Skip to main content
State Library NSW Logo Dictionary of Sydney logo Dictionary of Sydney
  1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Browse
  3. Browse Entities

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

All

View content in list, type
Title Type
Dowling, James
Dowling, James Sheen
Downie, John
Downing Centre Court
Doyle's restaurant Commercial organisation
Doyle, Andrew Hastings
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Dr Rumble's Question Box Radio program
Draganović, Harasty
Dragon Performing group
Drake, Alma
Drake, Bob
Drake, Fanny
Drake, Mildred (Desda)
Dransfield, Michael
Drapers' Association Business association
Dress Circle Estate Estate
Drevar, George
Drew, Eric
Driver, Richard junior
Druitt, George
Drummoyne Suburb
Drummoyne Sailing Club Sporting club or association
Dryer, Albert James
Dryer, Albert Thomas
Dryer, Mary Ann
Drysdale, Russell
Du Faur Buttress Geological feature
Du Faur Creek River or creek
Du Faur Wetland Swamp
du Faur, Augusta Louisa
du Faur, Blanche Mary Elizabeth
Du Faur, Frederick Eccleston
Du Faurs Lookout Geological feature
Du Faurs Rocks Geological feature
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Duck Pond Camp Cove Lake or lagoon
Duck River River or creek
Duck River Brickworks Industrial site
Duck River wharf Wharf or dock
Ducker, JE
Dudgeon, Elizabeth
Dudhope House
Dudley's Emporium Shopping centre or retail premises
Dudley, Herbert Joseph
Duff, Robert William
Duffy, Patrick
Duffy, Thomas
Duffys Forest Suburb
Duggan, Edmund

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 75
  • Page 76
  • Current page 77
  • Page 78
  • Page 79
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Browse

  • Browse
    • Artefacts
    • Buildings
    • Events
    • Natural Features
    • Organisations
    • People
    • Places
    • Structures
    • Entries
    • Multimedia
    • Subjects
    • Roles
    • Contributors
State Library NSW Logo

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Copyright
  • Blog
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Dowling, James

Judge and Chief Justice in Sydney from 1828 to 1844.

full record »

Dowling, James Sheen

Lawyer and judge who spent three decades on the NSW District Court.

full record »

Downie, John

Engineer who drowned when the tug Hero was sunk in 1940.

full record »

Downing Centre

full record »

Originally the elegant Mark Foy's flagship store on the corner of Liverpool, Elizabeth and Castlereagh streets, it was converted for use as courts in 1985. It has a distinctive façade of white bricks with yellow faience work to the sills and cornices. Two corner towers with yellow pinnacles surmount the building. Originally three storeys it was extended several times in the interwar period and is now eight storeys high.

Court

Doyle's restaurant

Leading seafood restaurant, run by five generations of the Doyle family. Originally operated as tea rooms by the Everitts it was later operated and owned by their daughter Alice Everitt and husband Jack Doyle.

full record »

Commercial organisation

Doyle, Andrew Hastings

Irish engraver and printer who was transported with his brother James after being found guilty of forgery in 1801. He settled with his family on land in the Hawkesbury area.

full record »

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Author, journalist and doctor who wrote 60 books about the character Sherlock Holmes.

full record »

Dr Rumble's Question Box

Radio program which answered questions about the Catholic Church, on Sunday evenings on 2UE from 1928, later transferring to 2SM until 1968.

full record »

Radio program

Draganović, Harasty

Founder of Croatian language school in Sydney.

full record »

Dragon

Rock band formed in Auckland New Zealand in 1872 which then relocated to Sydney in 1975.

full record »

Performing group

Drake, Alma

Second child of James Samuel Bray and Fanny Drake.

full record »

Drake, Bob

Last remaining oyster farmer on the Georges River at Oatley. He is the fourth generation of his family in the industry which once thrived along the Georges River.

full record »

Drake, Fanny

English barmaid who became the second wife of James Samuel Bray.

full record »

Drake, Mildred (Desda)

Child of James Samuel Bray and Fanny Drake.

full record »

Dransfield, Michael

Poet and addict whose work explored social issues and drug culture.

full record »

Drapers' Association

Association to promote the welfare of employers and employees in the mercantile community. As well as the sanitary conditions of workers it was also concerned with the manufactures and imports of the colony.

full record »

Business association

Dress Circle Estate

Subdivision offered for sale at East Ryde in the 1920s.

full record »

