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Brooks, Barbara
Brooks, Christiana Eliza
Brooks, Geraldine
Brooks, Richard
Brooks, Richard 1765-1833
Brooks, William M
Broomham, Rosemary
Brough, Robert
Broughton, Elizabeth Charlotte
Broughton, Jane
Broughton, Mary
Broughton, Thomas
Broughton, Thomas Stafford
Broughton, William
Broughton, William Grant
Brown, A Campbell
Brown, David
Brown, Gavin
Brown, Harry Percy
Brown, Ida
Brown, James
Brown, John
Brown, John Neathway
Brown, Jonathan
Brown, Keith
Brown, Keith Sigismund Macarthur
Brown, Pam
Brown, Ray
Brown, Robert
Brown, Stephen Campbell
Brown, Sylvester
Brown, Walter
Brown, Walter Sigismund
Browne, Allan
Browne, Frederick William
Browne, Henry
Browne, John Vincent
Browne, Thomas Alexander (Rolf Boldrewood)
Browne, Thomas Francis
Browne, Thomas Kirkman
Brownlow, R
Bruce, George
Bruce, Joan
Bruce, Lenny
Bruce, Stanley
Bruhn, Norman
Bruntnell, Albert
Bruton, Mary Ursula
Bryan, Harrison
Bryant, Beryl Annear

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Brooks, Barbara

Sydney writer and independent scholar.

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Brooks, Christiana Eliza

Wife of the mariner, merchant and settler, Richard Brooks.

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Brooks, Geraldine

Journalist and author who grew up in Sydney.

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Brooks, Richard

Theatre director and teacher.

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Brooks, Richard 1765-1833

Mariner, merchant and settler who became a successful shipping agent before moving to western Sydney to manage his extensive pastoral portfolio in the Illawarra and Lake George districts.

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Brooks, William M

Printer and publisher whose involvement in a variety of business committees was to lead into state politics.

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Broomham, Rosemary

Historian and author.

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Brough, Robert

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Actor-manager who founded the Brough & Boucicault Comedy Company and was a mainstay of Sydney theatre at the end of the nineteenth century.

Broughton, Elizabeth Charlotte

Wife of William Broughton, and landowner.

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Broughton, Jane

Wife of early Sydney mayor Thomas Broughton, with whom she had 15 children.

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Broughton, Mary

Mother of Thomas Stafford Broughton who became an early Mayor of Sydney.

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Broughton, Thomas

Father of early Sydney Mayor Thomas Stafford Broughton

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Broughton, Thomas Stafford

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Tailor who became a grazier, alderman, Mayor and member of the Legislative Assembly, and owned land in Paddington and Artarmon.

Broughton, William

Dedicated and trustworthy public servant who arrived with the First Fleet.

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Broughton, William Grant

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First Anglican Bishop in Australia.

Brown, A Campbell

Shipping agent and merchant.

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Brown, David

Free settler who arrived from Scotland in 1801 with his children James, David (Junior), Thomas and Mary, and became an early landholder in the Hawkesbury and Ryde districts.

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Brown, Gavin

Vice-Chancellor of Sydney University 1996-2008.

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Brown, Harry Percy

Director-General PMG Department 1922-39 who introduced the world's most extensive mechanised mail handling at Sydney GPO 1930.

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Brown, Ida

Palaeontologist who lectured at the University of Sydney and continued private field-work until 1965.

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Brown, James

Teacher who was important in the foundation of Granville Technical College, and its superintendent for many years.

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Brown, John

Coal baron, ship owner and racehorse breeder who was a ruthless manager and highly antagonistic to unionism within the industry.

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Brown, John Neathway

Emancipist and publican who had a farm at Botany named Bunnerong. The land had been named Bunnerong by its former owner, another man named John Brown who was a soldier in the 102nd Regiment and had received the land grant in 1823.

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Brown, Jonathan

Publican in Millers Point in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Brown, Keith

Boatbuilder and sailmaker in Putney.

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Brown, Keith Sigismund Macarthur

Third generation doctor who served the Parramatta area.

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Brown, Pam

Poetry editor of Overland 1997-2002.

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Brown, Ray

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Singer who joined the Nocturnes in 1964 to form Ray Brown and the Whispers.

Brown, Robert

Botanist who accompanied Flinders on the Investigator and collected and described many Australian plants.

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Brown, Stephen Campbell

Solicitor and independent member of the Legislative Assembly, he was an active legislator particularly in areas of law reform.

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Brown, Sylvester

Master mariner who built Enmore House in 1835.

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Brown, Walter

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Parramatta doctor whose family home and practice operated from Brislington for 92 years. Highly esteemed in the local community, a reading desk was dedicated in his name at St John's Cathedral in Parramatta.

Brown, Walter Sigismund

Medical practioner who continued his father's practice at Parramatta.

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Browne, Allan

Jazz drummer and composer.

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Browne, Frederick William

Councillor on Hornsby Shire Council.

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Browne, Henry

English born government immigration agent who had little sympathy for the Irish orphans brought to the colony to provide cheap labour.

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Browne, John Vincent

Horse racing figure who left his birthplace, the town of Moruya in New South Wales, in his twenties for Sydney allegedly with a horse and 50 pounds 'concealed in the lining of his vest'. He settled in Randwick in 1884 and eventually acquired a block of land extending from Alison Road, Avoca Street to Albert Street. He also built and owned the Royal Hotel, Randwick before passing it to his brother Thomas, and owned and lived in the Coach and Horses Hotel, Randwick.

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Browne, Thomas Alexander (Rolf Boldrewood)

Pastoralist and public servant who wrote novels, including Robbery Under Arms, under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He added 'e' to his surname in the 1860s.

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Browne, Thomas Francis

Publican and prominent horse racing identity of Randwick, he owned the Royal Hotel after his brother passed it onto him and held the licence until his death.

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Browne, Thomas Kirkman

Irish convict who was sentenced to 7 years transportation in Dublin in 1791, and arrived in Sydney on the Boddingtons in 1793.

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Brownlow, R

Merchant who established a business in George Street in the 1830s.

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Bruce, George

Convict who travelled to New Zealand and married a Māori woman.

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Bruce, Joan

Film and television actor.

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Bruce, Lenny

American comedian whose 1962 shows were considered too risque for conservative Sydney.

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Bruce, Stanley

Eighth Prime Minister of Australia who was architect of the most powerful and durable alliance of coalition partners in Australian politics.

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Bruhn, Norman

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Dockworker, gunman, thief, stand-over man and pimp who became known for his garroting skills. He served in the 70th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces and as a private in the 6th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement of the Australian Imperial Force. He was allegedly forced to leave Melbourne by rival Squizzy Taylor and became Nellie Cameron's lover and pimp while in Sydney. He was gunned down in Charlotte Lane, Darlinghurst and died at Sydney Hospital the following morning, refusing to name his killer to police.

Bruntnell, Albert

Tailor and real estate agent who held senior positions within the Salvation Army in Melbourne, New Zealand and Sydney.

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Bruton, Mary Ursula

Irish born teacher and member of the Sisters of Charity who became the first principal of St Vincent's College.

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Bryan, Harrison

Harrison Bryan was Librarian of the University of Queensland 1950-1962, and of the University of Sydney 1963-1980. He was Director-General of the National Library of Australia 1980-1985. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia, received the HCL Anderson Award of the Australian Library and Information Association, and was awarded honorary doctorates by three universities - Monash, Queensland and Sydney.

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Bryant, Beryl Annear

Australian stage actress and theatrical producer active in the 1930s and 1940s. She was responsible for first bringing the plays of Patrick White to the stage.

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