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McGarvie’s list and Aboriginal Dyarubbin

Mitchell, David Scott

Sydney

The Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River

A Nation is Built

Bronze street plaques of Kings Cross

Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales

Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960

Randwick Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques

Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 1. Campbell's Bank

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 10. The Supreme Court

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 100. State Bank Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 101. The Female Immigrants' Home

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 11. General Post Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 12. The Strand Arcade

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 13. City Railway

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 14. Palace Garden gates

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 15. Bridge Street Bridge

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 16. The Observatory

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 17. Horbury Terrace

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 18. Walsh Bay Wharves

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 19. Redfern Mortuary Terminal

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 2. History House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 20. Marcus Clark Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 21. Sydney Town Hall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 23. Sydney Exchange

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 24. Mark Foy's Department Store

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 25. School of Arts

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 26. Hydraulic Pumphouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 27. Lieutenant Governor's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 28 National Trust Centre/Old Fort Street School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 29. Georgian School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 3. The Lands Department

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 30. Sydney Trades Hall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 31. Conservatorium of Music

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 32. Judge's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 33. New South Wales Club

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 34. Old Sydney Burial Ground

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 35. York Street Synagogue

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 36. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 37. Young Men's Christian Association

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 38. Wyoming

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 39. Australia Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 4. Treasury & Audit Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 40. Tramway Depot

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 41. Lord Nelson Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 42. Australian Subscription Library/Former Public Library

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 43. Customs House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 44. Australian Gas Light Company

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 45. Francis Greenway's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 46. The Nightingale Wing

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 47. AWA Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 48. The Lumber Yard

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 49. Reading the Riot Act

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 5. The First Execution

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 50. The Lawsons' House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 51. The Mint

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 52. 'Banjo' Paterson's Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 53. Larry Foley's Hotel

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 54. Boston's Windmill

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 55. Governor's Bathing House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 56. Devonshire Street Cemetery

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 57. The Carters' Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 58. George Allen's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 59. The Outbreak of the Plague

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 6. St James' Church

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 60. Semi Circular Quay

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 61. The Sydney Gazette Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 62. Simeon Lord's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 63. Glover Cottages

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 64. Culwulla Chambers

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 65. Fort Phillip

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 66. Jack Lang's Birthplace

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 67. St Brigid's Church School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 68. Underwood's Shipyard

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 69. Hyde Park Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 7. Tank Stream

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 70. Powerhouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 71. First Public Demonstration of Wireless

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 72. Sydney Opera House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 73. Site of the First Gaol

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 74. Theatre Royal

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 75. Queen Victoria Building (Police Office)

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 76. Queen Victoria Building (Markets)

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 77. The First Traffic Lights

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 78. D'Arcy Wentworth's House

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 79. Former Supreme Court and Registry Office

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 8. Mort's Wool Store

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 80. Former Sydney Morning Herald Building

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 81. F Kanematsu's Japanese Warehouse

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 82. Mitchell Wing

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 83. David Jones' First Shop

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 84. The Macquarie Wall

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 85. The Domain

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 86. Farm Cove

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 87. State Theatre

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 88. Henry Parkes' Shop

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 89. The Military Barracks

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 9. Legislative Assembly Chamber

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 90. Hyde Park

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 91. Sydney Grammar School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 92. Water Police Court

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 93. Phillip Street Police Station B

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 94. Police Court C

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 95. The Tivoli Theatre

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 96. A Great Fire in the City

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 97. Holy Trinity School

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 98. The Trocadero

Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 99. Lyons Terrace

Sydney Green Plaques

The Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques of Randwick Municipality: a guide

Tony Robertson Explores Australia

133 Macquarie Street (History House)

Coral Thomas Fellowship

The First Governor – a Bicentenary Symposium on Arthur Phillip

Australian Railway Historical Society

Camden Historical Society

Chinese Australian Historical Society

Dixson Collection

Heritage Council of New South Wales

Kogarah Historical Society

Ku-ring-gai Historical Society

National Trust of Australia (NSW)

