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Greenhill, Stephen
Greenhill, Thomas Tress
Greenway, Francis
Greenwell, Carlyle
Greenwood, Kerry
Greer, Germaine
Gregory, Archibald Adolphus, (Arthur)
Gregory, Charles
Gregson, Jesse
Greiner, Nick
Grenville, Kate
Gresse, Wolfgang
Greville, Edward
Grey, Zane
Grice, John
Grieve, Gideon James
Griffin, George Allman
Griffin, Marion Mahony
Griffin, Walter Burley
Griffith, Arthur
Griffith, Arthur Barry
Griffith, Arthur Cosman
Griffiths, Albert (Young Griffo)
Griffiths, Charles Cecil
Griffiths, Chris
Griffiths, John
Griffiths, Jonathan
Griffiths, Thomas
Griffiths, Tom
Grimes, Charles
Grimes, Charles Robert
Grimes, George
Grocott, Joseph
Grose, Francis
Grose, Frank
Grose, Joseph Hickey
Gross, Richard
Groves, Bert
Grubb,George C
Grubisich, Marin
Grubmeier, Heinz
Grubmeier, Rebecca
Gruner, Elioth
Gubbins, GW
Guerin, James
Guerin, Theodosia
Guinness, Howard
Guiterman, David
Guiterman, Rosine
Gullett, Lucy Edith

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Greenhill, Stephen

English born clerk in the public service. He and his brother Thomas travelled to Tasmania in 1824, where he married and established a farm New Norfolk. He moved to Sydney in the 1820s. He was the Chief Clerk in the Treasury Office, and would act for the Colonial Treasurer. He was the president of the Australian Clerks Provident Society in the 1840s.

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Greenhill, Thomas Tress

Passenger on the Edward Lombe who was killed when the ship was wrecked in Sydney Harbour in 1834. He had a brother in Sydney, Stephen Greenhill.  He was named in all reports as being a passenger and had made other trips to Tasmania and Sydney prior to this voyage, but is described in a legal document dated November 1834 (so prior to news of the wreck reaching the UK) that is held in the East Sussex Record Office in England, as being a mate on the Edward Lombe en route to New South Wales.  A death notice in the Scottish newspaper, the Fife Herald, on 5 March 1835, identifies a Peter Greenhill, the eldest son of the late Mr Greenhill, of Redcastle Mains, Ross Shire, Scotland, as being lost in the wreck, but this presumably was a case of mistaken identity.  

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Greenway, Francis

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English-born architect transported to Australia for forgery who became an iconic colonial architect under the patronage of Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

Greenwell, Carlyle

Architect who designed many now heritage listed houses in Strathfield and Killara.

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Greenwood, Kerry

Author of science fiction, historical fiction, children's stories and plays.

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Greer, Germaine

Author and academic whose assertion that women's liberation means embracing gender differences in a positive fashion, has created controversy and bought international acclaim over a long career.

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Gregory, Archibald Adolphus, (Arthur)

Film business manager and golfer.

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Gregory, Charles

Cricketer who played for New South Wales in the 1900s. He played for Waverley Cricket club from 1901 to 1910.

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Gregson, Jesse

Company superintendent who took charge of some of the most important enterprises in Australia including extensive pastoral and coal mining companies.

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Greiner, Nick

Businessman and politician who was Premier of NSW 1988-1992.

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Grenville, Kate

Author and creative writing teacher.

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Gresse, Wolfgang

Austrian born artist.

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Greville, Edward

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Advertising agent and entrepreneurial publisher of several directories and gazetteers of the state.

Grey, Zane

American author.

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Grice, John

Horse racing identity and sporting proprietor of the popular, Vauxhall Gardens, which became known as the Coach and Horses Hotel in Randwick.

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Grieve, Gideon James

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Scottish born soldier who died in South Africa whilst commanding his company in the Boer War.

Griffin, George Allman

Soldier who enlisted as part of the Gundagai squadron of the First Australian Horse to serve in the Boer War and was the first man enlisted in an Australian military force to be killed in a foreign war.

