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Williamson, James Cassius
Willis, RS
Willmot Suburb
Willmot, Eric
Willmott, Claude
Willoughby Suburb
Willoughby Bay Locality
Willoughby Bay Bay or cove
Willoughby City Council Local government
Willoughby East Suburb
Willoughby Fire Station Fire station
Willoughby Incinerator Incinerator
Willoughby local government area Region
Wills Ground Sporting venue
Wills, Celia
Wills, Edward Spencer
Wills, Victor
Willsher, Ernest Henry
Willson, John Henry
Wilona House
Wilsford, Gene
Wilshire, Austin Forrest
Wilshire, Elizabeth
Wilshire, Esther
Wilshire, James
Wilshire, James Robert
Wilshire, Sarah
Wilson Crescent Richardson Road Area Residents' Group Community organisation
Wilson Park Wentworth Falls Park or open space
Wilson's Sydney and Suburbs Street Directory and Blue Mountains Guide Book
Wilson, Bertram John (Bert)
Wilson, Charlotte
Wilson, Eileen
Wilson, Eric
Wilson, Guthrie
Wilson, H Stuart
Wilson, Henry
Wilson, James Thomas
Wilson, Jane
Wilson, JG
Wilson, John
Wilson, Joseph
Wilson, Louisa
Wilson, Percy
Wilson, Teddy
Wilson, William
Wilson, William (1863 -1935)
Wilson, William Gavin
Wilson, William Hardy
Wilton, Charles Pleydell Neale

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Williamson, James Cassius

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American-born actor who became Australia's foremost theatrical manager, founding JC Williamson Ltd.

Willis, RS

Anglican minister of St Matthew's Manly.

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Willmot

Western residential suburb established in 1971 as part of the Mount Druitt housing development. It is named after the first President of Blacktown Shire Council

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Suburb

Willmot, Eric

Aboriginal scholar, engineer, administrator and author.

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Willmott, Claude

Advertising agent who established a business in Grosvenor Street in the 1900s.

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Willoughby

Lower north shore residential suburb, possibly named by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell after Sir James Wiloughby Gordon, under whom he had served in the Peninsular War. It is the site of the Channel Nine studio and transmission tower, and of an incinerator designed by Walter Burley Griffin.

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Willoughby Bay

Locality at the south-western end of Long Bay, Middle Harbour

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Locality

Willoughby Bay

Bay at south western end of Long Bay, Middle Harbour.

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Bay or cove

Willoughby City Council

Originally incorporated as the Municipality of North Willoughby in 1890

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Local government

Willoughby East

Lower north shore residential suburb, possibly named by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell after Sir James Wiloughby Gordon, under whom he had served in the Peninsular War.

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Willoughby Fire Station

Federation style two-storey building which was used as a fire station.

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Fire station

Willoughby Incinerator

Four level incinerator which achieved much higher efficiencies by moving the refuse down a sloping vibrating grate within the combustion chamber. The building has since been converted to office and studio space.

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Incinerator

Willoughby local government area

Small and affluent area of 23 square kilometres on the mid north shore, part of the tradtional lands of the Cammeraygal people, governed by Willoughby Council. Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of NSW from 1828 to 1855, named the area after his former superior officer, Sir James Willoughby Gordon.

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Region

Wills Ground

Sportsground by the Cooks River on Wardell Road in Earlwood. It was developed in 1921 by Anthony Hordern & Sons for the use of employees and known as the Hordernian Sports Ground.

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Sporting venue

Wills, Celia

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Daughter of Thomas and Mary Reibey who married Thomas Wills. She died a few months after she gave birth to her daughter. The Sydney Gazette reported she had 'caught a violent cold, which fastened on the lungs, and originated a rapid consumption' which suggests she may have died from tuberculosis. It went on to note, 'We have not much occasion to say, that the deceased is deservedly lamented; the many mental adornments, and attractive virtues, with which she was gifted, will long retain cherished in the bosom of her numerous relatives'.

Wills, Edward Spencer

Former convict who became a merchant, trading from his home and warehouse on lower George Street. He was a business partner of Thomas Reibey in trading along east coast rivers and to the Pacific Islands.

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Wills, Victor

Long-time resident of Milsons Point

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Willsher, Ernest Henry

Returned soldier who briefly held land at Bankstown Soldier Settlement.

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Willson, John Henry

Architect and designer who worked in Tasmania first and then Sydney. He became known for designing the facade and vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall as well as the Woolloomooloo Fish Markets.

