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Kemp, Peter
Kemp, William
Kemps Creek Suburb
Kendall, Adeline
Kendall, Henry
Kendall, John
Kendall, Laurence
Kendall, William
Kendrick Park Park or open space
Keneally, Kristina
Keneally, Tom
Kenilworth House
Kenna, Peter
Kenneally, Christine
Kennedy Miller Mitchell Productions Commercial organisation
Kennedy's Hotel Hotel
Kennedy, Bill
Kennedy, Bridget
Kennedy, Ellen
Kennedy, James
Kennedy, John
Kennedy, Ted
Kenneil House
Kenny Hill Locality
Kensington Suburb
Kensington Estate Estate
Kensington racecourse Sporting venue
Kensington Street Chippendale Street or lane
Kent & Massie Commercial organisation
Kent Brewery Industrial site
Kent Farms Subdivision
Kent, David
Kent, William
Kent, William George Carlile
Kenthurst Suburb
Kenthurst Literary Institute hall School of Arts hall
Kentish Hotel Glebe Hotel
Kentlyn Suburb
Kentucky Reserve Reserve
Kentville House
Kerkyasharian, Stepan
Kernohan, Elizabeth
Kerosene Bay Bay or cove
Kerr, Annie
Kerr, Joan
Kerr, John
Kerr, John A
Kerr, Rebecca
Kessell, JW
Kessell, Norman

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Kemp, Peter

World champion Australian sculler.

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Kemp, William

Architect who designed many of Sydney's public schools after he was appointed Chief Architect in the Department of Public Instruction in 1880.

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Kemps Creek

Western semi-rural suburb, where wheat was grown in the 19th century until the 'rust' disease destroyed crops. It is named after Anthony Fenn Kemp, one of the key participants in the 1808 'Rum Rebellion'.

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Suburb

Kendall, Adeline

Early settler in West Pymble, who was married to Jonas Lofberg and later John Kendall.

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Kendall, Henry

Poet whose work celebrating the Australian landscape was popular and widely published during the 1870s and 1880s.

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Kendall, John

Fruitgrower in early West Pymble.

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Kendall, Laurence

Owner of the first steam flour mill in Campbelltown.

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Kendall, William

Fruitgrower in the West Pymble area.

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Kendrick Park

Reserve bounded by View Street and Princes Highway, Tempe.

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Park or open space

Keneally, Kristina

American born politician who was Premier of New South Wales from December 2009 until March 2011.

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Keneally, Tom

Author, essayist and playwright. 

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Kenilworth

Number 260 Johnston Street Annandale. One of a group of eight houses built by John Young in 1888-89 near the northern end of Johnston Street.

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House

Kenna, Peter

Playwright, radio actor and screenwriter.

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Kenneally, Christine

Writer.

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Kennedy Miller Mitchell Productions

Film production company and software developer.

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Commercial organisation

Kennedy's Hotel

Hotel in Pyrmont near Glebe Island Abattoirs.

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Hotel

Kennedy, Bill

Aboriginal man from Walgett.

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Kennedy, Bridget

Servant at Bull and Mouth hotel who was attacked by her employer.

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Kennedy, Ellen

Aboriginal woman.

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Kennedy, James

Barman at the Bull and Mouth hotel.

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Kennedy, John

Landowner who settled at Appin near the Nepean River.

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Kennedy, Ted

Priest and activist for Aboriginal causes and reform within the church.

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Kenneil

Mansion in Elizabeth Bay Road that was converted to a residential club for Australian and Allied officers in August 1943.

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Kenny Hill

Kenny Hill was the name given to the rise out of Campbelltown near today's Narellan Road heading towards Narellan and Camden. It was named after Dr William Kenny, an early doctor in Campbelltown.
 

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Locality

Kensington

Inner-eastern high-density residential suburb. Named after the London Royal Borough, it is home to the University of New South Wales and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

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Kensington Estate

Originally a government grant to Samuel Terry in 1823 it passed through Daniel Cooper and William Cooper to the Australian Cities Investment Corporation in 1891. Acquired by George Todman in 1909 he sold it to the British tobacco company of which he was director. When tobacco manufacturing ceased it became an exclusive residential development. Todman Avenue bisects the area.

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Estate

Kensington racecourse

Pony racecourse on the current site of the University of New South Wales at Kensington which was used as a military camp during the wars.

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Sporting venue

Kensington Street Chippendale

Small street in Chippendale that runs off Broadway and Cleveland Street. One of the areas oldest streets, it has been redeveloped as part of a 'lifestyle precinct' and public place.

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Street or lane

Kent & Massie

Architectural partnership formed by Harry Kent and HH Massie.

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Kent Brewery

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Brewery which operated on Broadway at Chippendale for 170 years. The site was redeveloped as an apartment complex under the name 'Central Park' which opened in 2014.

Industrial site

Kent Farms

A subdivision of the former Campbelltown Common in the 1920s for small farms and orchards. The area became known as the Kent Farms, later Kent Lyn, and today's suburb of Kentlyn.

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Subdivision

Kent, David

Author and historian.

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Kent, William

Naval officer who became a farmer and magistrate after he was granted land near the Tank Stream and in Denistone.

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Kent, William George Carlile

Royal Navy officer who was granted 460 acres in the Epping area in 1803.

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Kenthurst

North-western semi-rural suburb. Its name was changed in 1887 to commemorate men from the English county of Kent who had settled in the area.

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Kenthurst Literary Institute hall

Community hall built in 1889 and later used as a preschool from 1967 to 1973.

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School of Arts hall

Kentish Hotel Glebe

Student hotel which lost its licence mid twentieth century. In the 1880s it had been a popular pub for those who adopted the new craze of cycling.

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Kentlyn

South-western bushland suburb. 'Scenic protection' zoning in the 1970s kept its blocks large, allowing it to become the affluent suburb it is today.

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Kentucky Reserve

Riverside parkland west of Bankstown Aerodrome.

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Reserve

Kentville

Substantial gentleman's residence with extensive gardens and lawn bowling green situated between Johnston and Annandale streets which was demolished and the land subdivided in 1908.

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Kerkyasharian, Stepan

Armenian born leader who has worked tirelessly for racial harmony and cultural understanding.

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Kernohan, Elizabeth

Veterinary surgeon and academic, mayor of Camden, member for Camden in the NSW Parliament.

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Kerosene Bay

Small bay at Wollstonecraft within Balls Head Bay.

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Bay or cove

Kerr, Annie

Resident of Glebe.

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Kerr, Joan

Academic in fine arts and architectural heritage. Born Sydney 1938, died Sydney 2004.

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Kerr, John

Prominent lawyer who was appointed to many prominent judicial positions and was Australia's Governor-General at the time of the constitutional crisis of 1975.

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Kerr, John A

Resident of Glebe.

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Kerr, Rebecca

Milliner and dressmaker.

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Kessell, JW

Senior public servant in the Department of Justice.

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Kessell, Norman

Journalist and critic who began writing theatre reviews in 1944. He once said 'the most one can do is tell the readers where the show is, what it's about, who is in it, whether they are likely to enjoy it'.

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