Parramatta & District Historical Society

Parramatta Female Factory Action Group

Royal Australian Historical Society

Ashton, Paul

Batten, Bronwyn

Bertie, Charles Henry

Birmingham, John

Blackmore, Kate

Breuls, René

Byrne, Paula Jane

Carey, Hilary M

Cleland, Bilal

Currey, Charles Herbert

De Berg, Hazel

Foster, Arthur George

Foster, Ethel

Garton, Stephen

Grahame, Emma

Griffiths, Tom

Inglis, Ken

Irish, Paul

Jones, Gil

Karskens, Grace

Konishi, Shino

Maynard, John

McCarthy, Louella

Mitchell, Dennis

Nakata, Martin

Nichols, Michelle

Nugent, Maria

Read, Peter

Stanner, William Edward Hanley

Taylor, Rebe

Thomas, Martin

Tyler, Peter John

Watson, James Henry

Young, Sally

AG Foster transcribing the details of the vault where David Ramsay and Sarah Ann Lord were interred on the Dobroyd estate, c1910

Artefact Heritage Services

Charles H Bertie, City Librarian, 1925-1927

Darug women Erin Wilkins and Leanne Watson examine one of the wooden guni, yam sticks, held in the collection of Hawkesbury Regional Museum at Windsor

Darug women Rhiannon Wright, Leanne Watson and Erin Wilkins with Rene Breuls visiting a rockshelter in the Maroota area September 2019

Emblem of the National Trust (New South Wales) 1958

Explorers Tree, Katoomba c1890

National Trust administration centre, SH Ervin Gallery & Observatory Cafe c1989

Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project team members (l to r) Leanne Watson, Grace Karskens, Erin Wilkins and Jasmine Seymour above Dyarubbin at Sackville June 2018

Screenshot of website 'Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales' 2021

The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba c1910

The National Trust of Australia (NSW) 1947

Transcription of the headstones of John Lewin and TS Amos in Row 4 at Devonshire Street Cemetery from AG Foster's records c1900

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McGarvie’s list and Aboriginal Dyarubbin

This essay follows on from Introducing the Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales

Mitchell, David Scott

The Mitchell Library was officially opened on 9 March 1910, three years after the death of its acclaimed benefactor, David Scott Mitchell, on 24 July 1907. Approximately 40,000 volumes were given to the new library along with a large collection of manuscript journals, diaries and letters, thousands of prints, maps and charts, pictures and portraits, miniatures, bookplates, coins and medals. Just over 100 years later, Mitchell's bequest to Sydney, to New South Wales and to Australia, remains remarkable.

Sydney

Founded by Europeans as a social experiment, Sydney's beginnings brought death and dispossession to the original inhabitants of the place, as well as surprising freedom and prosperity to many of the convicts. Over its history, the city's growth has been shaped by factors that are common to many cities, but also by unique forces. In the twenty-first century, for the first time, the idea of sustainable progress is itself in doubt.

The Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River

The winner of the State Library of NSW Coral Thomas Fellowship in 2018-19 was a collaborative project, The Real Secret River: Dyarubbin. Based on a list of Aboriginal words recorded along Dyarubbin (the Hawkesbury River) in the 1820s by Reverend John McGarvie that is held in the Mitchell LIbrary, winning the Fellowship allowed the team behind the project to work on the recovery, recognition and revitalisation of the river's Darug and Darkinjung history, culture and Language.

A Nation is Built

Film celebrating Australian achievements, made in 1938.

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Bronze street plaques of Kings Cross

Over 100 plaques were set into the pavement of Darlinghurst Road as part of the City of Sydney’s upgrade of the streetscape in 2004-5. The text for the plaques was written by the City Historian, Shirley Fitzgerald. Dot Dash Pty Ltd designed the plaques. and Allan Saxby and Mukesh Malhotra project managed the installation for the City of Sydney.