Estate

Drevar, George

Performer at Wonderland at Tamarama.

full record »

Drew, Eric

Alderman and Irish republican.

full record »

Driver, Richard junior

Solicitor and politician who, as a cricket enthusiast, was an important organiser of intercolonial matches and visits by English cricket teams.

full record »

Druitt, George

Soldier and engineer who oversaw public works in the colony from 1817, but resigned in 1821 to pursue farming and local reform.

full record »

Drummoyne

Inner western residential suburb surrounded by water on three sides. William Wright, merchant, whaler and sealer, named his land Drummoyne Park in 1853 after his family home on the Clyde in Scotland.

full record »

Suburb

Drummoyne Sailing Club

Community club established to race 16 foot skiffs which were very popular at the start of the twentieth century. it continues to offer racing for seniors and juniors.

full record »

Sporting club or association

Dryer, Albert James

Irish-German clerk.

full record »

Dryer, Albert Thomas

Doctor and Irish republican whose devotion to Irish independence resulted in his internment in Darlinghurst gaol.

full record »

Dryer, Mary Ann

Irish born mother of Albert Dryer.

full record »

Drysdale, Russell

Painter whose work explored the landscape and people of the Australian outback.

full record »

Du Faur Buttress

Buttress rising from junction of Govetts Creek and Grose River up to foot of Du Faur Head.

full record »

Geological feature

Du Faur Creek

Creek in the Blue Mountains which flows into Bell Creek, named for Eccleston du Faur.

full record »

River or creek

Du Faur Wetland

Wetland in North Turramurra which forms part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and is named after Eccleston du Faur.

full record »

Swamp

du Faur, Augusta Louisa

First wife of Eccleston du Faur, who died in childbirth.

full record »

du Faur, Blanche Mary Elizabeth

Wife of Eccleston du Faur and daughter of John Woolley.

full record »

Du Faur, Frederick Eccleston

full record »

Founder and supporter of scientific and artistic organisations in Sydney, who helped establish Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and was a landowner at Mount Wilson. He worked as a chief draftsman at the Department of Lands, and often explored the Bliue Mountains, camping near Govetts Creek and the Grose Rover.

Du Faurs Lookout

Observation point at Du Faurs Rocks in the Blue Mountains, named for Eccleston du Faur who frequented the area.

full record »

Du Faurs Rocks

Rocks on the western side of Mount Wilson which afford a good lookout, named for Eccleston du Faur who had property in the area.

full record »

Dubosarsky, Ursula

Writer of picture books, novels and non-fiction for children and young adults.

full record »

Duck Pond Camp Cove

Pond formed by a natural spring behind Camp Cove, now the site of a small park.

full record »

Lake or lagoon

Duck River

River which is a major southern tributary of the Parramatta River, 20 kilometres west of central Sydney.

full record »

Duck River Brickworks

Brickworks established in 19th century by Charles Linney.

full record »

Industrial site

Duck River wharf

Wharf where passenger ferries from Sydney landed from 1839 to 1939.

full record »

Wharf or dock

Ducker, JE

Real estate agent in the Bankstown area.

full record »

Dudgeon, Elizabeth

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in 1783 for stealing cash with a value of 199 shillings and sentenced to seven years' transportation.

full record »

Dudhope

House built in Putney in the 1880s as 'Lunnhilda', and renamed by its later owner, William Scrymgeour.

full record »

House

Dudley's Emporium

Suburban emporium on the corner of Anzac Parade and Maroubra Road which included a small cinema, stores for produce, hardware, groceries, draperies, refreshments, chemist, butchery and residence. It was established to provide services for the growing suburb which had been rapidly developed by Herbert Dudley.

full record »

Shopping centre or retail premises

Dudley, Herbert Joseph

Land developer and auctioneer who developed large area of crown land at Maroubra as residential areas and provided community services and facilities to encourage growth. His association dated from family holidays at Long Bay in the 1890s when he realised the potential of the area if it was gradually unlocked with better tram services and roads.

full record »

Duff, Robert William

Governor of New South Wales 1893-95.

full record »

Duffy, Patrick

Early landowner in the Thornleigh area.

full record »

Duffy, Thomas

Landowner in Asquith in 1890.

full record »

Duffys Forest

Northern bushland suburb, surrounded by Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. It is named after Irish timber cutter Patrick Duffy, who was granted land there in 1857.

full record »

Duggan, Edmund

Irish born actor and playwright who worked in Australia at the start of the twentieth century.

full record »