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Carriageworks Cultural organisation
Carrington Centennial Hospital Hospital or other health organisation
Carrington Hotel Hotel
Carrington, Charles Robert
Carroll, Garnet H
Carroll, Matthew
Carroll, Richard Charles
Carruthers, Joseph
Carslaw, Horatio S
Carss Bush Park Park or open space
Carss Cottage House
Carss Park Suburb
Carss, Elizabeth Maria
Carss, Mary Neilson
Carss, William
Carter, Andrew
Carter, Benjamin Bowen
Carter, Bryce
Carter, Frances Mowat
Carter, James
Carter, Norman
Carter, Paul
Carter, Ronald Graeme
Carter, W
Carter, William
Carters' Barracks Gaol or detention centreEducational facilityHostel
Carthona, Darling Point House
Carthona, Kensington House
Cartwright Suburb
Cartwright, C
Cartwright, Robert
Caruey
Carver, Ben
Casa d'Italia Community centre
Caspers, Ella
Castell, Susannah
Castell, William
Castellorizian Club Club
Castle Cove Suburb
Castle Hill Suburb
Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804 Rebellion
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum Hospital or other health organisation
Castle Hill Methodist church Place of worship
Castle Hill tramway Tramway or light rail
Castle Rock Geological feature
Castle, Henry
Castlebrook Memorial Park Cemetery or crematorium
Castlecrag Suburb
Castlereagh Suburb
Casula Suburb

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Carriageworks

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Contemporary multi-arts centre located in the northern side of the old Eveleigh Rail Yards at Redfern.

Cultural organisation

Carrington Centennial Hospital

Convalescent hospital, the first in New South Wales, officially opened on 20 August 1890, and named after Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales. The 500-acre property 'Grasmere' had been donated by William Paling for this purpose in 1888.

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Hospital or other health organisation

Carrington Hotel

Opened in 1882 as the Great Western Hotel by Harry Rowell as a luxurious retreat, it was renamed in honour of the then Governor, Lord Carrington in 1886, and extended by Mr F C Goyder.

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Hotel

Carrington, Charles Robert

Governor of New South Wales 1885-90.

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Carroll, Garnet H

Actor and stage manager who became a theatre entrepreneur and brought many famous companies to Sydney after World War II.

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Carroll, Matthew

Early landholder in the Kogarah area, who built the house Sunnyside.

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Carroll, Richard Charles

Thirteen year old boy who, with three of his school friends and three members of another family, died in the Luna Park Ghost Train fire on 9 June 1979.

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Carruthers, Joseph

Lawyer and politician who was a minister in various governments and premier 1904-07.

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Carslaw, Horatio S

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sydney who worked on the theory of conduction of heat.

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Carss Bush Park

Bush reserve on Kogarah Bay east of Blakehurst.

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Park or open space

Carss Cottage

House of William Carss and family, which is one of the oldest properties in the district.

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House

Carss Park

Southern residential suburb. Part of the Carrs family estate, Carrs Bush Park on Kogarah Bay was dedicated on 26 January 1924, while 150 residential lots were auctioned on the same day.

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Suburb

Carss, Elizabeth Maria

Daughter of William Carss, early landowner in the area later known as Carss Park.

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Carss, Mary Neilson

Daughter of William Carss who lived at Carss Park until her death in 1916.

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Carss, William

Scottish cabinetmaker and publican who invested in land and retired to the area later known as Carss Park.

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Carter, Andrew

Activist who, with Richard Johnson, founded the Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt to commemorate those who had died and to promote compassionate learning about those living with the disease.

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Carter, Benjamin Bowen

Surgeon on a visiting American ship, the Ann and Hope, who recorded Aboriginal words at La Perouse in 1798.

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Carter, Bryce

Cellist who played a prominent part in concert life in Sydney.

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Carter, Frances Mowat

Violinist and teacher who was prominent in concert life early in the twentieth century.

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Carter, James

Minister of religion.

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Carter, Norman

Portraitist and stained-glass artist who worked on major city buildings and taught at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney.

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Carter, Paul

Academic and artist who works with the poetics of place making and public space design.

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Carter, Ronald Graeme

Twenty three year old man who was a patient at Chelmsford Private Hospital in 1967and died while under the care of Dr Harry Bailey. The coroner found he had died of pneumonia after barbituates had been administered used in the course of prescribed deep sleep therapy.