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Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales

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Publicly available, online interactive map created by NSW State government department Spatial Services in 2021 using the results of the Real Secret River: Dyarubbin research project led by Professor Grace Karksens with Aunty Edna Watson, Leanne Watson and Jasmine Seymour, and supported by the State Library of NSW 2018-2019 Coral Thomas Fellowship.

Use the External Link with this record to go directly to the map at Spatial Services.

Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960

The 'Looking back at Liverpool: an oral history of the Liverpool region 1900-1960' project was conducted by Liverpool City Council. The project ran from June 1985 to March 1986. There are approximately sixty tapes within the collection, all of which are transcribed and indexed. Editor and project co-ordinator: Catherine Johnson. Researchers: Angela Imbrosciano, Verica Miiosavijevic and Kathleen Smith.

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Randwick Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques

Metal plaques designed and manufactured by Arrow Engraving and Foundry Company with funding provided by the Australian Bicentennial Authority through its National Heritage and Environment Program. Forty seven plaques mark a variety of historical sites or buildings throughout the municipality.

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Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project

Collaborative research project led by Professor Grace Karskens as the Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales 2018-2019. Once every place on Dyarubbin and its tributaries had an Aboriginal name, reflecting ways in which this Country was understood, used and experienced. Now only a handful survive on maps and in common usage. Using a list made by Reverend John McGarvie in 1829 that records the place names used by the Aboriginal people along the Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin), a team of Darug people, historians, archaeologists and linguists identified the original locations, allowing for the recovery, recognition and revitalisation of the river's Aboriginal history, culture and Language.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 1. Campbell's Bank

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the NSW Savings Bank, colloquially known as Campbell's Bank, in Circular Quay on 15 July 1984. It was the first in what would become a series of plaques installed over the next four years as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'The first savings bank in Sydney, the New South Wales Saving Bank, was known as 'Campbell's Bank' was opened near this site on 17 July 1819. This marked the beginning of the State Bank of New South Wales'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 10. The Supreme Court

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Supreme Court building as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 100. State Bank Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the State Bank building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 101. The Female Immigrants' Home

Commemorative plaque that was installed in Bent Street between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the Female Immigrants' Home. The text on the plaque read: 'The Female Immigrants' Home. Caroline Chisholm, 'the emigrant's friend', opened the Female Immigrants' Home on this site in 1841. During a major period of free migration Mrs Chisholm worked to improve conditions for women migrants on their arrival in the colony.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 11. General Post Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the General Post Office building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 12. The Strand Arcade

Commemorative plaque that was installed in the Strand Arcade in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'This arcade, designed by John Spencer, was opened in 1892 and is the last remaining example of a form of retail shopping once common in Sydney.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 13. City Railway

Commemorative plaque that was installed outside St James railway station between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 14. Palace Garden gates

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the Palace gates to the Royal Botanic Garden as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 15. Bridge Street Bridge

Commemorative plaque that was installed in Bridge Street in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 16. The Observatory

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the observatory as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'This building, begun in 1857, was used by the Government Astronomer until 1982. The observatory played a major part in both astronomical and meteorological studies in Australia.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 17. Horbury Terrace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Horbury Terrace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.The text of the plaque read 'These houses, once part of a terrace of eight, were built in 1842 for Ouseley Condell. Their name derives from the second owner Thomas Holt, a native of Horbury, Yorkshire.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 18. Walsh Bay Wharves

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Walsh Bay Wharves between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 19. Redfern Mortuary Terminal

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Redfern Mortuary Terminal between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'A funeral train service ran from Sydney to the Necropolis (Rookwood Cemetery) from 1867 until 1948. This station and a similar "receiving house" at the cemetery were completed in 1869.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 2. History House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on History House on Macquarie Street in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'This Victorian town house was designed in 1871 by the architect George Allen Mansfield for George Oakes of Parramatta, pastoralist and politician'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 20. Marcus Clark Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at 814 George Street, near the intersection with Pitt Street, on the site of the Marcus Clark building.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 21. Sydney Town Hall

