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Reiby House, Newtown c1923

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Reiby House, Newtown c1923

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Enmore

Enmore's traditional owners were the Cadigal people. Convicts who became millionaires, retired sea captains, merchants, judges, bushrangers and rock music have all contributed to Enmore's colourful history.

Residential building

Victorian architecture

Reiby House

Enmore residence of ex-convict Mary Reibey from the 1840s. Demolished in 1960s.

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Enmore

Inner-west residential suburb on the ridge between Newtown and Marrickville. Its name comes from Enmore House (1835), designed by John Verge for master mariner Captain Sylvester Brown.

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Newtown

Inner-west suburb which developed along the main road south from Sydney. It became a prosperous shopping district in the late 19th century, and later a working-class and migrant suburb, now gentrified.

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