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Webby, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Webby is Emeritus Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney
17 Wylde Street Potts Point
One of Sydney's earliest circular apartment buildings, built in the immediate postwar period.
Fallowfield, Rachel
Rachel Fallowfield is Librarian, Reference Services (Local Studies), at Willoughby City Council, Sydney
Farlow, Margaret
Margaret Farlow is a local historian and member of Ryde District Historical Society, Sydney
Fletcher, Patrick
Patrick Fletcher works as a researcher and writer for the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Evans, Clare
Clare Evans is Community Information and Promotions Librarian at Willoughby City Library, Sydney
Rees, Leslie
Writer and broadcaster who helped foster Australian drama in Sydney from the 1930s.
Horwitz Publications
Publisher in Sydney that was founded in 1920 bu Israel and Ruth Horwitz.
Wood, Samuel
Sydney wholesale stationer, photographer, printer and bookseller who produced postcards and souvenir booklets.
Masson, Leonie
Leonie Masson is Senior Librarian, Historical Services at the Stanton Library, North Sydney
Holmes, Melissa
Melissa Holmes is a writer and historian with a particular interest in Sydney's cultural heritage
Quinteros, Veronica
Veronica Quinteros is a lecturer in multicultural studies and researches Chilean communities in Sydney.
Hill, Edward Smith
Wine and spirit merchant who was also a naturalist and a Trustee at the Australian Museum. He was a supporter of Aboriginal people, learning the Sydney language and gave lectures on culture. Aboriginal vistors to Sydney would camp at his house in Woollahra.
Tharawal people
Group of indigenous clans from the southern part of Sydney basin that were united by a common language and strong ties of kinship.Their traditional area is thought to have ranged from the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to the Shoalhaven River.
Sun-Herald
Newspaper published in tabloid or compact format in Sydney by Fairfax Media as the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. First published as the Sunday Herald, it became the Sun-Herald after it was amalgamated with the Sunday Sun in 1953.
Jackson, Joseph
Retailer and cricketer, Joseph Jackson was a Councillor of the City of Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s, including serving as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1931. He also served as a Member of the State Parliament for more than thirty years
Bradley, Joseph
A conductor and organist, Bradley was appointed conductor of Sydney's Royal Philharmonic Society in 1908, and also conducted the first Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1908-14. He resigned from the Philharmonic Society in 1927 with failing sight, having conducted from memory…
Throsby, Jane
Wife of explorer Charles Throsby and holder of several land grants south-west of Sydney.
Fowles, Joseph
Artist and teacher who left a record in illustrations of Sydney in the mid-nineteenth century.
Dawson, Alexander
Colonial architect from 1856 to 1862 and designer of a number of Sydney's public buildings.