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Threlkeld, Sarah
Throsby, Charles
Throsby, Charles junior
Throsby, Elizabeth Isabella (Betsey)
Throsby, Jane
Thrupp's Estate Estate
Thrupp's Quarry Industrial site
Thrupp, Alfred
Thrush, Thomas
Thurlow, Anne Jane
Thurlow, William
Thurmond, John
Thurn, Martin
Thurnby House
Tibbits, George
Tibet Serendipity Commercial organisation
Tibetan Buddhist Society Religious organisation
Tibetan Community of Australia (NSW) Inc Community organisation
Tibetan Emporium Commercial organisation
Tibetan Learning Centre Educational institution
Tickell, John Maurice Mends
Tidswell, Frank
Tidswell, Frederick Charles
Tien Ve Website
Tiffen, Robert
Tildesley, Beatrice Maude
Tildesley, Evelyn Mary
Tillers, Imants
Timbery
Timbery family
Timbery, Joseph
Time and Tide Hotel Hotel
Tindale
Tindale, John
Tingcombe, John
Tinker's Well River or creek
Tipper, John Duncan (JD)
Tipperary Association Cultural organisation
Tippler, Catherine
Tippler, Harold
Tippoo Saib Ship
Tirakatene-Sullivan, Whetu
Titan Crane
Tivoli Book
Tivoli Circuit Australia Pty Ltd Performing groupCommercial organisation
Tivoli Estate Estate
Tivoli House House
Tiy Sang Company Commercial organisation
TNT Ltd Commercial organisation
To Neo Newspaper

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Threlkeld, Sarah

Daughter of First Fleet surgeon Thomas Arndell and his convict wife Elizabeth Burley. Born in Parramatta in 1793, she married missionary Lancelot Threlkeld in 1824.

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Throsby, Charles

Surgeon and explorer who became a landowner and pastoralist.

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Throsby, Charles junior

Nephew of surgeon and explorer Charles Throsby, who inherited his estates in 1828 and became a successful farmer.

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Throsby, Elizabeth Isabella (Betsey)

Daughter of William Broughton and his convict partner Ann Glossop, who survived the massacre of the Boyd in New Zealand in 1809 and returned to Sydney in 1812. She married Charles Throsby, nephew of the explorer, and raised 17 children.

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Throsby, Jane

Wife of explorer Charles Throsby and holder of several land grants south-west of Sydney.

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Thrupp's Estate

700 acres (283 hectares) in the Kurraba Point area of Neutral Bay, given to Alfred Thrupp by his father-in-law John Piper in 1816. It was later sold to Daniel Cooper.

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Estate

Thrupp's Quarry

Sandstone quarry at Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay.

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Industrial site

Thrupp, Alfred

Early landowner at Kurraba Point and Neutral Bay who resettled in Tasmania.

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Thrush, Thomas

Convict transported for highway robbery who escaped to resume his career around Sydney. He joined the Aboriginal resistance led by Pemulwuy.

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Thurlow, Anne Jane

Second wife of William Thurlow.

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Thurlow, William

Solicitor and politician. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1851-52

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Thurmond, John

New York sailor who was a member of Captain James Cook's crew on the HMS Endeavour on his voyage of discovery.

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Thurn, Martin

Early German immigrant to Camden area who helped establish vineyards in the area.

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Thurnby

House built at Enmore in the 1850s for Thomas Chaplin Breillat.

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House

Tibbits, George

Composer and architect.

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Tibet Serendipity

Retail outlet for books, cultural materials and artist studios.

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Commercial organisation

Tibetan Buddhist Society

Society which teaches Buddhist philosophy and advanced Vajrayana practices, and provides support for the Tibetan refugee community in India.

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Religious organisation

Tibetan Community of Australia (NSW) Inc

Organisation established in 1979 to preserve and promote Tibetan culture in Australia.

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Community organisation

Tibetan Emporium

Shop established by the Tibetan community in 1999. Profits go to cottage industries run by Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal.

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Tibetan Learning Centre

Centre established by the Tibetan community to teach Tibetan.

