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Sheppard, Richard Moxey
Sheraton Hotel Hotel
Sheridan, John Felix
Sherker, Shauna
Sherman, Albert John
Sherrit, WG
Sherwin, Amy
Sherwin, Ann
Sherwood Hills Subdivision
Shields, Ella
Shields, Joseph Henry
Shiell, Henry
Shillito, Phyllis
Shipley Ship
Shipley Locality
Shipp, Les
Shipping Master's Office State or colonial government
Shipwrecks sites, Maroubra Archaeological site
Shipwrights Bay Bay or cove
Shirase sword Weapon
Shirase, Nobu
Shirley Smith Ship
Shirley, William Thomas
Shirlow, John
Shivaram, Ananda
Shlemin, Methodius
Shoot through like a Bondi tram Saying
Shop Assistants' Union Industrial organisation
Shopfront Theatre for Young People Cultural organisation
Short, Benjamin
Shorter, William Thomas Ashton
Shortland, John 1739-1803
Shortland, John 1769-1810
Shout, AJ
Showmen's Guild of Australasia Industrial organisation
Siam Sunset Film
Sicard, Francois-Leon
Sickles Creek River or creek
Sickold, Friederick
Sidaway's Theatre Theatre
Sidaway, Robert
Siddons, Richard
Sidetrack Theatre Company Cultural organisation
Sidman family
Sieber, Franz Wilhelm
Silent Knight refrigerator Domestic item
Silva, Emanuel
Silva, Mac
Silver Lining Performing group
Silver Park estate Subdivision

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Sheppard, Richard Moxey

Western Sydney orchardist who developed the Imperial mandarin, now one of Australia's leading varieties.

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Sheraton Hotel

Hotel at 40 Macleay Street, Potts Point in c1960 building. Not part of the international Sheraton Hotel chain. The building was converted to strata title apartments in 1997.

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Hotel

Sheridan, John Felix

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Catholic priest who devoted himself to youth welfare and was fondly remembered for his skill as a fiddler.

Sherker, Shauna

Writer on sport related injuries.

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Sherman, Albert John

Cornish Australian artist best known for his paintings of flowers.

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Sherrit, WG

Aboriginal activist from La Perouse who took part in the 1938 Day of Mourning

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Sherwin, Amy

Opera singer who toured Australia several times after achieving success and recognition in Europe and America.

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Sherwin, Ann

The partner of Joseph Foveaux. She lived with him in Sydney from 1793 when she left her husband Sergeant Sherwin, another soldier in the colony, and married him in 1814 in Derby, England.

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Sherwood Hills

Subdivision at Bradbury designed as a model estate with no overhead power lines and covenants controlled the quality of buildings.

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Subdivision

Shields, Ella

Vaudeville singer and male impersonator who toured Australia from England in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Shields, Joseph Henry

Early settler and orchardist in the Pennant Hills area.

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Shiell, Henry

One of the city’s longest-serving coroners, Shiell served from 1866 until 1888, when he fell ill and was unable to return to the position. He died in January 1889.

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Shillito, Phyllis

Water-colourist and designer who established a diploma of design and crafts at East Sydney Technical College.

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Shipley

Convict transport which made four voyages to New South Wales between 1817 and 1822.

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Ship

Shipley

Small urban locality south-west of Blackheath.

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Locality

Shipp, Les

Theatre and vaudville producer

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Shipping Master's Office

Administrative office to log ships and seamen arriving in Sydney Harbour.

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State or colonial government

Shipwrecks sites, Maroubra

Maroubra beach and headlands have been the site of numerous maritime disasters which have been recorded in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries though little physical evidence remains today.

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Archaeological site

Shipwrights Bay

Bay on the Georges River adjacent to Tom Uglys Bridge.

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Bay or cove

Shirase sword

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Seventeenth century Japanese samurai sword presented by Lieutenant Nobu Shirase, the leader of the Japanese Polar Expedition, to Professor Edgeworth David as a gesture of friendship and thanks for his support during the expedition's stay in Sydney from May-November 1911. In 1979 the sword was presented to the Australian Museum by Mary David, the professor's daughter. The sword was made by Mutsu no Kami Kaneyasu, a master swordsmith who worked in the period 1600-1650. 

