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Taren Point Suburb
Taren Point punt Punt
Target Woollen Mill Commercial organisation
Tarmons House
Taronga Zoo Zoo
Tarpeian Rock Geological feature
Tartar Ship
Tashi Choeling Buddhist Centre Religious organisation
Tashi, Garpa Nyima
Tasker Park Park or open space
Tate, John Percival
Tate, William Thomas
Tattersall's Building, Hunter and Castlereagh Streets Office blockStables
Tattersall's Club ClubSporting club or association
Tattersall's Hotel Hotel
Tattersalls Club building HotelOffice block
Tattersdale, Thomas
Tatz, Colin
Tauber, Richard
Taunton, Jane
Taunton, JB
Taverners Hill Locality
Tavlaridis, Adam
Tawell, John
Taylor Square Square or place
Taylor, Allen Arthur
Taylor, Deighton
Taylor, Florence
Taylor, George Augustine
Taylor, Harold
Taylor, James
Taylor, Leo
Taylor, P Gordon
Taylor, Rebe
Taylor, Richard
Taylor, Robert
Taylor, Samuel
Taylor, Thomas
Taylor, Thomas Edward
Taylors Bay Bay or cove
Te Aroha Performing group
Te Arohanui Carving
Te Atahoe
Te Pahi
Te Rauparaha
Te Reo Irirangi O Poihakena Radio program
Teale, Leonard
Tear Tack, Joseph
Tebbutt's tannery Commercial organisation
Tebbutt, Carmel

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Taren Point

Southern residential suburb on southern shore of the Georges River. The source of its name is unknown.

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Suburb

Taren Point punt

Vehicular punt which ran between Sans Souci and Taren Point replacing the previous ferry service

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Punt

Target Woollen Mill

Mill established by Mark Foy's in Harcourt Avenue Rosebery which employed over 130 people in a modern mill manufacturing blankets, tweed and other clothing fabrics.

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Commercial organisation

Tarmons

Darlinghurst villa built of Sydney sandstone later used as the first St Vincent's Hospital, and then St Vincent's College until it was demolished in 1966.

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House

Taronga Zoo

Zoo on Sydney's north shore, opened in 1916, which housed the animals from the earlier Moore Park Zoo, and developed new attractions. From the 1970s the zoo focused more on education and research than entertainment.

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Zoo

Tarpeian Rock

Rock face which derives its name from the famous rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, from where prisoners were hurled to their deaths in ancient times. A stairway constructed in the 1880s connects the Sydney Opera House to the top of the rock and Domain and is known as the Tarpeian Way.

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Geological feature

Tartar

Barque of 320 tons which operated between Boston and Sydney.

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Ship

Tashi Choeling Buddhist Centre

Tibetan Buddhist association.

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Religious organisation

Tashi, Garpa Nyima

Tibetan teacher of traditional dance and song

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Tasker Park

Reserve situated between Phillips Avenue and Cooks River, Canterbury.

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Park or open space

Tate, John Percival

Architect, town planner and politician who became chairman of the Cumberland County Council in 1945. He subsequently served in the Australian Senate 1949-53.

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Tate, William Thomas

Real estate agent and politician who was also an authority on breeding dairy stock.

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Tattersall's Building, Hunter and Castlereagh Streets

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Four storey office block, assembly room and stables building on the corner of Hunter and Castlereagh Street which was designed by architects Benjamin Backhouse & John J Lough in 1882 and completed by builder WH Jennings in 1883 for Hawkes. Stalls for up to 156 horseswere situated even up to the third floor, with a series of ramps and elevator providing access. The site had previously been in use by circuses and for athletics.  Also known as the Tattersalls Chambers, and subsequently the Royal Chambers, the building was demolished in the early 1960s and replaced by the P&O-Orient Line building at 1 Castlereagh Street.

 

Office block

Stables

Tattersall's Club

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Club established in 1858 for members of the racing fraternity. Founded at Mayors Hotel on Pitt Street as Tattersall's Subscription Betting Rooms, the hotel soon changed its name to Tattersalls with dedicated rooms for the club and its members. 

Club

Sporting club or association

Tattersall's Hotel

Hotel on Pitt Street, on the present site of the Hilton Hotel, that was the headquarters of the Tattersall's gambling club. The club had been meeting at the Mayor Inn run by licensee William John O'Brien when in 1858 he built a public room for them to meet and changed the name of the hotel to Tattersall's. In 1878 the hotel was purchased by friends for George Adams, a keen gambler from Kiama. Subsequently also known as Adams' Hotel, under Adams' management it went on to become the home of Tattersall's betting and lotteries after Adams started holding sweeps in 1881 for members of the public, in addition to those being held by the Tattersall's club. In 1891 the building was substantially renovated to plans by Varney Parkes that included the construction of the Marble Bar and an arcade that ran between George and Pitt Street. The remodelled hotel was reopened in December 1892, described in the press at the time as "an hotel superior in its appointments to any in the city". The hotel ceased trading in February 1969 and was demolished, to be replaced by the Hilton Hotel. The Marble Bar was dismantled and rebuilt in the new hotel.