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Educational institution

Tickell, John Maurice Mends

Captain from June 1936 - May 1939 of the P&O steamship RMS Strathaird that ran between Australia and Britain. 

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Tidswell, Frank

Physician and microbiologist who was the Director of Pathology at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children between 1925 and 1941. He and Charles Martin collaborated on pioneering research into venoms and anti-venoms.

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Tidswell, Frederick Charles

Publican.

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Tien Ve

Online centre for Vietnamese art and literature.

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Website

Tiffen, Robert

Early landowner at Balgowlah.

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Tildesley, Beatrice Maude

The Tildesley sisters were women of private means who loved theatre and believed that drama was an important part of education. They were both teachers and expert fencers who gave private displays.

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Tildesley, Evelyn Mary

The Tildesley sisters were women of private means who loved theatre and believed that drama was an important part of education. They were both teachers and expert fencers who gave private displays.

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Tillers, Imants

Visual artist, curator and writer who has represented Australia at important international exhibitions since 1975. He also created two key sculptures for Sydney Olympic Park in 2002.

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Timbery

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Dharawal man who was designated ‘King of the Five Islands’ by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1816.

Timbery family

Aboriginal family who can trace their connection with the La Perouse area to the time before European contact.

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Timbery, Joseph

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

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Time and Tide Hotel

Hotel erected in Cromer in 1965

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Hotel

Tindale

Respected Aboriginal guide to the Cowpastures.

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Tindale, John

Convict transported in 1812 and pardoned in 1816. He became a prosperous landowner in the Bathurst area.

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Tingcombe, John

Businessman who invested in Canterbury Sugarworks.

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Tinker's Well

Well fed by a natural spring which supplied drinking water for the northern portion of Pyrmont before being destroyed by the expansion of the quarries in the area in the 1920s.

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River or creek

Tipper, John Duncan (JD)

Conservationist and electrical engineer who was passionate about preserving and protecting the bush and the Aboriginal sites along the Hawkesbury River.

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Tipperary Association

Cultural organisation for immigrants from Tipperary, one of several county associations in New South Wales.

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Cultural organisation

Tippler, Catherine

Randwick resident who owned and lived in the historic Sandgate Cottage with her husband Harold for many years, before it was eventually transferred to the State Heritage Register.

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Tippler, Harold

Clerk who owned and lived in the historic Sandgate Cottage in Randwick for many years before iit was eventually transferred to the State Heritage Register.

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Tippoo Saib

Ship of 1022 tons which carried 349 immigrants to the colony in July 1850.

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Ship

Tirakatene-Sullivan, Whetu

Champion dancer, fencer and former New Zealand politician who served as a member of parliament from 1967 until 1996.

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Titan

Floating crane fabricated in England before assembly at Cockatoo Island where it was used in the construction and refitting of vessels between 1919 and 1991. It was removed in 1992.

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Crane

Tivoli

Book recounting the history of vaudeville, burlesque and the Tivoli Circuit in Australia.

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Book

Tivoli Circuit Australia Pty Ltd

Theatrical company formed in May 1934 through the merging of Con-Paul Theatres (Mike Connors and Queenie Paul) and Frank Neil. It was taken over by David N Martin in 1944.

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Performing group

Tivoli Estate

Originally part of a 60 acre grant to Samuel Blackwell in 1831 who named it Tivoli. It passed to Thomas Horton James in 1831 and was subdivided, Sydney merchant Peter Haydon purchasing the future house site of 18 acres. Owned by the Dumaresque family from 1840 to 1881, it then passed to Morrice A. Black then Joseph Pearce in 1892 though only 6 acres remained. James R Love was the final private owner before it was purchased for Kambala School in 1913.

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Tivoli House

Originally constructed as a colonial stone cottage, a second storey was added as part of the major rebuilding by Morrice Black in 1881. It retains many of the original features as a boarding house for Kambala school.

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Tiy Sang Company

Fruit and vegetable business that operated through the markets in Sydney. Bananas were a large part of their business and they had investments in Coffs Harbour, Fiji and elsewhere in the Pacific Islands.

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TNT Ltd

Global transport empire operating in 180 countries.

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To Neo

Greek language newspaper published in Sydney

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Newspaper