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Griffin, Marion Mahony

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Pioneer American woman architect whose designs and illustrations were instrumental in securing the prize for Walter Burley Griffin in the international competition to design Canberra.

Griffin, Walter Burley

US-born architect and landscape architect best known for his role in designing Canberra and the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag.

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Griffith, Arthur

Patent attorney, labor politician and socialist whose radicalism saw him expelled from the Labor Party during World War I.

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Griffith, Arthur Barry

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Bookmaker's clerk who was shot and killed by his girlfriend Shirley Beiger outside Chequers nightclub in the city in 1954.

Griffith, Arthur Cosman

Trotting and greyhound bookmaker.

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Griffiths, Albert (Young Griffo)

World featherweight boxing champion in 1890 when he defeated New Zealander Torpedo Billy Murphy.

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Griffiths, Charles Cecil

Early landowner in the Oatley area.

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Griffiths, Chris

Specialist forensic odontologist and Head of the NSW Dental Identification Unit.

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Griffiths, John

Early landholder who was granted 100 acres at Killara in the nineteenth century..

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Griffiths, Jonathan

Shipowner and builder convicted of grand larceny on 16 July 1788 and sentenced to transportation. After arriving in Sydney, he was transferred to Norfolk Island where he became associated with Eleanor McDonald. By 1804, he was building boats and by 1806, he and Eleanor had 100 acres of land in Richmond and seven children. He also received various land grants in Van Diemen's Land.

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Griffiths, Thomas

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in 1784 for stealing material with a value of 80 shillings. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation and paired with fellow convict Philip Farrell in an attempted mutiny on Scarborough. He received 24 lashes on HMS Sirius and was transferred to Prince of Wales.

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Griffiths, Tom

Historian and author. Professor of History at the Australian National University in Canberra.

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Grimes, Charles

Surveyor-general who drew up a general plan of all the settlements, names and locations in the colony as well as undertaking administrative roles at Norfolk Island and Parramatta.

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Grimes, Charles Robert

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Soldier who served with the 50th Regiment in Australia from 23 March 1839 before being killed in action in the Batlle of Sobraon in 1846.

Grimes, George

Whaler and sea captain, commander of the barque Woodlark, who was also a landowner in south-west of Sydney.

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Grocott, Joseph

Printseller and stationer in mid-nineteenth century Sydney.

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Grose, Francis

Lieutenant-governor for two years after the departure of Governor Philip, who encouraged the initiative of the military and settlers, often to the detriment of government enterprise.

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Grose, Frank

Radio broadcaster.

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Grose, Joseph Hickey

Merchant and steamship owner who supplied wheat to the government stores in the 1820s, owned Grose's wharf at the foot of Bathurst Street, and later managed the adjacent Victoria Mills.

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Gross, Richard

First butcher in Greenwich.

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Groves, Bert

Indigenous rights leader, soldier and accomplished speaker who fought hard to improve the conditions in which Aborigines lived on government stations and reserves throughout the State.

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Grubb,George C

Evangelist who visited Australia in 1891-2 and 1911.

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Grubisich, Marin

Croatian community spokesperson.

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Grubmeier, Heinz

German immigrant who pioneered millet broom making in Australia, who developed and patented the flat, triangular shape still in use today.

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Grubmeier, Rebecca

German migrant who founded Commonwealth Brooms which continued the work of her husband Heinz, a highly skilled broom maker.

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Gruner, Elioth

Landscape artist who studied with Julian Ashton and adopted the plein air style.

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Gubbins, GW

Naval officer who conducted surveys along eastern Australia and into the Pacific.

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Guerin, James

Actor.

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Guerin, Theodosia

Actor who performed on the stage from the 1840s until the 1870s.

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Guinness, Howard

Anglican minister who pioneered student ministry and became chaplain at the University of Sydney.

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Guiterman, David

American businessman of German descent who suffered from the social repression at the start of World War I.

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Guiterman, Rosine

Jewish activist, poet and humanitarian whose commitment to teaching, social action and the theatre seemed inexhaustible.

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Gullett, Lucy Edith

Medical practioner and philanthropist who drove the campaign to establish a hospital run for and by women.

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