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Town Hall between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 23. Sydney Exchange

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Exchange between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'The Sydney Exchange Company opened a building on this site as a centre for merchants and for the exchange of commercial information on 30 December 1857. It was granted the title Royal Exchange in 1901.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 24. Mark Foy's Department Store

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Mark Foy's department store between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 25. School of Arts

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 26. Hydraulic Pumphouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the hydraulic pumphouse between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 27. Lieutenant Governor's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lieutenant Governor's House between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 28 National Trust Centre/Old Fort Street School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Old Fort Street School (now the National Trust Centre) between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 29. Georgian School

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the Elizabeth Street site of the Georgian School building that was later occupied by Sydney Girls High School.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 3. The Lands Department

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Lands Department building by the Royal Australian Historical Society in 1985 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text read 'This office was designed by James Barnet, Colonial Architect, and erected in two stages in 1876 and 1888 on the site earlier occupied by the Judge-Advocate's residence and the Surveyor General's office'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 30. Sydney Trades Hall

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Sydney Trades Hall between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 31. Conservatorium of Music

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Conservatorium of Music between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 32. Judge's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Judge's House between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 33. New South Wales Club

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the New South Wales Club between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 34. Old Sydney Burial Ground

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Old Sydney Burial Ground between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 35. York Street Synagogue

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the York Street Synagogue between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 36. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of St Patrick's Roman Catholic church between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 37. Young Men's Christian Association

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Young Men's Christian Association between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 38. Wyoming

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Wyoming between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 39. Australia Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Australia Hotel between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 4. Treasury & Audit Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Treasury building as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'These offices, designed by Mortimer Lewis, Colonial Architect, were built in 1849-1851. Early shipments from the goldfields were stored here'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 40. Tramway Depot

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Tramway Depot between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 41. Lord Nelson Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lord Nelson Hotel between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'This hotel was first licensed in 1841 when its landlord was William Wells, a former convict. It is believed to be the oldest existing hotel building in Sydney.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 42. Australian Subscription Library/Former Public Library

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Australian Subscription Library between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 43. Customs House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on Customs House at Circular Quay between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'Customs House. The first Collector of Customs was appointed in 1827 and the Department has occupied this site since 1845. After Federation the collection of customs duties passed from State to Federal control.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 44. Australian Gas Light Company

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the first Australian Gas Light Company gasworks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 45. Francis Greenway's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Francis Greenway's house between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 46. The Nightingale Wing

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Nightingale Wing of Sydney Hospital between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 47. AWA Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the AWA building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 48. The Lumber Yard

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lumber Yard between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 49. Reading the Riot Act

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project at the site of the reading of the Riot Act during the Maritime Strikes of 1890.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 5. The First Execution

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the colony's first execution as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read 'Thomas Barrett, a First Fleet convict, was hanged near this place on 27 February 1788 for stealing provisions and was buried nearby'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 50. The Lawsons' House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Lawsons' house between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 51. The Mint

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Mint between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 52. 'Banjo' Paterson's Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of The Bulletin magazine and 'Banjo' Paterson's office between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 53. Larry Foley's Hotel

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the White Horse Hotel that had been run by boxer Larry Foley in George Street near King Street.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 54. Boston's Windmill

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Boston's Windmill between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 55. Governor's Bathing House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Governor's Bathing House in the Botanic Gardens between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 56. Devonshire Street Cemetery

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Devonshire Street Cemetery between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 57. The Carters' Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Carters' Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 58. George Allen's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of George Allen's house in Elizabeth Street between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 59. The Outbreak of the Plague

Commemorative plaque that was installed at the Rocks between 1984 and 1988, as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project, on the site of the outbreak of plague in 1900. The text on the plaque read: In 1900 bubonic plague broke out in Sydney. Arthur Payne, a lorry driver at the wharves who lived in a house near this site, was the first person to contract the disease. During cleansing operations much dilapidated housing in this part of The Rocks was demolished.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 6. St James' Church

