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Lucas, William
Lucas-Tooth, Robert Lucas
Lucy, Black
Ludowici, Charles
Ludowici, John Charles
Luff, Ian
Luhrmann, Baz
Luker, Joseph
Luker, Sidney
Lūks , Krišsjānis
Luland, F
Lumsdaine, Jack
Lunn, Lionel
Lupton, F
Luttrell, Edward
Lutyens, Mary
Lycett, Joseph
Lyell, Lottie
Lygon, William (Lord Beauchamp)
Lynch, Francis (Guy)
Lynch, Garry
Lynch, Joe
Lynch, Joseph Patrick Stanislaus
Lynch, Marge
Lyne, William John
Lyon, John Lamb
Lyons, Joseph
Lyons, Samuel
Lyons, Thomas
Lyster, William Saurin
M'Ghie, Mary W
Mabbutt, Leslie
Macarthur Onslow, Rosa Sibella
Macarthur, Edward
Macarthur, Elizabeth
Macarthur, George Fairfowl
Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins
Macarthur, James
Macarthur, John
Macarthur, Maria
Macarthur, Thomas
Macarthur, William
Macarthur-Onslow, Elizabeth
MacBeath, David
MacCallum, Hugh
MacCallum, Mungo William
MacCarthy, Charles William
Macdermott, Catherine Sarah
Macdermott, Henry
MacDonald, Alexander

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Lucas, William

Building contractor.

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Lucas-Tooth, Robert Lucas

Prominent businessman, brewer and farmer who later became a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Lucy, Black

Aboriginal woman who lived on the banks of Tarban Creek, Gladesville, in the 1920s. Died 1928.

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Ludowici, Charles

Manufacturer of industrial leather belts at Lane Cove.

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Ludowici, John Charles

Tanner from Prussia who, with his partner Albert Radke, moved their tannery from Balmain to the banks of the Lane Cove River in 1858.

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Luff, Ian

Racing car driver who used his skills to establish a driver education and training company.

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Luhrmann, Baz

Film producer, screenwriter and director who has achieved international theatrical and film success .

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Luker, Joseph

Former convict who joined Sydney's early police force in 1796. He was murdered in 1803, the first police officer killed in the line of duty in New South Wales. 

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Luker, Sidney

Civil engineer and town planner who became chief planner for the Cumberland County Council from 1946 and coordinated the Cumberland Planning Scheme.

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Lūks , Krišsjānis

One of the first Latvian people to visit Sydney.

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Luland, F

Tanner who established a business in the Botany area.

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Lumsdaine, Jack

Australian singer, songwriter and radio announcer.

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Lunn, Lionel

Studio manager at 2UE.

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Lupton, F

Tanner who established a business in Botany in the 1880s.

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Luttrell, Edward

Surgeon who travelled to the colony with his wife and 10 children. Quickly disillusioned with farming he proved a negligent and unfeeling surgeon and was often admonished. Given the choice of retiring or moving back to Parramatta hospital he took a position in Hobart where he was in constant trouble with the Lieutenant Governor.

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Lutyens, Mary

British author best known for her biographical works on the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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Lycett, Joseph

Convict and artist transported for forgery, who, whilst re-offending in the colony, also produced a large body of work recording the Australian landscape and flora.

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Lyell, Lottie

Actress and film producer who made a unique contribution to the Australian film industry as its first female star and producer.

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Lygon, William (Lord Beauchamp)

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Governor of New South Wales 1899-1901.

Lynch, Francis (Guy)

Guy Lynch, known in Sydney as Frank Lynch, was a sculptor commissioned to do busts of several prominent Australians in the early to mid 20th century. His works include The Satyr, modelled on his brother Joe, that sits in the Botanic Gardens, and the depiction of Aboriginal people on one of the bronze panels on the doors of the Mitchell Library as well as the Pozieres diorama in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The brothers were born in Melbourne in the 1890s into a large Irish family that moved to New Zealand in the early 1900s. Both brothers enlisted with the New Zealand army in World War I and worked as artists on their discharge. Lynch's World War I memorial statue in Devonport, New Zealand, colloquially known as 'the untidy soldier', was also modelled on Joe. The brothers moved back to Australia in the 1920s, followed by their parents, and lived in a house purchased by Guy in Gladesville.