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Wilona

Federation mansion at 18 Wilona Avenue in Greenwich that was built by William Wilson in 1902. The house was originally surrounded by its own dairy, tennis courts and croquet lawn on River Road. The surrounding land was subdivided in 1940 after the death of Ann Wilson who had continued to live there after her husband's death in 1935.

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House

Wilsford, Gene

Architect who worked in the predominantly female practice established by Ellice Nosworthy.

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Wilshire, Austin Forrest

Tannery operator and soap manufacturer on Brickfield Hill with his brother James Robert Wilshire.

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Wilshire, Elizabeth

Wife of James Robert Wilshire.

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Wilshire, Esther

Free settler who arrived in 1801 and married James Wilshire in 1805.

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Wilshire, James

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Free settler who built a successful tannery, soap and candle making business on Brickfield Hill.

Wilshire, James Robert

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Sydney-born tanner and politician who advocated an end to transportation and the establishment of responsible government. He was elected Sydney's second Mayor in 1843.

Wilshire, Sarah

Second wife of James Robert Wilshire.

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Wilson Crescent Richardson Road Area Residents' Group

Resident action group formed to lobby for the conservation and preservation of historically significant sites in Camden area.

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Community organisation

Wilson Park Wentworth Falls

A reserve situated in Wentworth Falls and bounded by Falls Road and Jamison Creek.

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Park or open space

Wilson's Sydney and Suburbs Street Directory and Blue Mountains Guide

Map reference and pictorial guide to the city and suburbs which was published in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Book

Wilson, Bertram John (Bert)

Magistrate and Sydney City Coroner.

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Wilson, Charlotte

Swimming pool proprietor and later manager of a labour registry.

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Wilson, Eileen

Matron trained in Karitane mothercraft nursing.

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Wilson, Eric

Artist who was able to travel to London after winning the New South Wales Society of Artists Travelling Art Scholarship in 1937. Studying at the Royal Academy schools he became enthusiastic about modern art and cubism.

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Wilson, Guthrie

New Zealand born (1914) novelist who migrated to Australia and made his career as a school teacher and headmaster. Died 1984.

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Wilson, H Stuart

Artist.

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Wilson, Henry

Early innkeeper who built the Blue Mountains Inn in the 1840s. The whole area then became known as the Blue Mountains.

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Wilson, James Thomas

Scottish anatomist who taught at the University of Sydney medical school and was the first Challis chair of anatomy.

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Wilson, Jane

Convict who was transported for 14 years at the age of 18 years.

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Wilson, JG

Proprietor of Robinson's Baths.

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Wilson, John

American showman and circus performer.

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Wilson, Joseph

Convict who became one of the first emancipist settlers in the Hawkesbury River district when he received a grant of 30 acres. In May 1795 Joseph, and an employee, were killed when Aborigines attacked his farm.

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Wilson, Louisa

First woman to study Pharmacy at the University of Sydney in 1900. In 1902 Wilson became the first academically trained woman to register as a pharmacist in New South Wales and went into business in Killara. She died in 1919 during the flu epidemic.
 

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Wilson, Percy

President of Blue Mountains Shire Council.

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Wilson, Teddy

American jazz pianist.

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Wilson, William

Sailor who was one of the survivors of the wreck of the Edward Lombe in Sydney Harbour in 1834.

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Wilson, William (1863 -1935)

Irish orphan who arrived in Australia in about 1880 as a teenager and became a prominent resident of Greenwich. After training as a carpenter, Wilson purchased land in Newtown and built workers' cottages. About 1902 he bought land in Greenwich and built his Federation house Wilona, where he lived with his family. A Government contractor and builder, he was responsible for the construction of a number of freezing works in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Wilson, William Gavin

Boilermaker who enlisted in the 38th Battalion, attached to the Cyclist Company Reinforcements who proceeded to Rouelles, France in August 1917. He was wounded in action in November and reprimanded in July 1918 for neglecting to obey an order. In August he was wounded in action and admitted to hospital with a shrapnel wound. In November 1918 he was found absent without leave (AWL) and was arrested in England in January 1919. He was sentenced to 60 days detention, but served 8 days before returning to Sydney.

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Wilson, William Hardy

Architect, painter and author best known for his domestic architecture including Eryldene at Gordon.

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Wilton, Charles Pleydell Neale

Chaplain appointed as master of the Female Orphan school who, in addition to his clerical duties, had a lively concern for the spiritual and intellectual needs of the colonists.

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