Commemorative plaque that was installed on St James' Church as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read: 'This church, intended in 1819 as a court house, was designed by Francis Greenway and consecrated by the Rev Samuel Marsden on 11 February 1824.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 60. Semi Circular Quay

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Semi Circular Quay between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 61. The Sydney Gazette Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on one of the sites of the Sydney Gazette office.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 62. Simeon Lord's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 on the site of colonial merchant Simeon Lord's house at Sydney Cove, as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 63. Glover Cottages

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Glover Cottages between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 64. Culwulla Chambers

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Culwulla Chambers between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 65. Fort Phillip

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Fort Phillip between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 66. Jack Lang's Birthplace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Jack Lang's birthplace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 67. St Brigid's Church School

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on St Brigid's Church in Millers Point. The text on the plaque read 'St. Brigid's Church School. This building, originally designed to the specifications of Dr. W.B. Ullathorne, Vicar-General, was opened in 1835 as a school and 'occasional chapel'. It has continued to serve both uses until the present day'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 68. Underwood's Shipyard

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Underwood's Shipyard between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 69. Hyde Park Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Hyde Park Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 7. Tank Stream

Commemorative plaque that was installed over part of the Tank Stream as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 70. Powerhouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Ultimo Power Station between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 71. First Public Demonstration of Wireless

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the Royal Society of NSW's lecture room at 5 Elizabeth Street North. The plaque commemorates the first public demonstration of wireless communications on 13 August 1919 when Edward Fisk arranged for a gramophone recording of the national anthem (God Save the Queen) to be played in the Amalgamated Wireless office at 97 Clarence Street and relayed to the Royal Society's building where he was conducting a lecture.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 72. Sydney Opera House

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of Sydney Opera House. The text on the plaque read: 'Sydney Opera House. The Opera House was begun in 1957 and was officially opened on 20 October 1973. The site had been occupied previously by Fort Macquarie, completed in 1821 and by a tram depot opened in 1903'.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 73. Site of the First Gaol

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney's first gaol between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 74. Theatre Royal

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Barnett Levey's Theatre Royal between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 75. Queen Victoria Building (Police Office)

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Queen Victoria Building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project to mark the site of the Central Police Station and Court House.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 76. Queen Victoria Building (Markets)

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Queen Victoria Building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'This building was first opened on 21 July 1898 and was restored to commercial use in 1986 after extensive renovation. A market house was built here to the design of Francis Greenway but was used from 1827 until 1892 as the Central Police Court.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 77. The First Traffic Lights

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the corner of Market and Kent Streets between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.on the site of Sydney's first traffic lights.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 78. D'Arcy Wentworth's House

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the Law Courts Building, commemorating the former site of a house owned for a brief period by D'Arcy Wentworth between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 79. Former Supreme Court and Registry Office

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the former Supreme Court and Registry Office between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 8. Mort's Wool Store

Commemorative plaque that was installed in 1985 on the site of Mort's Wool store as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 80. Former Sydney Morning Herald Building

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the former Sydney Morning Herald building between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 81. F Kanematsu's Japanese Warehouse

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of F Kanematsu's Japanese warehouse between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 82. Mitchell Wing

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Mitchell wing of the State Library between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque, which is on a stone balustrade facing Shakespeare Place to the west of the entrance steps to the Mitchell wing, read 'This wing of the State Library of New South Wales, opened in 1910, houses the priceless Australian and Pacific collection bequeathed to the people of this State by David Scott Mitchell.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 83. David Jones' First Shop

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of David Jones' first shop between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 84. The Macquarie Wall

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.on the site of the Macquarie Wall in the Royal Botanic Gardens. The text on the plaque read: 'The Macquarie Wall. In 1810, at the instigation of Governor Macquarie, work began on a wall 950 feet long to separate the government domain from the town. Only this small portion of that wall now remains.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 85. The Domain

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Domain between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 86. Farm Cove

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Farm Cove between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 87. State Theatre

