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Ellis, Havelock Entity
Ellis, Rennie Entity
Ellis, Samuel Entity
Ellis, Solomon Entity
Ellis, William Entity
Ellison, Henry Entity
Elouera Bushland Natural Park Entity
Elphinstone, Alexander Entity
Elphinstone, William jnr Entity
Elric, Elizabeth Entity
Elsie Entity
Elsie Walk Entity
Elsie Women's Refuge Entity
Elvina Bay Entity
Elyard, Samuel Entity
Emanuel School Entity
Emanuel Synagogue Entity
Emanuel, Cedric Entity
Embassy Cinema Entity
Emden Gun Entity
Emerald City Entity
Emerson, Albert Entity
Emerton Entity
EMI Entity
Emigrants Barracks Entity
Emmett, Peter Entity
Emoh Ruo Entity
Empire Air Mail Scheme Entity
Empire Day Entity
Empire Games 1938 Entity
Empire Hotel Entity
Empire Minstrel and Variety Company Entity
Empire theatre Entity
Empire theatre Botany Entity
Empire Theatres Ltd Entity
Emporium Coffee Palace Entity
Empress Hotel Entity
Empress of Australia Entity
Emu Ford Entity
Emu Heights Entity
Emu Plains Entity
Emu Plains General Cemetery Entity
Emu Plains Government Agricultural Establishment Entity
Emu Plains railway station Entity
Emu Plains Theatre Entity
Encel, Sol Entity
Endeavour bridge Entity
Endeavour Energy Entity
Endeavour Press Entity
Endeavour Project Entity

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Ellis, Havelock

Tutor and teacher who completed his studies to become a teacher at Fort Street Normal School. After returning to England he trained as a physician and wrote the first objective study of homosexuality.

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Ellis, Rennie

Social documentary photographer.

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Ellis, Samuel

Farmer in Camden district.

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Ellis, Solomon

Farmer who took up land in Camden West.

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Ellis, William

Alderman of Randwick who established the historic former Star and Garter Inn on Belmore Road.

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Ellison, Henry

Publican at Parramatta.

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Elouera Bushland Natural Park

Bushland reserve in the south of Berowra Valley which is now incorporated into Berowra Valley National Park.

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Elphinstone, Alexander

Designer of the manse for St Paul's Presbyterian church, Rozelle.

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Elphinstone, William jnr

Builder and longtime resident of Derwent Street Glebe.

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Elric, Elizabeth

Matron at the Benevolent Asylum for over 24 years.

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Elsie

Nineteenth century cottage owned by the Anglican church which was converted for use as a refuge for women.

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Elsie Walk

Small laneway on the western side of Glebe Public School between Derwent Street and Glebe Point Road.

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Elsie Women's Refuge

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Refuge for women and children, the first in Australia, set up in disused houses by women's liberationists in 1974. A visit by Social Security Minister Bill Hayden shortly after it opened led to Elsie receiving Commonwealth funding.

Elvina Bay

Northern bushland suburb on western shore of Pittwater, within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

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Elyard, Samuel

Landscape painter and public servant who exhibited in Sydney and Paris.

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Emanuel School

A Jewish day school established by the leadership of Temple Emanuel Woollahra in 1983.

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Emanuel Synagogue

Progressive synagogue founded in 1938.

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Emanuel, Cedric

Painter who recorded the rapidly changing landscape of the inner suburbs of Sydney.

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Embassy Cinema

Castlereagh street theatre in Art Deco style constructed on the former site of Harry Rickard's Tivoli. It was demolished for the Centrepoint shopping complex in the mid 1980s.

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Emden Gun

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Four inch gun from the German ship Emden which was destroyed by the HMAS Sydney off the Cocos Islands in 1914. A gift from the Commonwealth to the City of Sydney, it was installed in 1917.

Emerald City

Film released in 1988 contrasting the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, based on the play by David Williamson.

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Emerson, Albert

Early settler at Blakehurst.

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Emerton

Western residential suburb named after William Emert, German immigrant storekeeper and postmaster who bought land in the Mount Druitt area in 1861. It was developed by the New South Wales Housing Commission from the 1960s, with German street names.

