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Linda Brainwood
Managing Editor

Linda has worked for the Dictionary of Sydney Trust since March 2010. Prior to this she worked on research and digitisation projects at the State Library of New South Wales, News Limited and Corbis. As a freelance researcher since 2000 she has also contributed to a wide variety of projects for Australian and international book publishers and designers, museums, libraries, photographers and film-makers. Linda holds a BA(Hons) (Syd) and a Grad Dip Information Management (Lib) (UNSW).

Linda works for the Dictionary two days a week.

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Detail from MS Hill's 1888 map 'The City of Sydney', a birds-eye view over the city looking to the south and west across Darling Harbour. http://dictionaryofsydney.org/image/97526

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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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