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Walker, Phillip
Walker, Thomas
Walker, William
Walker, William 1800-1855
Walkley, William
Wall, John
Wall, Mary
Wall, Nathaniel James
Walla Walla Animal
Wallaby Ferry
Wallace Tugs Commercial organisation
Wallace, Elizabeth
Wallace, George
Wallace, Isabella
Wallace, James
Wallace, Robert
Wallace, Wellington
Wallace, William
Wallach, James
Wallacia Suburb
Wallamattagal people Ethnic group
Waller, James
Waller, Kevin Maurice
Wallis, James
Wallis, Marie
Wallis, William
Walpole, Joseph
Walsh Bay Locality
Walsh Bay Bay or cove
Walsh Bay wharves Wharf or dock
Walsh, Henry Deane
Walsh, John
Walsh, Margaret
Walsh, Richard
Walsh, William Horatio
Walter, Rebecca
Walters, FJ
Walton, Francis
Walton, Nancy Bird
Waltons Limited Commercial organisation
Wambrook, 26 Grey Street, Carlton House
Wanda Beach Beach
Wanderer Ship
Wang, Martin
Wangal people Ethnic group
Wangal Reserve Park or open space
Wanstead Ship
Wanstead estate Estate
Want, Randolph John
War Cry Newspaper

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Walker, Phillip

Early developer in Putney.

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Walker, Thomas

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Scottish-born banker and businessman who used his money to support many Sydney charities.

Walker, William

Businessman who became a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and first Commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.

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Walker, William 1800-1855

Methodist minister who fell foul of the Wesleyan Overseas Committee when he combined his mission work with farming.

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Walkley, William

Oil company director who supervised the building of oil storage facilities at White Bay Balmain and the first oil shipments from the United States and the Middle East.

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Wall, John

Early settler at Asquith.

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Wall, Mary

Early settler at Berowra who established a farm on land granted in 1879.

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Wall, Nathaniel James

Thought to be the first child of European parents born in the Asquith area.

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Walla Walla

Pacer who created several records in trotting races at Harold Park.

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Animal

Wallaby

First double-ended screw ferry on Sydney Harbour launched at Berry Bay in 1879. It was designed to increase and speed up passenger traffic as it could leave a jetty without turning around.

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Ferry

Wallace Tugs

Ship owners and operators in Sydney Harbour and Port Botany.

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Commercial organisation

Wallace, Elizabeth

Singer who travelled to Sydney with her brother and family and chose to remain when he left abruptly.

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Wallace, George

Comedian, vaudeville and film star whose career spanned four decades.

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Wallace, Isabella

Soprano who travelled to Sydney with her husband.

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Wallace, James

Scottish civil engineer who became a leader in railway construction in England and the rest of Europe before coming to Sydney to oversee its first railway construction. He was the second Engineer-in-Chief of the NSW Government Railway.

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Wallace, Robert

Scottish-born vice chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1928 to 1947.

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Wallace, Wellington

Flautist who travelled with his brother to perform in Sydney in 1836.

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Wallace, William

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Composer and violinist whose stay in Sydney was short but eventful.

Wallach, James

Wool broker.

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Wallacia

South-western semi-rural suburb. It was named after nineteenth century local grazier Robert Wallace.

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Suburb

Wallamattagal people

Aboriginal clan which was custodian of the land along the north shore of the Parramatta River west of the Lane Cove River.

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Ethnic group

Waller, James

Timber merchant and zoo manager who was in partnership with William Beaumont for 28 years.

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Waller, Kevin Maurice

Public servant, barrister, magistrate and coroner. He was appointed as the City Coroner in 1970 and in 1987 conducted the coronial inquest into the death of Pearl Watson, the Family Court judge's wife killed in 1984 by a bomb at her Greenwich home unit. In 1988 he was the first person to be appointed to the position of New South Wales State Coroner. As State Coroner he conducted inquests into some of the state's most significant cases including the 1989 death of David Gundy, the Kempsey coach crash,  the Newcastle earthquake and the shootings in 1991 at the Strathfield Plaza shopping centre. He held the position until his retirement in 1992. He was the inaugural chair of the Victims Advisory Council from 1992 and the founder of the the Australian Coroners Society in 1991. In 1993 he chaired an independent committee reviewing suicide and other forms of self-harm in the NSW prison system, and a crisis and aged care unit in the Long Bay Correction Centre Hospital was named after him.

