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Woodbine Suburb
Woodbine Estate Estate
Woodcourt College Educational institution
Woodcroft Suburb
Woodford Suburb
Woodford Academy House
Woodford Bay Bay or cove
Woodhouse, Edmund Bingham
Woodhouse, Edmund Hume
Woodhouse, John
Woodhouse, William John
Woodlands House
Woodlark Ship
Woodley's boatyard Industrial site
Woodnut, Frank
Woodpark Suburb
Woods & McDonald Commercial organisation
Woods, Frederick
Woods, Jane
Woods, John
Woods, Joseph
Woods, Margaret
Woods, Rowan
Woods, Shortland & Co Commercial organisation
Woods, Stanley
Woodward, Robert (Bob) Raymond
Woodward, Thomas
Woolcott & Clarke
Woolcott, Charles Henry
Woolcott, William Prout
Woolf, Aaron
Woollahra Suburb
Woollahra House House
Woollahra House II House
Woollahra local government area Region
Woollahra Municipal Council Local government
Woollahra Park Park or open space
Woollamoola House House
Woolley, John
Woolley, Ken
Woolley, Thomas
Woolloomooloo Suburb
Woolloomooloo Bay Bay or cove
Woolloomooloo Bay Mothers and Wives Memorial to Soldiers Memorial
Woolloomooloo Gallery Museum or gallery
Woolloomooloo Hill Hill or mountain
Woolloomooloo Nursery School Educational institution
Woolloomooloo Resident Action Group Community organisation
Woolls, William
Woolner, Thomas

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Woodbine

South-western residential suburb, named after an early homestead in the area belonging to the Payten family. Its streets are named after Sydney beaches.

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Suburb

Woodbine Estate

Estate at Concord established on a land grant made to Isaac Nichols in 1797.

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Estate

Woodcourt College

Independent Anglican girls' school which was opened in a private residence by widow Mrs Grace Hunt as a means of supporting her young family.

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Educational institution

Woodcroft

Western residential suburb built on the site of the former State Brickworks. It was formally recognized as a suburb in 1996.

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Woodford

Blue Mountains village between Springwood and Wentworth Falls. It was named after the residence of jeweller Alfred Fairfax.

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Woodford Academy

Inn built by Thomas Pembroke in 1831-32 which was subsequently extended and used as a businessman's residence, a school for boys, a guest house, boarding house and private residence. It is now owned by the National Trust (NSW).

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House

Woodford Bay

Bay on the Lane Cove River at Longueville.

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Bay or cove

Woodhouse, Edmund Bingham

Son of Edmund H Woodhouse who succeeded him in ownership of the dairy farm at Mount Gilead Estate.

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Woodhouse, Edmund Hume

Banker who very successfully moved into dairy farming at the Mount Gilead Estate

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Woodhouse, John

Principal of Moore Theological College 2002-2012

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Woodhouse, William John

Classics scholar at the University of Sydney. He also acted as curator for the Nicholson Museum.

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Woodlands

House on Sydney's north shore, where Ethel Turner lived.

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Woodlark

Barque of 237 tons which operated from Port Jackson for over two decades.

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Ship

Woodley's boatyard

Early shipbuilding yard at Berrys Bay.

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Industrial site

Woodnut, Frank

Early resident and boatshed owner at Cowan.

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Woodpark

Small western residential suburb. It was assigned suburb status in 1994.

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Woods & McDonald

Agency for carriers established by John Woods and Thomas McDonald.

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Commercial organisation

Woods, Frederick

Fisherman who witnessed the destruction of fish stocks in Botany Bay in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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Woods, Jane

Early recipient of a land grant in the Ryde area.

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Woods, John

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Carrier whose became a prominent community member in Manly and served as Mayor of Sydney in 1865.

Woods, Joseph

Publican.

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Woods, Margaret

Wife of prominent Manly resident John Woods.

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Woods, Rowan

Film and television director, actor and screenwriter, born 1959.

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Woods, Shortland & Co

General carrier business which was based at Central railway station before relocating to Glenfield before 1873.

