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Founder
Occupation - Founder
1934
1888
Position - Founder of 2FC
Dec 1923
Position - Founder of 2GB Happiness Club
1929
Position - Founder of 2UE
26 Jan 1925
Position - Founder of 2WS
1978
Position - Founder of AMP
Position - Founder of AV Jennings Australia
Position - Founder of Aboriginal Legal Service
1970
1970
Position - Founder of Aboriginal Medical Service
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
Position - Founder of Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship
1956
1956
Position - Founder of Aborigines Progressive Association
1937
Position - Founder of Acclimatisation Society of New South Wales
Position - Founder of Aisling Society
Position - Founder of All Nations Club
1952
Position - Founder of American and Australasian Photographic Company
Position - Founder of Argyle School
1872
Position - Founder of Art and Australia
1963
Position - Founder of Ascham School
1886
Position - Founder of Ashby Research Service
1936
Position - Founder of Austral String Quartet
Position - Founder of Australasian Sugar Company
1842
1842
Position - Founder of Australasian Trained Nurses' Association
1899
Position - Founder of Australian Aborigines Progressive Association
1925
Position - Founder of Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co Ltd
Position - Founder of Australian College
1831
Position - Founder of Australian Cricket Club
1826
Position - Founder of Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Position - Founder of Australian Gas Light Company
1837
1837
Position - Founder of Australian Holy Catholic Guild
1845
Position - Founder of Australian Institute of Architects New South Wales Chapter
1871
Position - Founder of Australian Joint Stock Bank
1852
Position - Founder of Australian Red Cross
1914
Position - Founder of Australian School of Embalming
1894
Position - Founder of Australian Steam Navigation Company
1839
Position - Founder of Australian Theatre for Young People
1963
Position - Founder of Australian Town and Country Journal
1870
Position - Founder of Australian Women's Guild of Empire
1928
Position - Founder of Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia
1989
Position - Founder of Bank of New South Wales
1817
1817
Position - Founder of Bar Coluzzi
1957
1957
Position - Founder of Beard Watson Limited
Position - Founder of Bell Shakespeare
1990
Position - Founder of Benevolent Society of New South Wales
1813
Position - Founder of Beppi's Restaurant
Position - Founder of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative
1987
1987
Position - Founder of Bowden's Sugar Works
Position - Founder of Bradley, Newton and Lamb Auctioneers
01 Oct 1866
Position - Founder of British Drama League
Position - Founder of British Medical Association (New South Wales Branch)
Position - Founder of British-Australasian Tobacco Company Limited
Position - Founder of Brookvale Union Brewery
1950
1950
Position - Founder of Bryant's Playhouse
Position - Founder of Building Bridges Association
1988
1988
Position - Founder of Campaign Against Moral Persecution Incorporated
Position - Founder of Camperdown Cemetery
Position - Founder of Canterbury Park Race Club
1884
1884
Position - Founder of Canterbury Park racecourse
1884
Position - Founder of Carrington Centennial Hospital
Position - Founder of Central Federation League
1891
Position - Founder of Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers
1915
Position - Founder of China-Australia Mail Steamship Line
1917
1917
Position - Founder of Clontarf Pleasure Grounds
1863
Position - Founder of Club Marconi Fairfield
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
Position - Founder of Coalition of Resident Action Groups
1972
Position - Founder of Collegium Musicum
1938
Position - Founder of Colonial Mutual Life
1873
Position - Founder of Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd
1855
Position - Founder of Commonwealth Brooms
Position - Founder of Con-Paul Theatres
1931
1931
Position - Founder of Convent of the Sacred Heart Rose Bay
Position - Founder of Cranbrook School
1918
Position - Founder of Cremation Society of New South Wales
