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Beencke, John Entity
Beetson, Arthur Entity
Begg, John Ely Entity
Beiger, Edith Pearl Entity
Beiger, Maurice Andrew Entity
Beiger, Shirley Patricia Entity
Beilharz, Kirsty Entity
Beinssen, Irmhild Entity
Belcher, James Entity
Bele Entity
Belé, Sauvage de la Nouvelle-Hollande 1845 Media
Belfield Entity
Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco Entity
Belgrave, Thomas Entity
Belgravia Hotel Entity
Belinski, Irina Entity
Bell Entity
Bell Shakespeare Entity
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer Entity
Bell, Archibald (1773-1837) Entity
Bell, Archibald (1804-1883) Entity
Bell, Charles Edward Entity
Bell, Edward Entity
Bell, Gladstone Entity
Bell, John Entity
Bell, John Anthony Entity
Bella Vista Entity
Bellamy, James Entity
Bellamy, Sarah Entity
Bellamy, William Entity
Bellear, Kaye Entity
Beller, Beryl Entity
Bellevue Entity
Bellevue Estate Entity
Bellevue Hill Entry
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Bellingham, Francis Entity
Bellingham, George Entity
Bellingham, Richard Entity
Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich Entity
Bello Retiro Entity
Bellona Entity
Bellotti, Domenico Entity
Bellotti, Santa Maria Entity
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Belmore Entity
Belmore Hotel Entity
Belmore Paragon No 1 Entity
Belmore Paragon No 2 Entity
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Beencke, John

Builder and newsagent who constructed the first pedestrian bridge across Berry's Creek at Greenwich.

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Beetson, Arthur

Rugby league footballer and coach, who became the first Aboriginal player to captain an Australian national team in any sport.

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Begg, John Ely

Tanner and property owner.

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Beiger, Edith Pearl

Shopkeeper whose daughter Shirley Beiger was tried for and acquitted of the murder of Arthur Griffith in 1954.

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Beiger, Maurice Andrew

Father of Shirley Beiger, who was acquitted in 1954 of murdering her boyfriend outside Chequers Nightclub. He was described at different times in the press as a war pensioner and as working for the Department of the Interior in Melbourne in 1954.

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Beiger, Shirley Patricia

Model and magazine cover girl who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was acquitted of the crime and her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.

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Beilharz, Kirsty

Composer and interactive media artist.

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Beinssen, Irmhild

Activist in Sydney's German community for three decades.

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Belcher, James

Government forestry officer and settler at Lidcombe in the 1860s.

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Bele

Aboriginal man who resided close to Sydney Town in the 1840s.

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Belé, Sauvage de la Nouvelle-Hollande 1845

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Contributed By
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[FERG/6097]
(Histoire de la premiere mission catholique au vicariat de Melanesie par L. Verguet, Paris : Tolra et Haton, 1861. opp p32)

Belfield

South-western residential, light industrial and commercial suburb subdivided and sold as home sites after the First World War, some for war service homes. Three streets in the area are named after troop ships of the period.

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Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco

Founder of construction company Transfield and patron of the arts.

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Belgrave, Thomas

Medical practitioner who was active in the Geographical and Royal Societies and an advocate of technical education in Sydney during the 1870s. He later practised in Western Australia.

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Belgravia Hotel

Original hotel at Medlow Bath opened by Mr and Mrs Ellis in 1891.

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Belinski, Irina

Russian community leader.

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Bell

Small far north-western rural village. Its railway station is the highest on the New South Wales TrainLink network.

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Bell Shakespeare

Theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and classics.

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Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer

Popular Sydney newspaper published from 1845 until 1860, and subsequently as Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle until 1870. As well as sporting news, the paper often carried colourful or satirical articles about politics and local events and people, and was illustrated with cartoons.

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Bell, Archibald (1773-1837)

Colonist who arrived in Sydney as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps in July 1807 with his wife and their large family. He was implicated in the arrest of Bligh and appointed as a magistrate by Governor George Johnston in January of 1808 and in 1820 was appointed as chief police magistrate in Windsor. Although Bell was not an officially appointed coroner of the Colony, he would often be called upon as a special appointment by virtue to perform the duties of the coroner.

