficulties later in the decade saw many of the properties sold by 1828.

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Crawley, Margaret

Solicitor and a founder of the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales.

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Craydon, Letty

Actress who began her career as a child touring in tent shows. She performed in revue and vaudeville in Sydney and the United Kingdom.

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