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the State Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 88. Henry Parkes' Shop

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Henry Parkes' shop between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 89. The Military Barracks

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Military Barracks between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 9. Legislative Assembly Chamber

Commemorative plaque that was installed outside Parliament House as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project in 1985. The text on the plaque read: 'Legislative Assembly Chamber. This chamber has been occupied by the Lower House of the New South Wales Parliament since the inception of responsible government in 1856.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 90. Hyde Park

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Hyde Park between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 91. Sydney Grammar School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Sydney Grammar School between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read: 'Sydney Grammar School This building was completed in 1835 and occupied by the Sydney College until 1850. Since 1857 it has been occupied by Sydney Grammar School. The Inauguration of the University of Sydney took place here in 1852.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 92. Water Police Court

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Water Police Court between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project..

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 93. Phillip Street Police Station B

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Phillip Street Police Station B between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 94. Police Court C

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Police Court C between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project..

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 95. The Tivoli Theatre

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Tivoli Theatre between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project. The text on the plaque read 'Opened as The Adelphi in 1911 and later known as the Grand Opera House, a theatre, renamed the New Tivoli in 1932, occupied this site until 1969. It was famous as the home of vaudeville in Sydney'.'

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 96. A Great Fire in the City

Commemorative plaque that was installed between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project on the site of the fire in October 1890 that destroyed a city block.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 97. Holy Trinity School

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Holy Trinity School between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 98. The Trocadero

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of the Trocadero between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 99. Lyons Terrace

Commemorative plaque that was installed on the site of Lyons Terrace between 1984 and 1988 as part of the Sydney Green Plaques Bicentennial project.

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Sydney Green Plaques

Between 1984 and 1988, the Royal Australian Historical Society, in partnership with the City of Sydney and the State Bank of New South Wales, produced 101 commemorative plaques that were installed around the city's CBD on historic sites and buildings to commemorate the Australian Bicentenary.

A number of the original plaques were lost or demolished over the years and a program to replace these has commenced.

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The Bicentennial Commemorative Plaques of Randwick Municipality: a guide

Guide book to the commemorative heritage plaques created by Randwick Council for the Bicentenary in 1988, which was published by Randwick Municipal Council in 1990.

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Tony Robertson Explores Australia

Television series which traces the stories and quirks of early Australian history.

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133 Macquarie Street (History House)

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Terrace house on the western side of Macquarie Street that was designed by prominent architect George Allen Mansfield as a gentleman's residence for his uncle, Parrramatta politician George Oakes in 1871. In the early 1900s it was used as a boarding house, and then as medical rooms. In November 1971 it was officially opened as the second History House, the new home of the Royal Australian Historical Society.

Coral Thomas Fellowship

Biennial research fellowship offered by the State Library of New South Wales. It was established in 2015 by Rob Thomas and his family at the end of his tenure as President of the Library Council in honour of his mother, Coral Kirkwood Thomas née Patrick (1920-1996). It is the Library's most significant fellowship.

Coral Thomas was born in Scotland 1920. She was an intellectual woman, awarded the Thow Scholarship in Civil, Constitutional and Public Law, and the Muirhead Prize for Law whilst attending Edinburgh University. Her academic career was curtailed during the War and in 1942 she joined the Foreign Office where she was employed in code and cipher work. During a posting to the British Embassy in Washington she met Fred Thomas, Group Captain of the RAAF Mission. They were married in May 1944 and moved to Melbourne where they raised their family and took an active part in the city's cultural life.

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The First Governor – a Bicentenary Symposium on Arthur Phillip

Symposium held at the Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House on the corner of Phillip and Bridge streets in September 2014 to commemorate Phillip and his legacy on the bicentennial anniversary of his death.

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Australian Railway Historical Society

Founded in Sydney as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, it aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations.

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Camden Historical Society

Historical society formed in 1957 that is instrumental in keeping history alive in the Camden district through Camden Museum and is responsible for the preservation and display of this heritage.

