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Occupation - Local identity
Baswick, Johnny
Bungaree, Toby
Cadwell, Bob
Carney, Kate (Diamond Kate)
Carpenter, Marion Beatrice
Charlton, Elizabeth
Climpson, William
Cox, Jane Maria
Cunningham, Syd 'Doc'
Dalley, Eleanor Jane
Danvers, Charles
Dean, Mary
Fink, Molly
Flitcroft, Esther Bridget (Ettie)
Friday, James
Gospell, Lawrence
Greatrex, Mary
Hancock, Robert (Bobby)
Harrison, Anne
Johnson, Charles
Jumbler, Jerry
Kennedy, Ellen
King, Norah
Krooi
Lynch, Joe
MacCallum, Hugh
Major Lee
Martin, Isabella
May, Ross
McCutcheon, Wallace John
McLeod, Isabelle
Miles, Bea
Morrin, Beryl Gladys
Moylan, Michael Eugene (Mick)
Munro Ferguson, Helen
Nelson, Randall 'Animal'
Norton, Rosaleen
Old Wingle
Peckman, Harry
Perry, Caroline
Phillip, Elizabeth
Saffron, Abe
Smith, William 'Sovereign'
Spruce, Frank
Stevens, Julia
Stevens, Ray
Stewart, Mary Caroline
Strickland, Edeline
Tegel, Valma
Tondiman, Marthanda Bhairava
Tucker, Estelle
Underwood, Wendy
Verstak, Tania
Vincent, Ray
Walker, Egmont
Walker, George
Webber, Iris
Woodnut, Frank
Yackels, Alfred Fritz

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Local identity

Baswick, Johnny

Aboriginal man who camped at Bondi in 1873.

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Bungaree, Toby

Aboriginal identity in early Sydney.

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Cadwell, Bob

Balgowlah resident who helped establish a Depression village at Crater Cove.

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Carney, Kate (Diamond Kate)

Woolloomooloo personality thought to have a diamond in every tooth.

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Carpenter, Marion Beatrice

Mayoress of Burwood in 1914, while her husband Alfred Thomas Carpenter was Mayor. She presided over the fundraising efforts of her community in relation to the Red Cross and its sewing and knitting groups.

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Charlton, Elizabeth

Charity worker who filled the position of Mayoress of Granville while her son, James Robert Charlton, served as mayor. Her father played an instrumental role in the opening up of coal mines in the Illawarra district. She was the first president of the Granville branch of the New South Wales Red Cross.

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Climpson, William

Resident of Blakehurst who helped establish the public school.

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Cox, Jane Maria

Daughter of the mariner, merchant and settler, Richard Brooks, and wife of Edward Cox.

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Cunningham, Syd 'Doc'

Syd 'Doc' Cunningham was an Aboriginal man of the Yuin people who was known to many as Black Santa. He was a welfare worker with the Western Districts Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs in St Marys and served with the Australian armed forces in World War II. In the 1960s he began making trips to remote areas of western New South Wales with presents for Aboriginal children. After his retirement in 1992, Cunningham continued to raise funds for the Christmas presents he would take to Aboriginal children, sitting outside a supermarket on King Street, Newtown with a table, a chair and a bucket. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1989. 

After his death in 1999, a plaque in his honour was erected on the spot on King Street where he had sat.

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Dalley, Eleanor Jane

Daughter of the wealthy wine merchant William Long who later married the politician and lawyer, William Bede Dalley. She died at their residence, Clairvaux House, of typhoid fever leaving six young children.

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Danvers, Charles

Resident of Killara and member of the Progress Association.

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Dean, Mary

Victim of attempted murder by her husband in March 1895.

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Fink, Molly

Melbourne born socialite whose interracial marriage to an Indian rajah caused diplomatic ructions from London to Sydney.

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Flitcroft, Esther Bridget (Ettie)

Wife of the publican at Burtons Family Hotel at Glebe who took a very active part in her community and the life of the hotel patrons.

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Friday, James

Aboriginal man who camped at Bondi in 1873.

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Gospell, Lawrence

Early cab driver at Killara.

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Greatrex, Mary

Early resident of Lidcombe.

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Hancock, Robert (Bobby)

Publican and petty criminal who had himself immortalised in a stone statue in 1844. The statue now marks his grave at Rookwood.

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Harrison, Anne

One of the earliest suicides at The Gap.

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Johnson, Charles

Brookvale resident.

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Jumbler, Jerry

Aboriginal man who lived near Moore Park.

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Kennedy, Ellen

Aboriginal woman.

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King, Norah

Aboriginal woman who lived near Moore Park.

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Krooi

Aboriginal man from Botany Bay.

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Lynch, Joe

Cartoonist and black & white artist for Smith's Weekly and Melbourne Punch, whose death in Sydney Harbour in 1927 at the age of 29 inspired Kenneth Slessor's poem 'Five Bells'. He was the model for his brother Guy (Frank) Lynch's sculpture 'The Satyr', a bronze casting of which is in the Royal Botanic Gardens in his memory. He was also the model for his brother's statue of a New Zealand digger for the World War I memorial in Devonport, New Zealand, that is known colloquially as 'the untidy soldier'.

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MacCallum, Hugh

Cremorne resident who founded a subscription club to maintain the harbour pool.