1908
Position - Founder of Crown Street Women's Hospital
1895
Position - Founder of Currency Press
1971
1971
Position - Founder of DIY Rainbow
2013
Position - Founder of Dampier Company
1877
Position - Founder of David Jones
1838
Position - Founder of Davis Gelatine Company
1917
Position - Founder of Day of Mourning 1938
Position - Founder of Discharged Prisoners Aid Society
Position - Founder of Dixson Trust Limited
Position - Founder of Doak and Kerr
1840
1840
Position - Founder of Dutch Australian Society Neerlandia
1954
Position - Founder of Dymocks
Position - Founder of E Way and Co
1865
1865
Position - Founder of Ebenezer Uniting Church
Position - Founder of Electrical Association for Women
1934
Position - Founder of Elfred House Private School
Position - Founder of Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company
Position - Founder of Elliott Brothers
Position - Founder of Elsie Women's Refuge
Position - Founder of Endeavour Press
1932
Position - Founder of Engineering Association of New South Wales
1870
Position - Founder of Engineers Australia
1920
Position - Founder of Ensemble Theatre
1958
1958
Position - Founder of Entomological Society of New South Wales
Position - Founder of Evening News
Position - Founder of Farmer and Company
1839
1839
Position - Founder of Female Immigrants' Home
1841
Position - Founder of Female Middle Class Emigration Society
Position - Founder of Flower, Salting and Company
1830
Position - Founder of Freedom Ride
1965
Position - Founder of Freeman's Journal
1850
Position - Founder of Funeral Reform Association of NSW
Position - Founder of GH Olding & Sons
Position - Founder of Garcia School of Music
Position - Founder of Gay Counselling Service of New South Wales
1972
Position - Founder of George Edwards Players
Position - Founder of George Marlow Ltd
1909
Position - Founder of George Marlow's Dramatic Company
1909
Position - Founder of George Marlow's Revue Company
1916
Position - Founder of Glebe Diggers' Committee
Position - Founder of Grace Brothers
1885
1885
Position - Founder of Grace Gibson Radio Productions Pty Ltd
1944
Position - Founder of H Cohen and Son
Position - Founder of HL Bussell & Company Ltd
Position - Founder of HMMG Pty Ltd
1965 - 1967
Position - Founder of Hammond Hotel
1908
Position - Founder of Hammondcare
1933
Position - Founder of Harbour Foreshores Vigilance Committee
Position - Founder of Hawkesbury Benevolent Society
1818
Position - Founder of Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women
Position - Founder of Hooker Corporation Ltd
Position - Founder of House of the Good Shepherd Pitt Street
Position - Founder of Hugh J Ward Theatres Ltd
1922
Position - Founder of Independent Theatre
1930
Position - Founder of Irish National Association
1915
Position - Founder of J and E Dawson
1861
Position - Founder of JC Williamson
Position - Founder of JH Williams & Co
Position - Founder of John Alden Company
1950
Position - Founder of John Passmore Museum
2003
2003
Position - Founder of Julian Ashton Art School
1890
Position - Founder of KU Children's Services
1895
Position - Founder of Kaldor Public Art Projects
1969
Position - Founder of Kanematsu Australia
1890
Position - Founder of Kent Brewery
1835
Sep 1835
Position - Founder of Kismet Theatre Pty Ltd
07 Feb 1921
Position - Founder of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Position - Founder of Ku-ring-gai Tree Lovers' Civic League
1927
Position - Founder of L'Italo-Australiano
1885
Position - Founder of Lees and Cotton
Position - Founder of Leo Buring Pty Ltd
06 Jan 1934
Position - Founder of Leonay
Position - Founder of Lever Brothers
Position - Founder of Lever Brothers Factory, Balmain
Position - Founder of Lillian Skinner School of Dancing
Position - Founder of Linnean Society of New South Wales
1875
Position - Founder of Little Theatre
1913
1913
Position - Founder of Lone Hand
1907
1907
Position - Founder of Lord Mayor's Armenian Relief Fund
1918
Position - Founder of Lotaville Girls' School
1881
Position - Founder of Macedonian-Australian People's League
1946
1946
Position - Founder of Mackenzie & Petersen
Position - Founder of Male Orphan School