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Hotel

Tattersalls Club building

Lavish five storey building designed and built for the Tattersalls Club in 1927 on a block that runs from Castlereagh through to Elizabeth Street, facing Hyde Park. The architects were Burcham Clamp & Finch, and it was built by WS Baker & Sons. The building included an indoor swimming pool on the third floor, at the time the only elevated indoor pool outside the United States of America.

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Tattersdale, Thomas

Convict who was hanged for aiding and abetting in the murder of Robert Wardell in 1834.

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Tatz, Colin

Historian and teacher.

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Tauber, Richard

Austrian singer and composer (1891-1948)

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Taunton, Jane

Governess and teacher who sought advancement through university examinations.

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Taunton, JB

Soldier.

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Taverners Hill

Locality between Petersham and Leichhardt in Sydney's inner west, where Parramatta Road slopes down to the west.

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Locality

Tavlaridis, Adam

Greek born pioneer of the Australian film industry.

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Tawell, John

Convict and chemist, who was an early settler at Hunters Hill, but later returned to England. In 1845 he was hanged for murder, his arrest enabled by the technology of the day, the use of telegraph.

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Taylor Square

Locality on the border of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills where Oxford Street meets Flinders and Bourke streets near Darlinghurst Courthouse which is a hub of the city's nightlife.

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Square or place

Taylor, Allen Arthur

Company director and successful merchant who brought his entrepreneurial and managerial skills to civic administration. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney 1905-06 and 1909-12.

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Taylor, Deighton

Husband of letter writer Rachel Henning, who was a farmer and overseer of her brother Edmund Biddulph Henning's properties. Also an alderman on Illawarra Council.

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Taylor, Florence

Architect and publisher who campaigned for urban planning, improved construction methods and better materials.

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Taylor, George Augustine

Craftsman and journalist who became an opinionated critic of the Australian built environment and an ardent nationalist.

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Taylor, Harold

Lawyer who became senior partner of Allens Arthur Robinson in the 1920s.

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Taylor, James

Topographical draughtsman attached to the 48th Regiment who created a series of watercolours on paper which, when joined together, formed a panorama of Sydney in 1820.

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Taylor, Leo

Film, television and theatre actor and songwriter.

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Taylor, P Gordon

Aviator and writer who flew with Kingsford Smith and published 8 books about flying.

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Taylor, Rebe

Historian and writer whose books include 'Unearthed: The Tasmanian Aborigines of Kangaroo Island ' and 'Into the Heart of Tasmania'. She was the inaugural Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales for her project 'The Wedge Collection: moments of encounter on the Tasmanian and Victorian frontiers'.

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Taylor, Richard

Soldier granted land in the Ryde area.

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Taylor, Robert

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Circus performer and juggler.

Taylor, Samuel

Police constable who was one of several police officers injured, and later commended for bravery, during the Bridge Street Affray in 1894. He had been on duty at the Treasury nearby when he responded to calls for assistance.

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Taylor, Thomas

Sailor who survived the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834.

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Taylor, Thomas Edward

Irish auctioneer and company director who migrated to Australia in the 1880s and was an early settler in Gordon.

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Taylors Bay

Bay on Sydney's north shore east of Bradleys Head at Mosman.

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Bay or cove

Te Aroha

Māori performing arts group formed in Sydney in the early 1970s.

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Performing group

Te Arohanui

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Portable Māori village assembled for performances of Maggie Papakura's cultural troupe.

Carving

Te Atahoe

Young Māori woman of the Te Hikutu clan who married former Australian convict George Bruce in New Zealand in 1806. She travelled with him to India, and on their passage back to New Zealand stopped in Sydney, where she died, a month after giving birth to their daughter.

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Te Pahi

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Māori chief of the Te Hikutu clan, who visited Sydney in 1805-6 to explore industries in the colony which could be useful to his own people.

Te Rauparaha

Māori chief and warrior of the Ngati Toa clan, who became alarmed at white settlement in New Zealand after initially encouraging trade. He composed Ka Mate, the most common haka performed by New Zealand international sports.

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Te Reo Irirangi O Poihakena

Radio program hosted by Nellie and Koro Riki on Koori Radio.

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Radio program

Teale, Leonard

Actor of radio, television and film known for his resonant baritone voice. He became a leading radio actor in Sydney after World War II.

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Tear Tack, Joseph

Methodist minister who was a much respected member of the Wesleyan Chinese Mission.

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Tebbutt's tannery

Tannery owned by John Tebbutt where old and diseased animals were boiled down for tallow. The 26 tanpits and six lime pits were some of many which contributed to the pollution of the Cooks River.

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Tebbutt, Carmel

Local and state politician who rose to Deputy Premier in 2008.

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