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Carter, W

Landowner in Camden area from 1885.

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Carter, William

Businessman.

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Carters' Barracks

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Barracks on Pitt Street, running along what is close to contemporary Eddy Avenue, comprising several buildings built to house convict gangs working as carters on the brick fields. It was also used as a boys' barracks and, from 1835 to 1843, as a debtors' prison. Part of the complex was later used as a training facility for women, part of the women's refuge run by Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Another building was used as the Police Barracks. The buildings were demolished by 1901 to make way for Central Railway Station.

Gaol or detention centre

Educational facility

Hostel

Carthona, Darling Point

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Large Gothic Revival mansion built in sandstone which sits on a small harbour promontory containing many mature trees.

Carthona, Kensington

Single-storey Federation style dwelling at 85 Todman Avenue Kensington which maintains many original features as it was in the ownership of one family for over 70 years from its construction about 1910.

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Cartwright

South-western residential suburb between Cabramatta Creek and Hoxton Park Road, named after the Reverend Robert Cartwright (1771-1856) of St Luke's, Liverpool. It was developed by the New South Wales Housing Commission as part of its Green Valley scheme in the 1960s.

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Cartwright, C

Draughtsman who drew the 1816 'Plan of the Governor's Demesne' for Governor Macquarie.

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Cartwright, Robert

Anglican minister at Windsor, Liverpool and St James, and later in southern NSW, who was also a magistrate and master of the Male Orphan School.

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Caruey

Cadigal man, called Carraway by the colonists, who survived the upheaval and epidemic that followed the arrival of the Europeans.

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Carver, Ben

Cattle rustler who used the Grose Valley to hide cattle before applying for a lease in 1875.

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Casa d'Italia

Community centre for Italian migrants first established in Surry Hills in 1952 before moving to Norton Street.

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Community centre

Caspers, Ella

Contralto who continued her training in London before the scandal of marriage to a bigamist hastened her return to Sydney. She recovered her career and was an early recording artist in the 1910s and 1920s.

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Castell, Susannah

Wife of William Castell, who remained in England with their four children after he fled his creditors in 1826. They remained in correspondence, despite his many relationships with other women.

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Castell, William

Musician, conman and adventurer.

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Castellorizian Club

Greek community and social club at Kingsford.

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Club

Castle Cove

Northern residential suburb. It is named after Innisfallen Castle, the Gothic style home of Henry Willis, Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Castle Hill

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North-western suburb which was a Government Farm at the turn of the nineteenth century, and later the location of many orchards and market gardens, which have since given way to residential development.

Castle Hill convict rebellion 1804

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Uprising by Irish prisoners at Castle Hill, north-west of Sydney, that was put down by the New South Wales Corps with 12 rebels killed and 9 later executed.

Rebellion

Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum

First asylum in the colony improvised in a two storey stone building which had once been a granary and convict barracks. Opened by Macquarie as a means of relieving the congestion in the town gaol, it soon became overcrowded and squalid and by 1825 plans were being made for a replacement at Liverpool.

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Castle Hill Methodist church

Opened in 1846, now named West Pennant Hills Methodist church.

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Place of worship

Castle Hill tramway

Steam tramway initially constructed from Parramatta to Baulkham Hills in 1902 which was extended along Old Northern Road to Castle Hill in 1910.

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Tramway or light rail

Castle Rock

Rock that gives its name to a beach tucked into the shores of Middle Harbour.

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Geological feature

Castle, Henry

Ironmonger and blacksmith who made anchors at his business in The Rocks. He was in a partnership with Richard Dawson before returning to England in 1837.

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Castlebrook Memorial Park

Cemetery and crematorium at Rouse Hill.

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Cemetery or crematorium

Castlecrag

Residential suburb on north shore surrounded by Middle Harbour which was originally planned by architect Walter Burley Griffin. It was the first planned suburb to incorporate natural bushland in its design.

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Castlereagh

Western semi-rural suburb, on eastern bank of Nepean River north of Penrith. One of the five 'Macquarie towns' proclaimed in 1810, it is now the site of the Penrith Lakes Scheme and the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

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Casula

South-western residential suburb named after the homestead of early settler Richard Guise. A riot by troops at Casula camp in 1916 led to the introduction of 6 o'clock closing for hotels.

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