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Lynch, Garry

Parent of a murder victim who formed the Homicide Victims Support Group.

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Lynch, Joe

Cartoonist and black & white artist for Smith's Weekly and Melbourne Punch, whose death in Sydney Harbour in 1927 at the age of 29 inspired Kenneth Slessor's poem 'Five Bells'. He was the model for his brother Guy (Frank) Lynch's sculpture 'The Satyr', a bronze casting of which is in the Royal Botanic Gardens in his memory. He was also the model for his brother's statue of a New Zealand digger for the World War I memorial in Devonport, New Zealand, that is known colloquially as 'the untidy soldier'.

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Lynch, Joseph Patrick Stanislaus

Stonemason, architect and sculptor who followed his sons to Sydney.

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Lynch, Marge

Wife of sculptor Guy Lynch who worked to have her husband's statue The Satyr placed on permanent display.

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Lyne, William John

Politician who was an ardent Protectionist and urged moderate reform of land laws and water conservation. He was Premier from 1899-1901.

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Lyon, John Lamb

Scottish-born stained glass artist and interior decorator.

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Lyons, Joseph

Tenth Prime Minister of Australia serving from 1932 until 1939.

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Lyons, Samuel

Former convict who became a wealthy auctioneer and businessman.

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Lyons, Thomas

Police constable who was one of several officers injured, and subsequently commended for bravery, during the Bridge Street Affray in 1894. 

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Lyster, William Saurin

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Irish theatre impresario who toured with international opera companies in Melbourne and Sydney.

M'Ghie, Mary W

Teacher who established her own school for young ladies at Parramatta.

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Mabbutt, Leslie

Magistrate and former police prosecutor who was the NSW State Coroner between April-December 2018.

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Macarthur Onslow, Rosa Sibella

Third of eight children, and the only surviving daughter, of Captain Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of James Macarthur. Known as Sibella, she inherited her mother's considerable estate at Camden Park (963 acres) and 20,000 pounds. She became a prominent charity worker, being on the executive of the New South Wales branch of the Red Cross.

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Macarthur, Edward

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Soldier and administrator who grew up at Camden Park before pursuing a military career in both England and the colonies.

Macarthur, Elizabeth

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Settler and farmer who arrived in the colony in 1790, founded a family, and took over the farming interests of her husband from 1809, building the basis of a pastoral industry in fine wool. The success of the Macarthurs' Camden Park estate was largely due to her.

Macarthur, George Fairfowl

Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster who was the son Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur and Anna Maria King. He was the Head of The Kings School between 1869 and 1886.

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Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins

Pastoralist, politician and businessman whose management of his uncle John Macarthur's business affairs rarely brought praise though he rose to social and financial prominence in the colony.

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Macarthur, James

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Fourth son of John and Elizabeth Macarthur who became the manager of the family estate and very influential in New South Wales colonial politics.

Macarthur, John

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Soldier, entrepreneur and pastoralist who established the Australian wool industry.

Macarthur, Maria

Wife of Hannibal Macarthur who became a society figure in early Sydney before the financial collapse of her husband's businesses necessitated a move to Ipswich in Queensland.

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Macarthur, Thomas

Marine engineer partner of TS Mort 1866-1869.

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Macarthur, William

Grazier and horticulturalist who helped establish the Australian wine industry, and with his brother James, expanded the Macarthur holdings across the state.

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Macarthur-Onslow, Elizabeth

Property manager who introduced modern dairy farming practices to the estate she inherited from her father. The right for Elizabeth and her issue to use the surname Macarthur Onslow was granted by royal licence on 12 March 1892.

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MacBeath, David

Scottish stonemason.

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MacCallum, Hugh

Cremorne resident who founded a subscription club to maintain the harbour pool.

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MacCallum, Mungo William

Scottish-born scholar who was founding professor of modern languages and literature at the University of Sydney.

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MacCarthy, Charles William

Medical practitioner with a natural talent for music, painting and sculpture, he remained an ardent Irish nationalist campaigning for home rule in his native Ireland.

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Macdermott, Catherine Sarah

Wife of businessman Henry Macdermott.

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Macdermott, Henry

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Soldier and later wine merchant who was Mayor of Sydney in 1845, and an advocate for working men, before bankruptcy forced him out of local politics.

MacDonald, Alexander

Early landowner at Mortlake.

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