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Chinese Australian Historical Society

Society to promote understanding of the history and contribution of the Chinese in Australia.

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Dixson Collection

Part of the State Library of New South Wales, the Dixson Library and Dixson Galleries collections are based on the bequest of Sir William Dixson, a businessman who began donating his extensive Australiana collections to the Public Library of New South Wales (now the State Library of New South Wales) in 1929.

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Heritage Council of New South Wales

Independent statutory body created by the Heritage Act 1977. Advisory body formed to identify and protect heritage place and items significant to the state and provide expert advice on heritage matters to the government minister responsible for heritage.

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Kogarah Historical Society

Community association formed to promote awareness of the history of Kogarah.

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Ku-ring-gai Historical Society

Local history society formed in 1963 and, since 1989, located in the former Gordon Public School

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National Trust of Australia (NSW)

An independent community-based organisation that has advocated the conservation of built, cultural and natural heritage since its foundation in Sydney in 1945.

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Parramatta & District Historical Society

Society which aims to be the authority on local history and the heritage of Parramatta whilst operating Hambledon Cottage as a museum.

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Parramatta Female Factory Action Group

Community action group formed to protect, conserve and ensure access to all, recognising the cultural and historical importance of the site.

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Royal Australian Historical Society

Founded in 1901 as the Australian Historical Society, the society aimed to encourage Australians to understand more about their history. Itcontinues to hold lectures, publish new scholarship and maintain a research library at History House in Macquarie Street.

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Ashton, Paul

Historian and author.

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Batten, Bronwyn

Academic and public servant with a special interest in shared history and Aboriginal affairs.

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Bertie, Charles Henry

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Librarian, historian, Australiana collector and author who was appointed as the first librarian of the Sydney Municipal Library in 1909. In 1918 he established within the Municipal Library the first public lending library for children in Australia. An active member of the Royal Australian Historical Society he wrote and spoke on many aspects of Sydney's history and amassed an impressive collection of Australian material.

Birmingham, John

Writer and 'biographer' of Sydney.

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Blackmore, Kate

Historian and writer.

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Breuls, René

Guide to history based bush walks around Sydney.

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Byrne, Paula Jane

Historian and author of works on colonial manners, female economy and law.

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Carey, Hilary M

Religious and cultural historian.

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Cleland, Bilal

Educationist who converted to Islam 30 years ago and has become historian of the faith in Australia.

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Currey, Charles Herbert

Australian and legal historian. The CH Currey Memorial Fellowship 'to promote the writing of Australian history from the original sources' has been awarded annually by the State Library of New South Wales since 1974.

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De Berg, Hazel

Oral history pioneer whose recordings provide a unique record of the voices and memories of hundreds of Australians born between 1865 and 1956.

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Foster, Arthur George

Theodore Arthur George Foster, better known as AG Foster, was a historian. He and his wife Ethel Foster were founding members of the Royal Australian Historical Society and documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

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Foster, Ethel

Josephine Ethel Foster, better known as Ethel Foster or Mrs AG Foster, was a historian and photographer, who was one of the first members of the Royal Australian Historical Society. She and her husband, fellow historian Arthur George Foster, documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

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Garton, Stephen

History professor with a special interest in crime and incarceration, sexuality and medicine.

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Grahame, Emma

Academic, researcher and digital marketing consultant.

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Griffiths, Tom

Historian and author. Professor of History at the Australian National University in Canberra.

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Inglis, Ken

Historian who has written extensively on the ANZAC tradition, war memorials and the ABC.

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Irish, Paul

Archaeologist specialising in Aboriginal heritage.

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Jones, Gil

Historian, geologist and author.

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Karskens, Grace

Author and historian whose books include the 'The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney' and 'The Colony: A History of Early Sydney' and 'People of the River'.