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Wallis, James

English-born soldier and commander of the 46th Regiment which ran raids against Aboriginal people near Appin and Airds.

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Wallis, Marie

German born governess who established Ascham School for girls in 1886.

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Wallis, William

Builder and landowner in the Vaucluse area in the 1840s. He was a Trustee of the South Head Roads in 1848.

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Walpole, Joseph

Clergyman and teacher.

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Walsh Bay

Precinct around Hickson Road and wharves at Walsh Bay that includes entertainment venues, commercial and residential buildings.

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Locality

Walsh Bay

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Bay on the western side of Dawes Point in Sydney Harbour, west of Sydney Cove.

Bay or cove

Walsh Bay wharves

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Wharves along Hickson Road which form part of an historical port precinct comprising sheds, bond stores and bridges carved from the sandstone cliff of Dawes Point. Built of turpentine piles with ironbark beams the wharves have been converted for use as theatre and arts venues and residential apartments.

Wharf or dock

Walsh, Henry Deane

Irish born engineer responsible for the remodelling of Dawes and Millers points and the wharves and cargo handling facilities at Jones and Walsh bays.

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Walsh, John

Building and railway contractor who built railways in Queensland, became Cooktown's first mayor in 1876 and was also the member for Cook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1878-83. He also worked on the Goulburn to Cooma railway in New South Wales in 1887. Shortly after this project he built Avonmore Terrace in Randwick and lived there until his death.

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Walsh, Margaret

Wife of the prominent builder John Walsh, who constructed and owned Avonmore Terrace in Randwick. After her husband's death in 1893 Margaret Walsh continued to rent out the terraces until 1905.

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Walsh, Richard

Publisher who was editor of Honi Soit at Sydney University before embarking on a career which often generated controversy, and even conviction for obscenity.

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Walsh, William Horatio

Church of England clergyman who used his friendships with members of the upper classes to promote his parochial and educational work among the underprivileged.

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Walter, Rebecca

Proposed as the first teacher at Greenwich, her appointment was short lived as conflicts arose with parents.

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Walters, FJ

Owner of boot factories in Sydney's inner suburbs.

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Walton, Francis

Mariner who mastered Friendship during the First Fleet voyage.

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Walton, Nancy Bird

Pioneering aviator.

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Waltons Limited

Department store for men established in George Street in 1955.

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Wambrook, 26 Grey Street, Carlton

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Small weatherboard Federation cottage in southern Sydney, notable for being the home of writer Miles Franklin and her parents until 1954.

House

Wanda Beach

Beach north of Cronulla in Sydney's south-east.

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Beach

Wanderer

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Schooner owned by Ben Boyd, who arrived in Sydney in 1842 and departed in 1849. She had previously been part of the Royal Yacht Squadron, used by the British royal family, and was the first true yacht to enter Sydney Harbour. She was wrecked in 1852 entering the Hastings River at Port Macquarie when she was returning to Sydney after Boyd had been killed in the Pacific Islands.

Ship

Wang, Martin

Chinese Consul General who, with his wife Shu Kan, were the first Chinese to become naturalised Australian citizens in 1956.

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Wangal people

Aboriginal clan who were the original custodians of the land and waters from Goat Island, Balmain and along the southern shore of the Parramatta River almost to Parramatta.

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Wangal Reserve

Public recreation area on Mortlake Point within Canada Bay local government area.

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Park or open space

Wanstead

Convict ship of 252 tons which arrived in 1814 with 117 female convicts.

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Wanstead estate

Property spanning the Cooks River with the house built on the south side at Undercliffe in 1836. Attempts to subdivide the property during the 1840s depression failed and the land was auctioned as the Unwin's Hill Estate in 1905 and 1907.

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Estate

Want, Randolph John

Solicitor, politician and businessman.

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War Cry

Weekly periodical published by the Salvation Army.

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Newspaper