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Bennett's boot factory Industrial site
Bennett, Alfred
Bennett, Charles
Bennett, Edward
Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes
Bennett, Elizabeth Ann
Bennett, Emily Ann
Bennett, Frank
Bennett, George
Bennett, John
Bennett, John 1769-1788
Bennett, Samuel
Bennett, Sarah
Bennett, Susan
Bennett, William
Bennett, William C
Bennett, William Harrard
Bennett, William Harrard Jnr
Benns, Catherine
Benns, Joseph
Benson, Ann
Bent, Jeffery Hart
Bentley's Bridge Bridge
Bentley, Cecil
Bentley, Dick
Beppi's Restaurant Commercial organisation
Berala Suburb
Berala Church of England Place of worship
Berala Public School Educational institution
Berala railway station Railway station
Berala train accident 1952 Transport disaster
Berambing Suburb
Berangie Chambers Office block
Berceuse Musical composition
Berejiklian, Gladys
Beresford, Bruce
Berg, Charles
Bergner, Ruth
Berioska Dance Company Performing group
Berkshire Park Suburb
Bernard Smith Children's Home Nonprofit or charity
Berne, Dagmar
Berne, Florence
Berne, Georgina Kenyon
Bernefield Estate Estate
Bernhardt, Sarah
Berowra Suburb
Berowra Creek River or creek
Berowra Heights Suburb
Berowra Heights Hotel Hotel

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Bennett's boot factory

Boot factory operating near Sydney Meat Preserving Works in Lidcombe in 1890.

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Industrial site

Bennett, Alfred

Businessman who inherited his father, Samuel Bennett's, successful newspaper business.

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Bennett, Charles

Publican at Tom Uglys Point.

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Bennett, Edward

Early landholder at Cherrybrook.

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Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes

Convicted of possessing forged bank notes she was to become a respected baker's wife and matriach in Parramatta by the early nineteenth century.

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Bennett, Elizabeth Ann

Child born to emancipists.

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Bennett, Emily Ann

Wife of the newspaper proprietor Alfred Bennett who, after his death, owned and rented out the family home - Clairvaux House.

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Bennett, Frank

Partner and manager of the Evening News and the Australian Town and Country Journal, having taken over on the death of his father.

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Bennett, George

Physician and naturalist whose interest in the unique flora and fauna in Australia lead him to establish his medical practice in the colony.

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Bennett, John

Emancipist who purchased Chatham Farm at Ryde in 1806 and expanded it in 1818 by buying part of William Balmain's estate.

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Bennett, John 1769-1788

Transported for seven years for highway robbery, his behaviour deteriorated during and after the voyage and he was hanged for theft in May within four months of arriving in the colony.

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Bennett, Samuel

Journalist, historian and newspaper owner who published Sydney's first evening newspaper and The Australian Town and Country Journal.

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Bennett, Sarah

Publican who assisted two husbands at the bar before becoming publican in her own right in 1898.

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Bennett, Susan

Early landowner in West Ryde area.

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Bennett, William

Early landholder at West Ryde.

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Bennett, William C

Engineer and surveyor who became commissioner for main roads.

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Bennett, William Harrard

Convict tried at Surrey who settled in Parramatta and became a wealthy baker and landowner.

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Bennett, William Harrard Jnr

Son of emancipists who lived a comfortable privileged life after his parents commercial success.

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Benns, Catherine

Early settler on Scotland Island.

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Benns, Joseph

Early settler on Scotland Island.

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Benson, Ann

Early landholder at Gladesville.

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Bent, Jeffery Hart

First Supreme Court judge in Sydney, who was dismissed by Governor Macquarie.

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Bentley's Bridge

Stone bridge across Rushcutters Creek built by convicts under the supervision of Lieutenant ACD Bentley.

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Bridge

Bentley, Cecil

Tennis racquet manufacturer who built St Bernard's at Blakehurst.

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Bentley, Dick

Comedian and actor who worked in both England and Australia and became famous for the character Ron Glum from the show Take It From Here.

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Beppi's Restaurant

Italian restaurant established in 1956 which claims to be the longest running restaurant under the same ownership in Sydney.

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Commercial organisation

Berala

Closely settled suburb in Auburn local government area on what was once swampy land with abundant birdlife - the name is Aboriginal for 'duck'. Residential settlement grew with the opening of a new rail line in 1924.

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Suburb

Berala Church of England

St James Anglican Church, Crawford St. Berala.

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Place of worship

Berala Public School

School which operated for two years in a church hall before construction of the present site in 1924.

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Educational institution

Berala railway station

Railway station in Berala originally constructed as part of a single line to Regents Park..

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Railway station

Berala train accident 1952

Train accident at Berala station which occurred when, in heavy fog, a passenger train telescoped into the rear of another stopped at Berala station. Ten people were killed and over 140 injured.

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Transport disaster

Berambing

Rural locality on Bells Line of Road.

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Berangie Chambers

Offices built in Eastwood by Marie Byles for her legal practice.

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Office block

Berceuse

Modernist piano composition by George Clutsam.

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Musical composition

Berejiklian, Gladys

Banking official who was elected to government in 2003.

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Beresford, Bruce

Film, theatre and opera director.

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Berg, Charles

Accountant and music administrator who fostered chamber music and opera in Sydney.

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Bergner, Ruth

Dancer who took part in the first performance of Indian dance in Sydney, and later taught.

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Berioska Dance Company

Dance company of 70 dancers from Moscow which performed in Sydney in 1966 and 1977.

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Performing group

Berkshire Park

North-western semi-rural locality, named after a grant made to Richard Rouse in 1838. It contains a correctional facility, a nature reserve, a waste management centre and a racehorse education centre.

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Bernard Smith Children's Home

Children's home established by the Wesley Mission in the former home of the Hamilton family in West Pymble.

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Nonprofit or charity

Berne, Dagmar

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First female student to study medicine in Australia, who, during her short life, pioneered women's health services in Sydney.

Berne, Florence

Governess, teacher and frustrated medical student whose lack of means meant she could not continue her studies.

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Berne, Georgina Kenyon

Widow who managed her inheritance to support the education of her children.

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Bernefield Estate

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Large estate on Cooks River Road (Princes Highway) at St Peters which was subdivided in 1895. Only a small part of Berne Street now remains as the estate was subsumed by a massive container terminal.

Estate

Bernhardt, Sarah

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French actress who toured Australia in 1891. Her two dogs Star and Chouette were quarantined on Rodd Island in the harbour for the duration of her tour, cared for by the French micobiologist Adrien Loir.

Berowra

Far northern suburb, much of which forms the Berowra Valley Regional Park. It grew quickly after the first major subdivisions of land in the 1950s.

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Berowra Creek

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Creek in the land of the Dharug people, the western bank of which was gradually settled by Europeans during the nineteenth century. Tributary of the Hawkesbury River.

River or creek

Berowra Heights

Far northern residential suburb, separated from Berowra in 1973.

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Berowra Heights Hotel

Local pub in Berowra.

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Hotel