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Wright, William
Wrightson, Patricia
Wrigley's Chewing Gum factory Industrial site
Writer, Larry
Writers' Walk Document
Wrobel, Elinor
Wrobel, Fred
WSN Environmental Solutions Commercial organisation
Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) Work of art
Wunambiri, Surry Hills Nonprofit or charity
Wunderlich Limited Commercial organisation
Wunderlich, Ernest Julius
Wurrgan
WW Cole's Concorporated Shows Performing group
Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Organisation Community organisation
Wyatt, Annie
Wyatt, Ivor Bertie
Wyatt, Joseph
Wybalena House
Wychwood House
Wykeham, Reginald
Wylde, John
Wylde, Thomas
Wylie's Baths Swimming pool
Wylie, Henry Alexander
Wylie, John James
Wylie, Mina
Wylo, Goomblar
Wyndham, Harold
Wyndon, Barbara
Wynne Prize Prize or award
Wynne, Richard
Wynyard Barracks Military site
Wynyard Lane Street or lane
Wynyard Park Park or open space
Wynyard railway station Railway station
Wynyard, Edward Buckley
Wyoming Residential blockOffice block
Xanthorrhoea media Plant
Xarifa Ship
XV Independent Group of Artists Society or association
Yackels, Alfred Fritz
Yagoona Suburb
Yamba cottage House
Yanko Estate Estate
Yanko, Val
Yaralla Estate
Yaralla Bay Bay or cove
Yaralla house HouseHospital
Yarra Bay Bay or cove

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Wright, William

Early grant holder at Lane Cove in 1794.

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Wrightson, Patricia

Children's author and for many years editor of The School Magazine, published by the New South Wales Department of Education.

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Wrigley's Chewing Gum factory

Confectionary factory in Asquith industrial area.

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Industrial site

Writer, Larry

Journalist, author and public speaker known for his books on Sydney's razor gang wars.

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Writers' Walk

Walking trail along the waterfront at Circular Quay that commemorates 34 writers connected in some way with Sydney or New South Wales.

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Document

Wrobel, Elinor

Art collector and curator who helped establish the Powerhouse Museum and also established the John Passmore Museum after the she convinced Passmore not to burn his artworks before his death. In 2009, Wrobel threatened a hunger strike in defence of the Lucy Osborn-Nightingale Foundation Museum at Sydney Hospital. A former nurse at Sydney Hospital, she fought to save the hospital's rare specimen collection.

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Wrobel, Fred

Private gallery curator and collector who survived The Holocaust and migrated to Australia where he worked with his wife Elinor until his death. He was also trained in jewellery design and founded a firm, French Jewellery, and after learning to sail began to design and build sailboats campaigning with his yacht Mirrabooka.

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WSN Environmental Solutions

Integrated waste management company.

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Commercial organisation

Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove)

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Mosaic by artist Brenda L Croft set into the path at Farm Cove which commemorates historical and contemporary presence of local Indigenous people who travelled great distances to attend ceremonies here. The figures depict Sydney rock carvings.

Work of art

Wunambiri, Surry Hills

Remedial and resource centre in Surry Hills run by the Sisters of Mercy in the 1970s.

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Nonprofit or charity

Wunderlich Limited

Manufacturer and importer of building products including tiles, pressed metal ceilings and fibro sheeting.

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Wunderlich, Ernest Julius

Metal goods manufactuer who, along with his two other brothers, established Wunderlich Ltd.

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Wurrgan

Wurrgan, or Worogan, was an Aboriginal woman who lived close to the first settlement. One of the sisters of Bennelong, she was married to Euranabie (Yeranibe). Both spoke English, and the couple sailed down the south coast to Jervis Bay and Bass Strait with James Grant on the Lady Nelson in 1801, acting as advisers, interpreters and liaison with other Aboriginal people met on the voyage.

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WW Cole's Concorporated Shows

American circus company which toured Australia and New Zealand in 1880-81.

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Performing group

Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Organisation

Care organisation dedicated to the provision of culturally appropriate services and quality care for older members of the Aboriginal community in their own homes and within the community. It offers aged care training and a range of activities including craft, workshops and health forums. It was founded by Sylvia Ingram Scott , a Wiradjuri elder fom Cowra, and Mary Silva, a Dunghutti elder from Kempsey.

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Community organisation

Wyatt, Annie

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Conservationist and founder of the National Trust movement.

Wyatt, Ivor Bertie

Spouse and strong supporter of his wife Annie's establishment of the National Trust in Australia.

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Wyatt, Joseph

Businessman who became a theatre owner and entrepreneur.

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Wybalena

Large Victorian style gentleman's residence.

