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Croquet and archery in the grounds of Enmore Ho...

Croquet and archery in the grounds of Enmore House, Newtown c1865-70

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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.

Josephson, Joshua Frey

Son of a German-born convict, JF Josephson became a successful musician, lawyer, investor, and patron of the arts, as well as a municipal and colonial politician.

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Enmore House

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House designed by John Verge and built in 1835 for Captain Sylvester Browne, a master mariner with the East India Company. Browne named it after a sugar plantation in Barbados, in the West Indies, that was owned by his business associate James Cavan, a merchant and slave owner. Cavan's estate was named after Enmore in Somerset, England.

Josephson, Joshua Frey

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Businessman and judge who served as Mayor of Sydney in 1848.

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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