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Bell, Archibald (1804-1883)

Explorer who was only 19 when he followed an Aboriginal woman to discover a route across the Blue Mountains from Richmond to Mount Tomah. His name is commemorated in Bell's Line of Road.

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Bell, Charles Edward

Engineer who apprenticed under his father, Edward Bell, the City Engineer and City Surveyor before being appointed Assistant Draftsman and Assistant Engineer.

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Bell, Edward

Sydney's City Engineer and Surveyor who, between 1856 and 1870, was responsible for the design and management of construction on a wide variety of projects including water and sewerage systems, pedestrian and vehicular circulation and public buildings.

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Bell, Gladstone

Cellist.

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Bell, John

Early landholder at Mosman who worked with Archibald Mosman to establish a whaling station there.

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Bell, John Anthony

Actor and theatre director who has been instrumental in shaping Australian theatre.

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Bella Vista

North-western residential suburb, with a ribbon of light industrial, commercial and retail development in the Norwest Business Park along the Old Windsor Road. It is named after the homestead and farm of the Pearce family.

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Bellamy, James

Landholder at Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Crosslands Reserve.

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Bellamy, Sarah

Convict who worked as a washerwoman, raising a large family and finding a respected place in colonial society.

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Bellamy, William

Early European settler in Pennant Hills area.

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Bellear, Kaye

Activist who fought to obtain housing for poor Aboriginal people in Redfern in the early 1970s.

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Beller, Beryl

Dharawal elder at La Perouse.

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Bellevue

Colonial mansion on Glebe Point of late Victorian Italianate design. It was only used as a home until 1925 when a timber mill was operated from and around the site. When Blackwattle Bay Park was created by landfill in the 1970s only the house was retained due to community lobbying and currently operates as a cafe and community centre.

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Bellevue Estate

Real estate subdivision along Bellevue Road Bellevue Hill which was released between 1905 and 1913.

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Bellevue Hill

Standing on Cadigal country, Bellevue Hill became one of Sydney's most exclusive suburbs, with its large lots and scenic views.

Bellevue Hill

Affluent suburb overlooking the harbour five kilometres east of central Sydney. In the nineteenth century it was home to villas built by the colony's emerging plutocracy. Mass suburban development was helped by the extension of the tram line to Bondi Beach in 1914.

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Bellingham, Francis

Secretary and librarian at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts who sued for wrongful dismissal.

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Bellingham, George

Farmer who emigrated with his wife and two young children in the early 1840s and settled near Camden.

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Bellingham, Richard

Farmer who purchased part of the Kirkham estate when it was subdivided in 1900.

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Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich

Russian admiral and explorer who was the commander of the ship Vostok that arrived in Sydney in 1820 as part of a Russian expedition through the Pacific and the Antarctic. Also known as Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

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Bello Retiro

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A large house with outbuildings, stables etc. built in the early 1830s on the Cooks River Road near Newtown by Alexander Brodie Spark, and then owned by businessman John Lord. Most of its grounds were subdivided into building allotments in the early 1840s and the house was renamed Holmwood in the 1850s. The building had been demolished by 1893.

Bellona

Convict transport ship that first arrived in Sydney in 1793.

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Bellotti, Domenico

Italian settler who fled to Australia after the failure of French nobleman Marquis de Rays' abortive settlement attempt in New Ireland.

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Bellotti, Santa Maria

Italian migrant who had lost family in the aborted attempt to settle in New Ireland organised by the French nobleman Marquis de Rays.

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Belmore

Traditional land of the Bediagal people, Belmore was once all forest. Early European settlers cut the timber for firewood and later for railway sleepers, and farmed crops and poultry. In 1869 the district was named Belmore in honour of the new governor of New South Wales. When the railway came through in 1895, subdivision accelerated and after World War I surburban development was rapid. Migration and home units have changed Belmore since the 1960s.

Belmore

South-western suburb containing a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial developments. After the First World War, many returned servicemen settled there.

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Belmore Hotel

Pub opened in Belmore in 1928.

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Belmore Paragon No 1

Cinema which operated in Belmore from 1923.

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Belmore Paragon No 2

Cinema in Belmore that seated over 1000 patrons and operated between 1928 and 1958.

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Belmore Park

Park near Central Railway Station.

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