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Brahe, May
Brambles Limited Commercial organisation
Brampton, Kenneth
Bramshot Farm Farm
Bramson, Isadore
Branagan, David Francis
Brand, Henry Robert (Lord Hampden)
Brand, Mona
Brandt, William A
Branham, Mary
Bransby's Cottage Camden House
Brasch, Reuben
Braund, Frederick
Bray's Bay Bay or cove
Bray's Museum of Curios Museum or gallery
Bray, Amelia
Bray, Arthur
Bray, Boronia
Bray, Emily Amelia Muston
Bray, James Buprestis
Bray, James Samuel
Bray, James Samuel snr
Bray, Janet
Bray, John Muston
Bray, Mary Ann
Braybrook House
Breakfast Point Suburb
Brechney, James
Breeze, Mary
Breillat, Thomas Chaplin
Brenan, John Ryan
Brennan - Fullers' Vaudeville Circuit Performing group
Brennan's Ltd, Newtown Commercial organisation
Brennan, Anne
Brennan, Christopher
Brennan, Gerard
Brennan, James
Brennan, Thomas
Brent Knowle House
Brereton, John Le Gay (1827-1886)
Brereton, John Le Gay (1871–1933)
Brereton, Laurence John (Laurie)
Brett, Thomas
Breuls, René
Brewer, Albert H (Bert)
Brewer, Henry
Brewster, Henry Charles
Brickfield Hill Locality
Brickfields ground Park or open space
Bride, Thomas

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Brahe, May

Composer and musician, born Melbourne 1884, died Sydney 1956

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Brambles Limited

Multinational business in pallets and containers, and business and information management.

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Commercial organisation

Brampton, Kenneth

Screenwriter, actor and director who moved from stage to film.

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Bramshot Farm

Farm of five hundred acres with weatherboard cottage which existed from the 1830s on the Cooks River at Campsie.

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Farm

Bramson, Isadore

Rabbi at Great Synagogue in early 1900s.

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Branagan, David Francis

Geologist, lecturer and author.

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Brand, Henry Robert (Lord Hampden)

Governor of New South Wales 1895-99.

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Brand, Mona

Playwright, poet and freelance writer who wrote over 24 plays and, whilst living, was better known in Europe than in Australia. Her topics were often new to Australian playwriting.

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Brandt, William A

Architect.

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Branham, Mary

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in 1784 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation and later had a child with Lieutenant Ralph Clark.

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Bransby's Cottage Camden

One of the oldest surviving Georgian houses in Camden.

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House

Brasch, Reuben

Oxford Street businessman and founder of Curlew Camp for artists.

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Braund, Frederick

Businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly who was killed at Gallipoli.

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Bray's Bay

Bay on the Parramatta River between Rhodes and Mortlake.

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Bay or cove

Bray's Museum of Curios

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Private natural museum and associated business dealing in colonial, ethnographic and natural artefacts established by James Bray, initially in his home at 84 Forbes Street Woolloomooloo in 1884 and subsequently at 12 Queens Place (now Dalley Street) near Circular Quay in 1886.

Museum or gallery

Bray, Amelia

Wife of James Bray Snr and mother of James Samuel Bray who died at the private asylum Bay View House in Tempe.

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Bray, Arthur

Child of James Samuel Bray and his first wife Janet.

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Bray, Boronia

Third child of James Samuel Bray and Fanny Drake.

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Bray, Emily Amelia Muston

Child of James Samuel Bray and his first wife Janet.

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Bray, James Buprestis

Fourth child of James Samuel Bray and Fanny Drake, whose middle name was in honour of a genus of beetles.

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Bray, James Samuel

Amateur naturalist, author and erratic entrepreneur in late colonial Sydney.

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Bray, James Samuel snr

English migrant who operated successful painting and decorating business at 160 Pitt Street.

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Bray, Janet

The first wife of James Samuel Bray.

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Bray, John Muston

Child of James Samuel Bray and his first wife Janet.

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Bray, Mary Ann

Resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Braybrook

House built at Middle Harbour by George Rignold after 1892 and named for his first wife Marie Braybrooke Henderson. It was demolished in 1936.

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Breakfast Point

Western suburb on southern shore of Parramatta River. Much of it is built on the site of the former AGL Mortlake gasworks.

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Suburb

Brechney, James

Radio broadcaster and performer.

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Breeze, Mary

Woman who lived in Back Row (now known as Phillip Street) in early colonial Sydney. Her house was robbed in August 1803 and the investigating police officer, Joseph Luker, was murdered. In 1804 she sold her house prior to leaving the colony. It was described as a neat and commodious dwelling house on the corner of Back Row nearest to Farm Cove, with a good proportion of excellent garden ground and a well that was constantly supplied with pure water.

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Breillat, Thomas Chaplin

Founder of Sydney Chamber of Commerce who built Thurnby villa at Enmore in 1850s.

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Brenan, John Ryan

Solicitor, coroner and police magistrate whose controversial performance forced him out of office and to the brink of insolvency.

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Brennan - Fullers' Vaudeville Circuit

Vaudeville troupe of illusionists, jugglers, singers and acrobats formed by the amalgamation of the company of James Brennan and the New Zealand based Fullers' Circuit.

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Performing group

Brennan's Ltd, Newtown

Newtown family business that operated Brennan's Department Store at 294 King Street until 1989. The family also owned various other properties in the area, including the Majestic Theatre on Wilson Street. 

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Brennan, Anne

Writer is recalled in numerous autobiographies and reminiscences of Sydney's bohemian life in the 1910s and 1920s.

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Brennan, Christopher

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Poet, teacher and classical scholar who was a noted bon vivant.

Brennan, Gerard

Lawyer, judge and tenth Chief Justice of Australia.

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Brennan, James

Established National Amphitheatre vaudeville theatre in Castlereagh Street 1906.

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Brennan, Thomas

Purchased Parrot's Farm, later Studley Park, in 1853.

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Brent Knowle

Federation Arts and Crafts style gentleman's residence built at a cost of 10,000 pounds for Major J H Evans-Booker.

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Brereton, John Le Gay (1827-1886)

Physician and author who believed in homeopathic medicine and established Sydney's first Turkish bath. He also lectured on cremation and rational clothing.

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Brereton, John Le Gay (1871–1933)

Literary scholar John Le Gay Brereton was appointed Assistant Librarian of the University of Sydney in 1902, nominally under the titular Librarian who was also the Registrar. He was appointed Librarian in 1914 and served in that role until he was appointed Professor of English Literature in 1921. He worked with the government architect on the design of the first Fisher Library (now Maclaurin Hall) and greatly strengthened the Library's holdings, particularly in literary areas.

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Brereton, Laurence John (Laurie)

Electrician and trade union official who joined the parliament in 1970.

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Brett, Thomas

Publican who was sued for jilting Rebecca Bennett in 1832.

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Breuls, René

Guide to history based bush walks around Sydney.

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Brewer, Albert H (Bert)

Kogarah Council engineer who designed Oatley Memorial Gardens in 1941.

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Brewer, Henry

Provost-marshal of the colony from the arrival of the first fleet.

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Brewster, Henry Charles

Writer.

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Brickfield Hill

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Area south of early Sydney which was used for brickmaking from the start of settlement and subsequently developed into a commercial area. It remained a distinct locality until the 1970s.

Locality

Brickfields ground

Area in present-day Surry Hills, used for boxing matches and cockfights in early 19th century.

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Park or open space

Bride, Thomas

Private in the New South Wales Corps who was granted land in the Ryde area by Lieutenant-Governor, Major Francis Grose in 1794.

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