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Chambers, Charles Henry
Chambers, David
Chambers, Hugh
Chan, Bernard
Chandler, Mrs
Chang, Arthur Gar Lock
Chang, Victor Peter
Chapman, Anne Hale
Chapman, Catherine
Chapman, Jan
Chapman, Maryann
Chapman, Michael
Chapman, Thomas John
Chapman, William
Chapman, William 1768-1810
Chapman, William Henry
Chapple, Reginald Arthur
Chapple, Roland Clyde
Chard, John
Chard, William Henry
Charkianakis, Stylianos
Charles, Prince of Wales
Charlesworth, William
Charlish, Elijah
Charlton, Andrew (Boy)
Charlton, Elizabeth
Charlton, Matthew
Charlton, William Apedaile
Chartres, George
Chater, Gordon
Chatfield, Bradley
Chauvel, Charles
Cheeke, Alfred
Cheers, James
Cheers, Jane
Cheers, Richard
Cheers, William Smith
Cheng, Chris
Cheval, Timothie
Chiarini, Guiseppe
Chichester, Francis
Chidley, William James
Chifley, Ben
Child, William Knox
Child-Villiers, Victor Albert (Lord Jersey)
Childs, Joshua
Chilton, Frederick
Chippendale, William
Chirgwin, GH
Chisholm, Caroline

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Chambers, Charles Henry

Solicitor who was appointed Town Clerk in 1842 but resigned in 1843 after conflict with the councillors.

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Chambers, David

Solicitor.

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Chambers, Hugh

Solicitor.

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Chan, Bernard

Businessman involved in the rejuvenation of Chinatown from the 1980s.

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Chandler, Mrs

Teacher who moves her girls' school from Pitt Street to Goulburn Street in 1856.

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Chang, Arthur Gar Lock

Member of the Chinese Youth League in Sydney from the 1940s and organiser for the Chinese Seamen's Union.

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Chang, Victor Peter

Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon who pioneered heart transplant surgery. He was fatally shot in a failed extortion attempt.

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Chapman, Anne Hale

Biographer and daughter of portrait artist James Armstrong Wilson. Related to the Cheers family.

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Chapman, Catherine

Wife of Michael Chapman.

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Chapman, Jan

Film and television producer.

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Chapman, Maryann

Property owner in Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Chapman, Michael

Painter and paperhanger whose civic involvement led to positions as magistrate and politician. He served as Mayor of Sydney 1871-72.

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Chapman, Thomas John

Tradesman who supplied and mixed the oils and colour pigments for house painting.

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Chapman, William

Secretary to Governor King who became his right-hand man and deputy commissary.

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Chapman, William 1768-1810

Convict who was transported for seven years for 'feloniously stealing...four hundred pounds weight of lead'. He became a plumber and glazier and married Ann Marsh, who assisted him in various business activities including a bakery, butchery and a general store. He was buried at Old Sydney Burial Ground and then his stone was later removed to Elizabeth Street Burial Ground on the site of modern day Central Station before it was moved to Bunnerong Cemetery where it did not survive the test of time.

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Chapman, William Henry

Early shipbuilder at Greenwich.

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Chapple, Reginald Arthur

Farmer who enlisted as a private in the 18th Reinforcements, 2nd Divisional Artillery Column and served in Suezl, Egypt before going to France in March 1918. He was wounded in action in August 1918 and admitted to hospital. After Armistice Day, he assisted the head gardener at Longford Castle in Salisbury, England who reported 'Chapple was attentive to his work and proved himself to be a keen and enthusiastic student of English farming methods'. He sailed to the United States of America for 'agricultural purposes' and after six months returned to Sydney via Canada.

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Chapple, Roland Clyde

Secretary for an insurance company who enlisted as a private in the 12th Reinforcement, 30th Battalion, trained in Liverpool and Rosebery Park Camp and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in August 1916. In England, he received instruction in bomb throwing at a school in Lyndhurst before proceeding to Étaples, France in April 1917. He was wounded 'accidentally' and admitted to hospital with a severe gunshot wound to his left eye. He spent two months in hospitals in England and was promoted to lieutenant in July 1917. After returning to Australia he was discharged as medically unfit.

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Chard, John

Property owner from an early settler family in the Canterbury area who donated land for the Wesleyan church at Moorefields in 1850. By 1856 he had left the district and settled in Newtown.

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Chard, William Henry

Wool merchant and agent for an American fur company.

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Charkianakis, Stylianos

Second Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox church in Australia.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Member of the British royal family who is heir apparent to the throne, and who has made more than a dozen visits to Australia.

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Charlesworth, William

Ship's captain on the Royal Saxon which sailed between London and Sydney in the 1830s and 40s.

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Charlish, Elijah

Mixed farmer at Lane Cove who became Mayor of North Willoughby in 1873.

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Charlton, Andrew (Boy)

Champion swimmer who learnt to swim at Manly.

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Charlton, Elizabeth

Charity worker who filled the position of Mayoress of Granville while her son, James Robert Charlton, served as mayor. Her father played an instrumental role in the opening up of coal mines in the Illawarra district. She was the first president of the Granville branch of the New South Wales Red Cross.

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Charlton, Matthew

Early landholder and boat builder in the Berowra area.

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Charlton, William Apedaile

Anglican minister.

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Chartres, George

Convict who became clerk to D'Arcy Wentworth and worked as a lawyer until 1814 when ex-convicts were prevented from practising.

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Chater, Gordon

Comedian and actor.

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Chatfield, Bradley

Dancer.

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Chauvel, Charles

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Film director whose most famous films include Rats of Tobruk, Forty Thousand Horsemen and Jedda.

Cheeke, Alfred

Lawyer and horse breeder who was the first judge appointed to the District Court in 1858 and later a Supreme Court judge.

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Cheers, James

Farmer near Kempsey.

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Cheers, Jane

Convict wife and mother.

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Cheers, Richard

Convict and butcher who received a 30-acre grant at Ryde for his bravery when the ship Guardian hit an iceberg off Africa, and later owned land in Manly.

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Cheers, William Smith

Landowner who shared the inheritance of his father's land grants with his siblings in 1827.

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Cheng, Chris

Teacher and children's writer.

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Cheval, Timothie

Shopkeeper who appeared before the magistrate several times in the 1850s for illegal supply of alcohol but by 1858 was known as a confectioner of Pitt Street.

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Chiarini, Guiseppe

Italian born equestrian and showman who formed a touring circus company.

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Chichester, Francis

Aviator and sailor who was the first man to sail single-handed around the world from West to East via the great capes in 1966-67.

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Chidley, William James

Eccentric campaigner for vegetarianism, fresh air, comfortable clothing and 'correct' sex, who spoke in the Domain and was repeatedly committed to mental institutions.

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Chifley, Ben

Engine driver and unionist who was Labor Prime Minister from 1945 to 1949.

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Child, William Knox

Bank director who financed the establishment of the the first sugar mill.

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Child-Villiers, Victor Albert (Lord Jersey)

Governor of New South Wales 1891-93.

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Childs, Joshua

Irish sailor and ship's cook who accompanied Captain Cook in 1770.

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Chilton, Frederick

Early orchardist in Warrawee.

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Chippendale, William

Early free settler and landholder on what was the western edge of Sydney Town in the early 1800s.

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Chirgwin, GH

English comedian.

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Chisholm, Caroline

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Philanthropist who founded the Female Immigrants' Home and worked to foster free settlement and women's emigration to New South Wales.