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EMI

Global music publishing company originally renowned for its development of electronics and electrical engineering.

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Emigrants Barracks

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Timber huts on Bent Street opposite Phillip Street that housed government sponsored migrants on their arrival in Sydney between 1837 and the mid 1840s. Tents were also pitched to accommodate when large numbers of people arrived in ships. The Government Printing Office was also located in the same complex from January 1841. 

Emmett, Peter

Curator who oversaw the early development of the Museum of Sydney and has continued in shaping our view of colonial history at the Historic Houses trust.

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Emoh Ruo

Comedy film directed by Denny Lawrence and released in 1985.

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Empire Air Mail Scheme

British Air Ministry scheme to regain leadership of world aviation by carrying all first class mail to India, South Africa and Australia by flying boat. The first service to Australia began in 1938 but was uneconomic and overwhelmed with the public response. The scheme closed with the outbreak of war.

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Empire Day

The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. It was celebrated throughout the British Empire culminating in fireworks and bonfires in the evening. The last celebration of Empire Day in Australia took place in 1958. The modern Queen's Birthday public holiday is a separate event observed on the second Monday of June.

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Empire Games 1938

International sporting competition held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and various other Sydney venues in February 1938, timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the colony at Sydney. Over 450 athletes from 15 countries participated in over 70 events, and Australia won the medal tally.

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Empire Hotel

Hotel which published its own travel guide to Sydney.

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Empire Minstrel and Variety Company

Vaudeville company formed by New Zealand brothers John and Benjamin Fuller which performed in Sydney in 1901.

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Empire theatre

Theatre in Quay Street Haymarket which showed live theatre for only two years before converting to a cinema. In 1948 demand saw it reopen for variety and musical shows which continued until it was destroyed by fire in 1970. The map shows the former site......

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Empire theatre Botany

Theatre constructed in Botany Road in 1920.

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Empire Theatres Ltd

Theatre management company.

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Emporium Coffee Palace

Coffee palace in George Street, Haymarket, established by 1904, and still trading in 1921.

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Empress Hotel

Hotel frequented by local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from the 1940s to the 1970s which saw many instances of police harassment. Now closed and used as apartment and business premises.

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Empress of Australia

Passenger and vehicle ship built for the Sydney to Devonport service of the Australian National Line. It was one of the longest ferry services in the world and operated until 1985 when the ship was sold and converted to a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.

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Emu Ford

Ford across the Nepean River used by settlers and explorers before the construction of a bridge.

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Emu Heights

Far western residential suburb on foothills of Blue Mountains and western bank of Nepean River. It developed from farm allotments into residential housing from the 1960s.

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Emu Plains

Far western residential suburb on Darug land at the foot of the Blue Mountains, which was named after the emus seen by Europeans there in 1790. A government farm with convict labour was established there in 1819 and a township in 1832.

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Emu Plains General Cemetery

General cemetery adjacent to St Paul's Anglican Church

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Emu Plains Government Agricultural Establishment

Convict farm established by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1819, which produced food, housed land-clearing gangs and oversaw the movement of convicts and supplies over the Blue Mountains.

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Emu Plains railway station

Gothic Revival railway station at the foot of the Blue Mountains.

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Emu Plains Theatre

The second theatre in Australia and the first outside Sydney. Located at the Emu Plains agricultural prison farm. Performances took place at the theatre from 1822 until Governor Ralph Darling ordered its closure.

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Encel, Sol

Pioneer in the study of sociology and social policy in Australia, he was also a lecturer, author and active participant in Jewish affairs.

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Endeavour bridge

Road bridge crossing the Cooks River. It carries the General Holmes Drive, linking Sydney Airport at Mascot to Kyeemagh.

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Endeavour Energy

Electricity supply company in the Blue Mountains, Southern Highland, Western Sydney and the Illawarra.

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Endeavour Press

Publishing company which produced a dozen titles including those by Banjo Patterson and Miles Franklin.

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Endeavour Project

Plan for an assimilated village on Aboriginal land at La Perouse.

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