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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Polish

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Bergner, Ruth

Cinquevalli, Paul

Paderewski, Ignaz

Port, Leo

Radecki, John

Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de

Volska, Anna

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Polish

Bergner, Ruth

Dancer who took part in the first performance of Indian dance in Sydney, and later taught.

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Cinquevalli, Paul

Famous juggler who performed at the Tivoli in the early twentieth century, and married in Sydney in 1909.

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Paderewski, Ignaz

Polish pianist and composer who was to become the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

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Port, Leo

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Polish-born engineer who became Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, overseeing a revitalisation of the city centre and the creation of public spaces.

Radecki, John

Stained glass designer whose work can be seen in the Polding Memorial Chapel, Christ Church St Laurence and St John's Campbelltown.

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Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de

Polish explorer and scientist, who although self taught, conducted an extensive geological survey of the colonies and laid the basis of Australian palaeontology.

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Volska, Anna

Polish born television actress who in recent decades has worked alongside her husband John Bell at the Bell Shakespeare Company.

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