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Priddle, Jane Isabella
Sister of Sydney barrister Robert Wardell, who emigrated to Sydney from England after she inherited part of his estate.
Come in Spinner
Novel which contrasts the life of privilege with the reality of three Sydney working women in post war Sydney.
Snapper Island
Island in Sydney Harbour, off Drummoyne, formerly used for training sea cadets now managed by Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
Rodd, Brent Clements
Sydney solicitor and landowner.
Manly and Port Jackson Steamship Company
Company that operated ferries from Sydney to Manly, coined slogan 'Seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care'.
Rosehill racecourse
Racecourse in western Sydney.
McElhone, William Percy
Solicitor who was a Councillor for the City of Sydney between 1908 and 1927, and Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1922.
Harris, Harold Lark
High school teacher, lecturer in history at Sydney Teachers' College and a regular tutor at the Workers' Educational Association in Sydney.
Cape, William Timothy
Teacher and educationist who founded schools and was a supporter of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts and other Sydney institutions.
Hunters Hill Bus Company
Bus company established in the 1920s to service Sydney's north-western suburbs. Purchased by the State government's Sydney Buses in 1999.
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education
Teachers' college at Lindfield on Sydney's north shore constituted in 1974, and absorbed into University of Technology, Sydney in 1990.
Port Botany
Commercial container and bulk liquids terminal on Botany Bay, which is Sydney's deepwater seaport, run by the Sydney Ports Corporation.
Women's Liberation House
Activity and referral centre for Sydney's gay women at 25 Alberta Street Sydney. It later operated from a house in Chippendale.
Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education
Part of Sydney College of Advanced Education which, on that institution's disestablishment, was transferred to the University of Technology, Sydney