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Woods, Stanley

Criminal who clashed with the well-known petty thief and sly-grog seller, Iris Webber, in 1948. Webber used a tomahawk against him, though Woods did not testify against her.

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Woodward, Robert (Bob) Raymond

Architect who gained widespread recognition for his innovative fountain designs.

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Woodward, Thomas

Clerk, transported for 14 years in 1817 and freed by servitude in 1831. Found guilty of receiving stolen banknotes following the 1828 Bank of Australia robbery and sentenced to 14 years on Norfolk Island, he returned to Sydney in 1839 and given his freedom in 1840.

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Woolcott & Clarke

Publishing business run by JR Clarke and WP Woolcott between 1851 and 1856. Clarke continued publishing after the partnership dissolved.

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Woolcott, Charles Henry

Artist and City of Sydney Town Clerk between 1857 and 1887.

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Woolcott, William Prout

Businessman and entrepreneur who developed English style pleasure gardens at Cremorne.

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Woolf, Aaron

Convict reputed to be the first Latvian in Australia.

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Woollahra

Inner-eastern suburb characterised by its tree-lined streets of heritage buildings and village-style commercial centre, relatively untouched by major development.

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Woollahra House

House built for Daniel Cooper in 1856 on the site of Henrietta Villa.

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Woollahra House II

House built for William Cooper in 1883 on the site of his father's former house of the same name.

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Woollahra local government area

Wealthy and densely populated area of 12 square kilometres in the eastern suburbs, part of the traditional lands of the Cadigal people, stretching along the south-eastern shore of the harbour. Its name, believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning 'lookout', comes from the 1856 Point Piper mansion of Daniel Cooper.

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Region

Woollahra Municipal Council

Municipality proclaimed in 1860. A petition signed in 1859 with the names of 144 interested locals proposed that Darling Point, Upper Paddington, and Watson's Bay be formed into a municipal district under the provisions of the Municipalities Act of 1858.

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Local government

Woollahra Park

Park and sporting facilities fronting O'Sullivan Road, Rose Bay

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Park or open space

Woollamoola House

House constructed on Woolloomooloo Farm c1793.

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Woolley, John

Clergyman and academic who was a founding principal and professor of classics at the University of Sydney, and influential in the establishment of secular higher education.

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Woolley, Ken

Architect best known for his contributions to project housing.

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Woolley, Thomas

Ironmonger, merchant and local government councillor.

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Woolloomooloo

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Once a desirable bayside address east of central Sydney, the area grew more congested and grimy as the wharves expanded and the boarding houses and pubs gave refuge to larrikin gangs and petty criminals. Though now bisected by freeways and rail it is slowly reclaiming its heritage and character with extensive residential development and sympathetic landscaping.

Woolloomooloo Bay

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Bay in Sydney Harbour east of Farm Cove.

Woolloomooloo Bay Mothers and Wives Memorial to Soldiers

A sandstone memorial drinking fountain dedicated to the 'place of farewell' for World War I soldiers, established by their mothers and wives.

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Memorial

Woolloomooloo Gallery

Commercial art gallery established by curator and art collector, Fred Wrobel on Nicholson Street, Woolloomooloo.

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Museum or gallery

Woolloomooloo Hill

Rocky ridge extending inland from modern-day Potts Point, first subdivided in 1828 by Governor Darling and occupied by the colony's most prominent citizens.

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Hill or mountain

Woolloomooloo Nursery School

First nursery which combined long day care with a preschool program, run by qualified Nursery School teachers.

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Woolloomooloo Resident Action Group

Community action group formed in 1972 to fight the massive commercial development proposed for Woolloomooloo. It was largely successful with the support of the Green Bans imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation.

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Community organisation

Woolls, William

Clergyman, schoolmaster and botanist who promoted Australian botany with lectures, exhibitions and assistance to other scholars.

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Woolner, Thomas

English sculptor of the statue of Captain James Cook which was erected in Hyde Park was erected in 1879 to mark the centenary of Cook's death.

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