1819 - 1824
Position - Founder of Manly Industrial School and Orphanage
Position - Founder of Marcus Clark and Co
Position - Founder of Marian Street Theatre
1965
Position - Founder of Marionette Theatre of Australia
1965
Position - Founder of Mark Foy's
1885
1885
Position - Founder of Master Builders Association of New South Wales
Position - Founder of McNair Survey Pty Ltd
Position - Founder of Medical Women's Society of New South Wales
Position - Founder of Melocco Brothers
Position - Founder of Mercantile & Naval Academy
1826
Position - Founder of Mercury Theatre
1946
Position - Founder of Meriton
Position - Founder of Metropolitan Theatre
1943
Position - Founder of Mick Simmons Sport
Position - Founder of Millmaster Feeds Pty Ltd
1952
Position - Founder of Mission Hall Chippendale
1886
Position - Founder of Mission Zone Fund
1902
Position - Founder of Mitchell Library
Position - Founder of Morell and Kemp
Position - Founder of Mountain Trails Club
1914
Position - Founder of Mr Woolley's Ironmongery Store and Show Rooms
1834
Position - Founder of Musica Viva
1945
Position - Founder of Musical Association of New South Wales
1912
Position - Founder of Mutual Fire Insurance Association
1840
1840
Position - Founder of NSW Savings Bank
1819
1819
1819
1819
1819
Position - Founder of National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association
1975
Position - Founder of National Black Theatre
Position - Founder of National Trust of Australia (NSW)
1945
Position - Founder of Navy League Sea Cadet Company
Position - Founder of New South Wales 18-Footers League
1935
Position - Founder of New South Wales Aborigines Protection Association
1880
Position - Founder of New South Wales Academy of Art
Position - Founder of New South Wales Annual Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
Position - Founder of New South Wales Cremation Society
1890
Position - Founder of New South Wales Medical Women’s Association
Position - Founder of Nicholson Museum
1860
Position - Founder of Nimrod Theatre Company
Position - Founder of Normal Institution
1835
Position - Founder of Now
1967
Position - Founder of Oatley Amateur Swimming Club
Position - Founder of Open All Night Refuge
Position - Founder of Our Babies Home
Position - Founder of Our Boys Farm Home
Position - Founder of Our Children's Home
Position - Founder of PN Russell & Co
1855
Position - Founder of PR Stephensen & Co
Position - Founder of Paddington Society
1964
1964
1964
1964
1964
Position - Founder of Parragirls
2006
Position - Founder of Peace Society, New South Wales Branch
1907
Position - Founder of Pendrill's School
1861
Position - Founder of Performance Syndicate
1969
Position - Founder of Peters Ice Cream
Position - Founder of Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales
Position - Founder of Playwrights' Advisory Board
1938
1938
Position - Founder of Plunket Nurses Association
1930
Position - Founder of Q Theatre
1963
1963 - 1989
Position - Founder of Qantas
16 Nov 1920
Position - Founder of Queen Victoria Club
02 Dec 1902
Position - Founder of Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives
1877
Position - Founder of Rachel Forster Hospital
Position - Founder of Resch's Ltd
Position - Founder of Rest Haven
1892
Position - Founder of Riviera Co-operative Country Club
Position - Founder of Ross & Rowe
1911 - 1937
Position - Founder of Royal Art Society of NSW
Position - Founder of Royal Australian Historical Society
1901
Position - Founder of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
22 Jun 1883
1885
Position - Founder of Royal Life Saving Society
1894
Position - Founder of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Position - Founder of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
1862
Position - Founder of Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1879
Position - Founder of SDN Children's Services
1905
1905
Position - Founder of Salvation Army
Position - Founder of Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation
1986
Position - Founder of Sisters of the Good Samaritan
1857
Position - Founder of Smith's Weekly
1919
Position - Founder of Smithfield
