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Butcher

Occupation - Butcher
Bowers, William
Cheers, Richard
Cooke, SA
Cornwell, George William
Cox, Frederick Charles
Davis, Thomas Austen
Field, Thomas Alfred
Gross, Richard
Hannan, Francis
Hill, George
Hill, John
Hill, Richard
Hill, William
Jolly, Edward B
Jolly, Jane
Playfair, Thomas
Quigg, John
Smith, Charles
Tucker, John George
Watson, James
Watson, Margaret

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Butcher

Bowers, William

Butcher.

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Cheers, Richard

Convict and butcher who received a 30-acre grant at Ryde for his bravery when the ship Guardian hit an iceberg off Africa, and later owned land in Manly.

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Cooke, SA

Butcher at Fairlight in the early twentieth century.

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Cornwell, George William

Butcher at Rookwood in late nineteenth century.

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Cox, Frederick Charles

Butcher who became an orchardist at Carlingford, and an alderman and mayor of Parramatta.

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Davis, Thomas Austen

Canterbury resident who created an early racecourse on land he leased along the Cooks River.

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Field, Thomas Alfred

Meat supplier who migrated to Sydney as a boy with his parents after livestock disease plagued his father's business in England. He worked in his father's retail and wholesale butchering business from 1900. By World War I, the Field brothers controlled about one-third of Sydney's wholesale meat business. He established the family business which eventually evolved into T A Field Estates Pty Ltd and still operates today.

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Gross, Richard

First butcher in Greenwich.

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Hannan, Francis

Irish-born butcher who migrated to Sydney via New Zealand and established his own business, F Hannan and Co, with a chain of butcher shops. His first shop was in the former Star and Garter Inn in Randwick.

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Hill, George

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Butcher, businessman and politician who rose from a humble convict background to become a rich and influential citizen. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1850.

Hill, John

Convict and butcher who murdered emancipist Simon Burn in Parramatta on 5 October 1794 when Burn had attempted to defend Hill's partner from him. He was executed on 15 October and buried the next day. 

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Hill, Richard

Carpenter and butcher who became a wealthy landowner both on the Liverpool Plains and in New Zealand before a career in politics. He lived in an old cottage at 43 Bent Street in the city until his death. He was interested in the welfare of Aboriginal people, and employed an Aboriginal coachman. In 1892 he published 'NNotes on the Aborigines of New South Wales : with personal reminiscences of the tribes formerly living in the neighbourhood of Sydney and the surrounding districts' with George Thornton.

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Hill, William

Convict transported to life for felony who became superintendent of the government slaughterhouse and later a butcher in Pitt Street.

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Jolly, Edward B

Butcher of Pitt Street.

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Jolly, Jane

Butcher who continued the business in Pitt Street after her husband's death in 1854.

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Playfair, Thomas

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Butcher, charity worker and politician who campaigned for slum clearance and improved sanitation and water supply for the city. He was also responsible for the establishment of the Homebush saleyards in 1882. He served as Mayor of Sydney in 1885.

Quigg, John

Early butcher in the new village of Canterbury in the 1840s.

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Smith, Charles

Convict who became a successful butcher, publican and landowner, well known for his horses and his kindness to Aboriginal people, some of whom attended his funeral.

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Tucker, John George

Publican and butcher who lived in Forest Lodge in the 1860s.

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Watson, James

Butcher.

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Watson, Margaret

Butcher who continued her business in Castlereagh Street after the death of her husband.

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