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The Dictionary of Sydney
Hanna, Kim

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Hanna, Kim

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Kim Hanna is a former Executive Officer of the Dictionary of Sydney and has an ongoing interest in local history.

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm as Author

Bex Powders as Author

Bishopscourt as Author

Clairvaux House as Author

Glebe Courthouse as Author

Glebe Jubilee Fountain as Author

Japanese Antarctic expedition camp at Parsley Bay 1911 as Author

Oranges as Author

Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’ as Author

Rose Bay Airport as Author

Shaftesbury Reformatory as Author

Shirley Beiger as Author

The Beatles in Sydney as Author

Carved sandstone detail of the Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Collection

Carved sandstone detail of the Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Creator

Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Collection

Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Creator

Gregory Memorial fountain, Waverley Park 2016 as Collection

Gregory Memorial fountain, Waverley Park 2016 as Creator

Plaque commemorating Dave Sands on the Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Collection

Plaque commemorating Dave Sands on the Glebe Jubilee Fountain 2016 as Creator

The Robert Brough Memorial Fountain 7 January 2021 as Collection

The Robert Brough Memorial Fountain 7 January 2021 as Creator

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Barracluff's Ostrich Farm

In 1889 the enterprising Joseph Barracluff and his wife Jane established an ostrich farm at South Head. Over the years Barracluff's farm became a well-known tourist destination where patrons could select feathers to be cut directly from the flock. The business thrived until the outbreak of World War I, when the demand for ostrich feathers declined.

Bex Powders

Bex Powders, or Bex APC, were over-the-counter painkillers developed by Beckers Pty Ltd in Adelaide in the 1930s and manufactured in Sydney from the 1960s. Although there were a number of similar products on the market Bex Powders were so popular the brand became a cultural icon. The powders, which were often overused, were found to cause cancer and kidney failure and were banned in the 1970s.

Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt, which has served as the residence of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney since 1911, is one of the finest houses in Darling Point, and one of the best Gothic picturesque houses in Australia.

Clairvaux House

By the early twentieth century many of Sydney's old estates were subdivided. Their large grounds were too expensive to maintain and as Sydney expanded, land became a premium. Clairvaux House, a grand Victorian house, was built on land purchased from the Wentworth Estate c 1871. A domestic residence until the early twentieth century, the house underwent three subdivisions before being demolished in 1929.

Glebe Courthouse

Glebe Courthouse was built in 1889 in recognition of a growing Sydney metropolitan area. However, its use as a courthouse was frustrated by the government's refusal to appoint additional stipendiary magistrates.

Glebe Jubilee Fountain

Public fountains were once a familiar sight in Sydney. Street widening, city improvements and the public's desire for hygienic sources of water led to their demise. The Glebe Jubilee fountain on Glebe Point Road at the corner of Broadway, Glebe, is one of a few remaining public fountains.

Japanese Antarctic expedition camp at Parsley Bay 1911

In 1911 a Japanese expedition bound for Antarctica was forced to turn back by bad weather. In May the expedition arrived in Sydney and set up camp in Parsley Bay.

Oranges

Oranges arrived in Sydney with the First Fleet and have been grown in Sydney ever since.

Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’

Parsley Bay is an inlet of Sydney Harbour bordered by Point Seymour and Village Point, and is the traditional land of the Birrabirragal people. In 1907 the bay and immediate surrounds became a public reserve, and it has remained ‘one of the people’s playgrounds’ ever since.

Rose Bay Airport

Rose Bay Airport, on Sydney Harbour, was Sydney's first international airport for sea boats. Opening in 1937, Rose Bay Airport catered to the Empire Flying Boat and Air Mail Service, World War Two Catalina flying boats and Qantas and Ansett services until 1974 when services to Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island ended. In 2014, the Airport is used by a charter company.

Shaftesbury Reformatory

In 1880, the Shaftesbury Reformatory for Girls opened in a converted old hotel building on New South Head Road, Vaucluse. Several other institutions including the Shaftesbury Institute for Destitute Inebriates and the Shaftesbury Home for Mothers and Babies took the reformatory's place over the following decades, until the buildings were demolished in 1930 and the land sold.

Shirley Beiger

Shirley Beiger was a fashion model who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was tried for murder and acquitted. Her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.

The Beatles in Sydney

The Beatles visit to Sydney in 1964 was a cultural phenomenon. Greeted at the airport by adoring fans, they went on parade in the city and entertained the media, before touring Adelaide and Melbourne. On their return they performed six concerts at the Sydney Stadium in Rushcutters Bay.

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