Weapon

Shirase, Nobu

Lieutenant Shirase was the leader of the Japanese Antarctic expedition in 1910-1912. His name is also given as Naoshi or Choku Shirase.

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Shirley Smith

Tugboat used for emergency response in Sydney waterways.

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Shirley, William Thomas

Stonemason who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War I but received a medical discharge, remembered for a sphinx he carved from sandstone as a personal memorial to his fallen comrades during his convalescence at Lady Davidson Hospital.

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Shirlow, John

Painter, etcher and cartoonist who worked mainly in Melbourne.

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Shivaram, Ananda

Indian dancer and dance teacher who first visited Australia in 1947.

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Shlemin, Methodius

Russian Orthodox priest who was invited from Queensland to be parish priest to the Sydney community.

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Shoot through like a Bondi tram

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Colloquial expression meaning to leave in haste.

Saying

Shop Assistants' Union

Association of shop assistants which grew out of the campaign for reduced working hours in 1888-89.

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Industrial organisation

Shopfront Theatre for Young People

Established in the St George district of Sydney to give young people a voice through arts. They run a series of workshops and present performances.

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Cultural organisation

Short, Benjamin

Founder of Sydney City Mission in 1862, based on the London City Mission.

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Shorter, William Thomas Ashton

Solicitor who practised from premises at 118 Pitt Street from the 1860s. In 1912 it appears he became bankrupt.

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Shortland, John 1739-1803

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Naval officer often confused with his son, who was naval agent for the transports of the First Fleet.

Shortland, John 1769-1810

Officer of the Royal Navy who sailed with the First Fleet. He was later granted land at Liberty Plains and Bankstown before he returned to England.

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Shout, AJ

Born in New Zealand 1881, migrated to Australia 1905, joined the Australian Imperial Force and won both the Military Cross and Victoria Cross during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.Died from wounds received in the battle in which he won the VC.

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Showmen's Guild of Australasia

Organisation of employers connected with the amusement industry.

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Siam Sunset

Comedy film directed by John Polson in 1999.

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Film

Sicard, Francois-Leon

French sculptor who designed the Archibald Fountain.

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Sickles Creek

Creek to the west of Camden and Grasmere which flows north into the Nepean River.

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River or creek

Sickold, Friederick

Vinedresser who emigrated with his wife and five children to work with the Macarthurs in establishing a wine industry.

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Sidaway's Theatre

Convict theatre that opened in Sydney in 16 January 1796, thought to have been either at Windmill Row (Prince Street), Bells Row (Bligh Street), or High (George) Street near Jamieson or Hunter Streets. It was built by 'some of the more decent class of prisoner' and  'fitted up the house with more theatrical propriety than could have been expected'. The building was probably a primitive timber slab-sided small hall or shed, possibly with a stepped floor, the pit would be the 'front box' over or behind, and a gallery. Convict Robert Sidaway was either the prime mover in it establishment, its owner or manager. Occasional performances were held until the arrival in 1800 of Governor King.

 

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Theatre

Sidaway, Robert

Convict and baker who opened Sydney's first formal theatre.

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Siddons, Richard

Harbour pilot who operated from Watsons Bay in the 1820s and 1830s.

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Sidetrack Theatre Company

Theatre company in Marrickville. In its hey day, the company was Australia's leading permanent contemporary-performance group. The company created vivid stage images with surreal, subversive humour. Once funding stopped the company closed but the theatre building still operates today for hire.

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Sidman family

Early settlers in the area west of Camden at a property named Bickley Vale, now a suburb of Camden.

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Sieber, Franz Wilhelm

Botanist who visited Australia on a long collecting expedition in the southern hemisphere in the 1820s.

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Silent Knight refrigerator

Brand of gas powered or electrical refrigerators produced by Hallstroms Pty Ltd at Willoughby.

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Domestic item

Silva, Emanuel

Investor and property owner.

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Silva, Mac

Successful Aboriginal singer and musician whose band Black Lace (formerly Silver Linings) had a huge following in New South Wales. When he died in 1989, he was the first Aboriginal person to have a funeral service at St Mary’s Cathedral.

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Silver Lining

Aboriginal performing group.

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Performing group

Silver Park estate

Subdivision of land at Canterbury in the 1880s.

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