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White, Charles
White, Ernest
White, Frederick William George
White, Henry Eli
White, James
White, John
White, Patrick
White, Unk
Whitefield Congregational Church Religious organisation
Whitehall House
Whitehall Theatrical Productions Pty Ltd Cultural organisation
Whitehouse House
Whitehouse, Marjorie
Whiteley, Brett
Whitelock, Trafford
Whites Creek River or creek
Whiting, Evelyn
Whiting, George
Whiting, William
Whitlam, Freda
Whitlam, Gough
Whitlam, Sarah
Whitley Park Park or open space
Whitton, John
Why Tiy
Whyte, Jean Primrose
Wianamatta shale Geological feature
Wicked Women Magazine or periodical
Wicks, Robert
Wideview Public School Educational institution
Width of Streets and Lanes Act 1881 Legislation
Wiggins, Joshua
Wight, Josephine
Wigram Chambers Office block
Wigram House Office block
Wigram, James Sven
Wilberforce Suburb
Wilberforce School of Arts or Literary Institute hall School of Arts hall
Wilcox, Catherine
Wild, John Paul
Wild, Owen Lloyd
Wilden, Henri
Wilding, Michael
Wilds, Edward
Wiles, Lewin
Wiley and Sons Commercial organisation
Wiley Park Suburb
Wiley, David
Wiley, Hannah
Wilkes, Thomas

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White, Charles

Fruiterer and oyster saloon proprietor in the 1850s.

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White, Ernest

Timber merchant and political activist whose alarm at the ascendancy of the Labor Party lead him to launch the Liberal Democratic Party in 1943.

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White, Frederick William George

Physicist, science administrator and ornithologist.

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White, Henry Eli

Architect who designed some of Sydney's best known theatres during the 1920s, as well as the Bunnerong power station.

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White, James

Pastoralist, landowner and politician whose wealth financed his interest in breeding and racing horses.

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White, John

Naval surgeon and naturalist who arrived in Sydney with the First Fleet.

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White, Patrick

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Nobel Prize-winning novelist, essayist and playwright whose work was frequently set in Sydney and its suburbs.

White, Unk

Painter and cartoonist who recorded the Australian landscape and much of historic Sydney in a series of sketchbooks.

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Whitefield Congregational Church

Breakaway Congregational church formed by Edward Tremayne Dunstan which held services at the Protestant Hall in Castlereagh Street. When Dunstan absconded owing money the church rejoined the Congregational Union.

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Religious organisation

Whitehall

Single storey Victorian Rustic Gothic style house built for William Marshall Jackson and thought to be one of oldest houses in Balgowlah.

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House

Whitehall Theatrical Productions Pty Ltd

Theatre production company established by the actor and director, Kathleen Robinson. The company initially leased the Minerva Theatre in Potts Point for 150 pounds per week. For nearly a decade, Whitehall Productions staged long-running productions in the luxurious 1000-seat theatre until the company was evicted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Cultural organisation

Whitehouse

House in Cobbitty, erected 1902, formerly named Pomare Grove House

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Whitehouse, Marjorie

First president of the Putney-Tennyson Women's Bowling Club.

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Whiteley, Brett

Artist who was catapulted to fame in London in 1961 and achieved cult status in Australia, twice winning the Archibald Prize.

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Whitelock, Trafford

Dancer with the first Australian ballet company. Later a radio broadcaster with the BBC.

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Whites Creek

A storm drain, once a natural waterway, that flows into Rozelle Bay and has an adjacent wetland.

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River or creek

Whiting, Evelyn

Early resident of Artarmon.

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Whiting, George

Property owner in Artarmon.

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Whiting, William

Stonemason in the Parramatta area.

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Whitlam, Freda

School principal and teacher and arts patron.

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Whitlam, Gough

Australia's 21st Prime Minister from 1972 until 1975, he was leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1967 until 1978.

