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Beaumont, Ebenezer
Beaumont, William
Beauty Point (Hornsby) Locality
Beauty Point (Mosman) Locality
Beaver, Bruce
Beaver, Moya
Beaver, William
Bebarfald's Commercial organisation
Bebarfald, Barnet
Becharrie Charitable Association Nonprofit or charity
Beck, Syd
Beckers Pty Ltd Commercial organisation
Beckford, Elizabeth
Beckwith, Mary
Bedford Brick Works Commercial organisation
Bedford, Jean
Bedlam Point Headland or point
Bee Ship
Beecham, Thomas
Beecroft Suburb
Beecroft Progress Association Community organisation
Beecroft School of Arts Educational institution
Beecroft School of Arts hall School of Arts hall
Beencke bridge Bridge
Beencke, John
Beetson, Arthur
Begg, John Ely
Beiger, Edith Pearl
Beiger, Maurice Andrew
Beiger, Shirley Patricia
Beilharz, Kirsty
Beinssen, Irmhild
Belcher, James
Bele
Belfield Suburb
Belgiorno-Nettis, Franco
Belgrave, Thomas
Belgravia Hotel Hotel
Belinski, Irina
Bell Suburb
Bell Shakespeare Performing group
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer Newspaper
Bell, Archibald (1773-1837)
Bell, Archibald (1804-1883)
Bell, Charles Edward
Bell, Edward
Bell, Gladstone
Bell, John
Bell, John Anthony
Bella Vista Suburb

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Beaumont, Ebenezer

Painter and paperhanger.

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Beaumont, William

Businessman, timber merchant and zoo manager whose partnership with James Waller was to last 28 years.

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Beauty Point (Hornsby)

Point on the western shore of Berowra Creek.

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Locality

Beauty Point (Mosman)

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Area of Mosman on Middle Harbour west of the Spit Bridge.

Beaver, Bruce

Poet and novelist.

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Beaver, Moya

Dancer in Sydney's first ballet company, who later taught ballet.

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Beaver, William

Undertaker who promoted mourning grandeur for the wealthy in Sydney in the 1840s by his use of black draped horses, extravagant coffins and mutes and porters to accompany the hearse.

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Bebarfald's

Furniture manufacturer, interior design company and furnishing retailer which traded opposite the Town Hall for over 70 years.

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Commercial organisation

Bebarfald, Barnet

Furniture retailer who founded Bebarfald's furniture stores.

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Becharrie Charitable Association

Social and cultural group for migrants and descendants of migrants from Becharrie in North Lebanon, providing activities for youth, families and the aged.

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Nonprofit or charity

Beck, Syd

Vaudeville performer.

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Beckers Pty Ltd

Manufacturing chemist originally in South Australia during the 1920s. The company relocated to Sydney in the 1960s and was based at the corner of Campbell and Crown Streets from 1964.

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Beckford, Elizabeth

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in January 1787 for stealing cheese with a value of 4 shillings. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation but died of dropsy during the voyage.

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Beckwith, Mary

Convict who escaped the colony, sailing for Mauritius with explorer Nicolas Baudin in 1802.

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Bedford Brick Works

Brick manufacturer in St Peters.

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Bedford, Jean

Writer and teacher.

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Bedlam Point

Peninsula in Gladesville on the Parramatta River.

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Headland or point

Bee

Steam barge built in 1865.

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Ship

Beecham, Thomas

British conductor who visited Australia in 1940.

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Beecroft

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Northern residential suburb in the Hornsby local government area, which developed on part of the former Field of Mars common. It grew from the 1880s with the building of the railway line from Strathfield to Hornsby.

Suburb

Beecroft Progress Association

Community organisation in Beecroft.

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Community organisation

Beecroft School of Arts

Organisation established to encourage reading and cultural pursuits in the community early in the twentieth century.

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Educational institution

Beecroft School of Arts hall

Community hall in Beecroft.

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School of Arts hall

Beencke bridge

Pedestrian bridge over Berrys Creek which linked Greenwich and Wollstonecraft. It was replaced with a steel and concrete structure in 1964.

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Bridge

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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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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Hotel

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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Performing group

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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Newspaper

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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