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House

Wychwood

Home built in the Federation style for George McFarlane in 1901 in Ku-ring-gai Avenue Turramurra.

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Wykeham, Reginald

Character actor and vaudeville performer who also appeared in a number of films between 1924 and the 1950s.

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Wylde, John

Judge-advocate who defended the independence of the judiciary and of the rule of law against the convenience of the executive.

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Wylde, Thomas

Landowner at Lilyfield.

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Wylie's Baths

Ocean baths built at the southern end of Coogee Beach in the early twentieth century.

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Swimming pool

Wylie, Henry Alexander

Long distance and underwater swimmer who established Wylie Baths at Coogee in 1907.

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Wylie, John James

Joiner who enlisted in the B Company, 2nd Battalion in July 1916 but was discharged five months later as 'under age'. His service record notes that he was 'too small for citizen forces', his height noted as five foot, one and a quarter inches. His birth record suggests he was not under age.

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Wylie, Mina

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Champion swimmer who won a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and 115 Australian titles in all strokes between 1906 and 1934.

Wylo, Goomblar

Aboriginal didgeridoo artist and performer who was part of the Stolen Generation. He later worked with homeless children and inmates at some of New South Wales's toughest gaols. His performances of Dreaming stories are often enjoyed by tourists in the Blue Mountains and have been seen in many countries overseas.

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Wyndham, Harold

Influential educationist and reformer of secondary education in New South Wales.

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Wyndon, Barbara

Film and television actress.

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Wynne Prize

Annual award for the 'the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists', judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Prize or award

Wynne, Richard

Merchant who made his fortune importing building materials.

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Wynyard Barracks

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Barracks and parade ground constructed for the the military in the early days of the colony. They were used until the new Victoria Barracks were completed in 1848.

Military site

Wynyard Lane

Now a service lane for businesses it was once lined with small warehouses and an hotel which took over the former military barrack site from the 1840s. It was one of many sites named for military commander Edward Buckley Wynyard who ensured he would be remembered in the area.

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Street or lane

Wynyard Park

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Park in central Sydney, originally site of barracks parade ground.

Park or open space

Wynyard railway station

Underground railway station on Sydney's City Circle line.

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Railway station

Wynyard, Edward Buckley

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Commander of the troops in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand, from 1847, he fought successfully for maintaining a large and active defence force in the colonies.

Wyoming

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Federation Free Style block of professional chambers on the corner of Hunter and Macquarie Streets, named after the Junee property of the original owner and developer, grazier John O'Brien. The eight storey building was designed by Burcham Clamp and built by Turner and Loveridge in 1911, and included over 100 suites and rooms to be let to medical professionals and some residential flats. Described as a 'magnificent structure' and a skyscraper, one of the features of the building was the plumbing, with a hot water and sanitary service that had to be pumped to the top floors.

Residential block

Office block

Xanthorrhoea media

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Slow growing plant known commonly as 'grass tree' that is native to the Sydney area and the central coastal area of New South Wales. In the Sydney language it is called 'gulgadya' or 'gadi', and the word Gadigal, meaning 'people of the grass tree', is derived from it. Part of the plant is edible, and it also produces an adhesive resin. It is also used in traditional medicines. 

Plant

Xarifa

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Yacht designed and built in Australia.

Ship

XV Independent Group of Artists

Artists' group formed in 1938. The debut exhibition was held at the Blaxland Galleries, Farmer's department store, Sydney. It was an all-male organisation, consisting of 15 artists, but allowed women to exhibit as 'guests'.

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Society or association

Yackels, Alfred Fritz

Man with a police record who was interned during World War II but who enjoyed two weeks freedom in 1940 when he escaped from Holdsworthy Internment Camp.

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Yagoona

South-western residential suburb named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'now' or 'today'. Developing as a suburb from the 1950s, it now has large Lebanese and Vietnamese communities.

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Suburb

Yamba cottage

Federation style weatherboard and corrugated iron cottage with wrap around verandah which is regarded as historically significant as an example of small holder farming in Camden area.

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Yanko Estate

Early estate in present-day Bronte area. Yanko house was situated centrally in the block bounded by Yanko Avenue and Violet Street and was still in existence in 1915.

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Estate

Yanko, Val

Co-founder of the Brookvale Union Brewery.

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Yaralla

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Estate of noted philanthropist Thomas Walker and his heir Eadith Walker, at Concord.

Yaralla Bay

Bay on the Parramatta River between Mortlake and Rhodes.

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Bay or cove

Yaralla house

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House in the Victorian Italianate style, built for Thomas Walker in 1857 on land granted to Isaac Nichols in 1797.

Hospital

Yarra Bay

Bay at the head of Botany Bay.

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