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Whitlam, Sarah

Convicted of stealing cloth and clothing. According to John Nicol, with whom Sarah partnered and had a child with on the voyage to Sydney, she was 'as kind and true a creature as ever lived' and 'had been banished for a mantle she had borrowed from an acquaintance' who accused her of stealing it. Shortly after arriving in Sydney, Nicol left port promising to return once her sentence expired but never did so. Sarah married a fellow convict and was sent to Norfolk Island. She later departed for Europe, though what happened after her departure from the island is unknown.

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Whitley Park

Reserve on the Great Western Highway between Blackheath and Katoomba.

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Park or open space

Whitton, John

English-born engineer who was appointed as Engineer in Chief of New South Wales railways and oversaw an important period of railway construction in the state.

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Why Tiy

Chinese market gardener in the Roseville area in the late 19th century.

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Whyte, Jean Primrose

Jean Whyte was a leading member of the library profession in Australia. She held increasingly senior positions at the State Library of South Australia 1942-1958, was Assistent Librarian for Reader Services at the University of Sydney 1959-1972, Director of Information Reference and Research at the National Library of Australia 1972-74, and was Foundation Professor in the Graduate School of Librarianship at Monash University 1975-1988. She was active in the Library Association of Australia, particularly its Board of Education, and edited the Australian Library Journal from 1959 to 1970. The Association awarded her a Fellowship in 1963 and the HCL Anderson Award in 1987. For services to education and librarianship she was made a Member of the Order of Australia and was awarded an Honorary DLitt by Monash University.

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Wianamatta shale

Uppermost layer of fine sedimentary rock laid down by a delta in the Triassic Period over the older Hawkesbury sandstone.

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Geological feature

Wicked Women

Radical lesbian sex magazine.

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Magazine or periodical

Wicks, Robert

Early settler in the Ryde area

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Wideview Public School

Government primary school which opened at Berowra Heights in 1969.

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Educational institution

Width of Streets and Lanes Act 1881

Legislation to regulate the width of streets and lanes and for certain other purposes.

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Legislation

Wiggins, Joshua

Mayor of the Municipality of Botany in 1897.

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Wight, Josephine

Neighbour and friend of Maybanke Anderson, who became Francis Anderson's second wife.

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Wigram Chambers

Law offices at 167 Phillip Street which were converted into chambers for Sydney University law school about 1913.

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Office block

Wigram House

Exclusive gentlemen's club in central Sydney which was converted to office use in 1917.

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Wigram, James Sven

Soldier and former teacher who became the Government Architect for Public Schools.

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Wilberforce

North-western residential and rural suburb on northern bank of Hawkesbury River, named after the British leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. It was one of the five towns named in 1810 by Governor Macquarie. In 1829 the name for the area used by the local Aboriginal people was recorded as being Wangie.

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Suburb

Wilberforce School of Arts or Literary Institute hall

Community hall built in 1930 and later used for showing movies.

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School of Arts hall

Wilcox, Catherine

Resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Wild, John Paul

Highly decorated radio astronomer and physicist.

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Wild, Owen Lloyd

Land agent and developer.

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Wilden, Henri

Tenor in the Sydney Opera Company of Mauritian descent

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Wilding, Michael

Critic and prolific writer of novels, essays and short stories.

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Wilds, Edward

Surveyor who worked on the survey of Sydney Harbour before pursuing a career in China.

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Wiles, Lewin

Whaling captain for two decades who frequently travelled with his wife and child.

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Wiley and Sons

Basket warehouse and retail store at 20-21 Park Street.

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Commercial organisation

Wiley Park

South-western residential suburb between Punchbowl and Lakemba. It was named for a reserve bequeathed to local residents by J.V. Wiley in 1906.

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Wiley, David

Shopkeeper and wholesaler.

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Wiley, Hannah

Shopkeeper who assisted in her husband's wholesale basket business.

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Wilkes, Thomas

Potter who established his business at Lane Cove in 1886.

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