Position - Founder of Snapper Island Company
Position - Founder of Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children
1886 - 1945
Position - Founder of Society for the Relief of Destitute Children
Position - Founder of Society of Artists
1895
Position - Founder of Soroptimist Club
1937
Position - Founder of South West Metro Waratahs
2002
Position - Founder of Springfield College
1873
Position - Founder of St Andrew's College
Position - Founder of St Ignatius College Riverview
1880
Position - Founder of St John's College
1858
Position - Founder of St Johns Park Aboriginal Woman's Group
Position - Founder of St Magdalen's Retreat
Position - Founder of St Matthew's Farm
1932
Position - Founder of St Scholastica's Convent
Position - Founder of Stanmore Lady Wheelers
1897
Position - Founder of Starkey's Limited
1838
Position - Founder of Stockland Corporation Limited
Position - Founder of Stones Milk Bar site
1920
Position - Founder of Sydney Chamber of Commerce
Position - Founder of Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union
1882
Position - Founder of Sydney Flying Squadron
1891
Position - Founder of Sydney Free Public Grammar School
1825
Position - Founder of Sydney Ice Company
1860
1860
Position - Founder of Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary
1826
Position - Founder of Sydney Journalists' Club
Position - Founder of Sydney Living Museums
1980
Position - Founder of Sydney Loyal Association
1800
Position - Founder of Sydney Lyceum Club
1914
Position - Founder of Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
1833
1833
1833
1833
Position - Founder of Sydney Medical Mission
1900
Position - Founder of Sydney Morning Herald
1831
Position - Founder of Sydney Ragged Schools
1860
1860
Position - Founder of Sydney Railway Company
1849
Position - Founder of Sydney Repertory Theatre Society
1920
Position - Founder of Sydney Rescue Work Society
Position - Founder of Sydney Steel
1910
Position - Founder of Sydney String Quartet
Position - Founder of Sydney Theatre Company
1979
Position - Founder of Sydney University Evangelical Union
1930
Position - Founder of T A Field Estates Pty Ltd
1923
Position - Founder of Tara Anglican School for Girls
Position - Founder of Technical and Working Men's College
1874 - 1878
Position - Founder of Ted Noffs Foundation
1971
Position - Founder of The Australian
1824
Position - Founder of The Beatles
1960
Position - Founder of The Bulletin
1880
1880
Position - Founder of The Daily Guardian
1923
Position - Founder of The Dawn
1888
Position - Founder of The Hermitage
1942
1942
Position - Founder of The New Group Theatre
1978
Position - Founder of The Woman's Voice
1893
Position - Founder of Tooheys Pty Ltd
1872
Position - Founder of Town Planning Association of New South Wales
1914
Position - Founder of Trocadero
Position - Founder of Tropfest
Position - Founder of Trust Players
Position - Founder of Turret Theatre
1929
Position - Founder of United Associations of Women
Dec 1929
Position - Founder of University of Sydney
1850
Position - Founder of University of Sydney Senate
1850
Position - Founder of WH Paling & Co
Position - Founder of Warners Park
Position - Founder of Wayside Chapel
1963
Position - Founder of Wentworth Masonic Lodge
Position - Founder of Westfield Group
Position - Founder of Whitehall Theatrical Productions Pty Ltd
1940
Position - Founder of William Inglis and Son
1867
Position - Founder of Wing On Department Store
Position - Founder of Wireless Weekly
Position - Founder of Wirth's Bros Circus Ltd
1882
1913
Position - Founder of Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales
Position - Founder of Women's College
Position - Founder of Women's Emergency Signalling Corps
1939
Position - Founder of Women's Federal League of New South Wales
1898
Position - Founder of Women's Literary Society
Position - Founder of Women's Progressive Association
1901
Position - Founder of Woolloomooloo Gallery
1983
Position - Founder of Wunderlich Limited
Position - Founder of Yarra Bay Pleasure Grounds
1901
Position - Founder of Ye Olde Crusty Cellar
Position - Founder of Zoological Gardens Moore Park
1883