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Konishi, Shino

Yawuru woman who is a historian at the University of Western Australia. In 2020 she led an ARC Discovery Indigenous project with Dr Malcolm Allbrook and Professor Tom Griffiths from ANU to double the number of Indigenous biographies in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

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Maynard, John

John Maynard is the a Worimi man and Professor of Indigenous Education and Research(Indigenous History) at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

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McCarthy, Louella

Australian historian specialising in the histories of medicine, women and gender.

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Mitchell, Dennis

Local historian and former ferry maintenance officer on the Hawkesbury River, whose family have lived in the area for several generations.

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Nakata, Martin

Professor Nakata Martin has worked in the area of Indigenous education for several decades, and is a leading Indigenous academic in Australiat. He is the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Education & Strategy) at James Cook University.

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Nichols, Michelle

Local historian and librarian in the Hawkesbury area.

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Nugent, Maria

Academic and historian with expertise in oral, Aboriginal and cross cultural history

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Read, Peter

Academic and pioneering historian of Aboriginal Australia who coined the phrase 'Stolen Generation'.

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Stanner, William Edward Hanley

Australian anthropologist, author, journalist, soldier and political adviser.

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Taylor, Rebe

Historian and writer whose books include 'Unearthed: The Tasmanian Aborigines of Kangaroo Island ' and 'Into the Heart of Tasmania'. She was the inaugural Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales for her project 'The Wedge Collection: moments of encounter on the Tasmanian and Victorian frontiers'.

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Thomas, Martin

Historian and academic in the field of Australian and transnational cultural history.

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Tyler, Peter John

Administrator and historian who published in the areas of public administration, medical history, and the construction industry.

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Watson, James Henry

Draper, soldier and historian who pursued his passion for historical research after resigning from business life and the militia in 1902.

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Young, Sally

Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne and author of 'Paper Emperors: the rise of Australia’s newspaper empires'. The 2020 Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of NSW.

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AG Foster transcribing the details of the vault where David Ramsay and Sarah Ann Lord were interred on the Dobroyd estate, c1910 ...

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Artefact Heritage Services

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Based in Pyrmont, Artefact Heritage Services is a leading provider of heritage management and archaeological services, including all aspects of Aboriginal and historical cultural heritage management and archaeology. Artefact’s projects span the breadth of New South Wales but focus in particular on central and western Sydney.

By

Artefact Heritage Services

Contributed By

Artefact Heritage Services

Charles H Bertie, City Librarian, 1925-1927

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

(NSCA CRS 54/129)

Darug women Erin Wilkins and Leanne Watson examine one of the wooden guni, yam sticks, held in the collection of Hawkesbury Regional ...

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By

Contributed By

Darug women Rhiannon Wright, Leanne Watson and Erin Wilkins with Rene Breuls visiting a rockshelter in the Maroota area September ...

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Contributed By

Emblem of the National Trust (New South Wales) 1958

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National Library of Australia

[Walkabout magazine, 1 October 1958 p16 (detail) via Trove]

Explorers Tree, Katoomba c1890

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By

William Henry Bursle

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

National Trust administration centre, SH Ervin Gallery & Observatory Cafe c1989

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[CRS 1035/1004]

(NSCA CRS 1035, Central Sydney Heritage Inventory Photographs, 1989)

Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project team members (l to r) Leanne Watson, Grace Karskens, Erin Wilkins and Jasmine Seymour above ...

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Contributed By

Screenshot of website 'Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales' 2021 ...

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Contributed By

[Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales]

The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba c1910

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

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The National Trust of Australia (NSW) 1947

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National Library of Australia

[Building and Engineering, 24 November 1947 p40-41 via Trove]

Transcription of the headstones of John Lewin and TS Amos in Row 4 at Devonshire Street Cemetery from AG Foster's records c1900

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By

Arthur George Foster

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[B 765, p91 File 1: Epitaph book of Church of England section of Devonshire Street (Sand Hills) Cemetery, Sydney 1901, compiled by A.G. Foster 1900-1901, with typescript introduction by C.H. Bertie, 1925]

(Mitchell Library)

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