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Major Lee

Fisherman and local identity who lived on the Wentworth estate in a hut at Parsley Bay. He would go outside the heads to fish, catching lobster in Broken Bay, and sell his catch at Circular Quay. In February 1857, he and other fishermen caught a 15ft (4.5m) long shark 'Big Ben' off South Head which was then exhibited at Circular Quay. Described as a 'fighting man', Lee was a participant in Sydney's early boxing scene in the 1830s and 1840s, He was rumoured to have come from a wealthy family and come to Australia after killing a police constable in Dublin. 

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Martin, Isabella

Wealthy woman and philanthropist who was the daughter of a wealthy wine merchant and wife of James Martin, with whom she had 15 children. She was one of the chief organisers of the Queen's Jubilee Fund and also a member of the Board of Control of the School of Industry for Orphan Girls. She became unhappy in her marriage and the conditions of their family home in Potts Point. She developed a distaste for the toxic smells emanating from Rushcutters Bay that often swept up to their property, and after two of her children and her sister died, she left her husband. She lived off her own substantial wealth leasing Greycliffe and then Woollahra House, before moving to Clairvaux, where she died.

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May, Ross

Right wing political activist and enforcer active in the Domain from 1962.

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McCutcheon, Wallace John

Young man who was attacked by a shark whilst swimming outside the enclosure at East Hills on the Georges River.

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McLeod, Isabelle

Aboriginal woman whose family was relocated in the 1960s by the Aborigines Protection Board, from the south coast to Green Valley, near Liverpool.

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Miles, Bea

Bohemian rebel whose outrageous behaviour and disruptive lifestyle constantly challenged authority and public order.

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Morrin, Beryl Gladys

Girl who lost her arms when she was attacked by a shark while swimming in the Georges River at Kentucky on 31 December 1934.

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Moylan, Michael Eugene (Mick)

Well respected publican who with his wife Mavis turned a bayside hotel in to a family entertainment venue.

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Munro Ferguson, Helen

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President and founder of the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society. She was also the wife of Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia in 1914-20. In 1918 she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for her work during World War I.

Nelson, Randall 'Animal'

Randall 'Animal' Nelson was one of the founders of the Kings Cross Bikers Social and Welfare Club in 1989. A resident of Kings Cross since the 1950s, he was he was responsible for the bikies Toy Ride each Christmas to distribute toys for needy children and known to many as the Kings Cross Santa. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2004 for his service to the Kings Cross community.  

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Norton, Rosaleen

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Artist, occultist and pagan whose art reflected her beliefs in witchcraft. She is often referred to as the Witch of Kings Cross.

Old Wingle

Aboriginal man thought to have come originally from Port Stephens.

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Peckman, Harry

Coachman and poet who recognised the potential of tourism to showcase the Blue Mountains with tours and verse.

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Perry, Caroline

Child whose death was commemorated by a stained glass window at St Paul's church, Cobbitty.

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Phillip, Elizabeth

Early resident at Darling Point.

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Saffron, Abe

Nightclub owner and property developer reputed to be a major figure in Australia's organized crime in the latter half of the twentieth century.

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Smith, William 'Sovereign'

Merry-go-round operator and land developer in the manly area at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Spruce, Frank

Young man who rescued his friend at East Hills after a shark attack in 1934.

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Stevens, Julia

Sailor's wife who was resident of Pitt Street in the 1850s.

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Stevens, Ray

Local resident who was active in the Oatley swimming club for over 50 years.

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Stewart, Mary Caroline

The daughter of a Governor and wife of naval officer, Keith Stewart, Mary Stewart turned the first sod for the railway in Cleveland Paddock on 3 July 1850 and was chatelaine at Government House, Parramatta from 1849. The Evening News claimed that during her tenure 'many gay meetings were held at Parramatta, which, from time to time, broke out in wild dissipation' and included races, concerts and balls held at the Woolpack Inn. The article described her as a 'tall, handsome' with a 'gracious presence and charming manner'.

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Strickland, Edeline

Charity worker and wife of the Governor of New South Wales of 1913-17, Gerald Strickland. She was the daughter of the 7th Earl De La Warr and the Honourable Constance Mary Elizabeth Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie.

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Tegel, Valma

Swimmer who died after being attacked by a shark at Oatley Bay in 1946.

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Tondiman, Marthanda Bhairava

Rajah of the southern India principality of Pudukota whose interracial marriage to a Melbourne socialite caused scandal and eventually, exile from his own country.

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Tucker, Estelle

Local resident of Kogarah who suggested the name Beverley Park in a naming competition run by council.

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Underwood, Wendy

Camden resident.

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Verstak, Tania

The first migrant to win the Miss Australia quest in 1961.

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Vincent, Ray

Aboriginal resident in the Redfern area.

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Walker, Egmont

Cousin of Eadith Walker.

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Walker, George

Cousin of Eadith Walker.

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Webber, Iris

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Lesbian criminal figure who achieved notoriety between the 1930s and 1950s and became known for her dramatic courtroom appearances.

Woodnut, Frank

Early resident and boatshed owner at Cowan.

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Yackels, Alfred Fritz

Man with a police record who was interned during World War II but who enjoyed two weeks freedom in 1940 when he escaped from Holdsworthy Internment Camp.

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