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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
Windeyer, Maria
An early woman member of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, who was an early landholder at Tomago, north of Sydney.
Falconer, John
Scottish-born stained glass artist who established his kilns in Sydney in 1863. He produced windows for many of Sydney's iconic buildings.
Carter, Norman
Portraitist and stained-glass artist who worked on major city buildings and taught at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney.
Stead, Christina
Writer who grew up in Sydney though she spent many decades overseas. Her Sydney experience features in a number of her novels.
Bertie, CM
Theatrical manager in North Sydney.