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Developing a currency for ...

Early currency in New South Wales was somewhat troubled and unstable, with its beginnings in ... continue

Lambing Flat Riots, 14 ...

The Gold Rush of the 1850s and '60s brought a significant migrant population of people ... continue

Parkes

Deputy Government surveyor Major Thomas Mitchell would pass through the land of the Wiradjuri tribe ... continue

John Lord Chapman

CHAPMAN, JOHN LORD (1913-1977), business administrator and trade commissioner, was born on 7 May 1913 ... continue

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Sir Frank Horton Berryman

BERRYMAN, Sir FRANK HORTON (1894-1981), soldier, was born on 11 April 1894 at Geelong West ... continue

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Sir Denison Samuel King ...

Sir Denison Samuel King Miller (1860 - 1923), by May Moore, courtesy of Australian War Memorial ... continue

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Catherine Anne Warnes

WARNES, CATHERINE ANNE (1949-1969), entertainer, was born on 7 December 1949 at Arncliffe, Sydney, second ... continue

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Antonio Baccarini

BACCARINI, ANTONIO (1887-1971), merchant, was born on 7 July 1887 at Avellino, Italy, son of ... continue

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Sir Thomas Albert Blamey

Sir Thomas Albert Blamey (1884 - 1951), by unknown photographer, courtesy of Australian War Memorial. 000305 ... continue

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Sir Oliver Howard Beale

BEALE, Sir OLIVER HOWARD (18981983), barrister, politician, diplomat and company director, was born on 10 ... continue

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John Paton

PATON, JOHN (1867-1943), merchant and soldier, was born on 18 November 1867 at Newcastle, New ... continue

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Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy

Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896 - 1977), by John Aloysius Mulligan, 1969, courtesy of National Library ... continue

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John Henry McClemens

John Henry McClemens (1905 - 1975), by Sam Hood, courtesy of State Library of New South ... continue

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George Gilbert Aime Murray

George Gilbert Aime Murray (1866 - 1957), by unknown photographer, 1920s, courtesy of National Library of ... continue

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Peter Joseph Handcock

HANDCOCK, PETER JOSEPH (1868-1902), soldier and blacksmith, was born on 17 February 1868 at Peel ... continue

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Sir Walter Randolph Carpenter

CARPENTER, Sir WALTER RANDOLPH (1877-1954), merchant, was born on 31 October 1877 at Singapore, Straits ... continue

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Marianne Helene Sara Mathy

MATHY, MARIANNE HELENE SARA (1890-1978), teacher of singing, was born on 23 June 1890 at ... continue

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Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk

FISK, Sir ERNEST THOMAS (1886-1965), radio pioneer and businessman, was born on 8 August 1886 ... continue

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Sir Lionel George Alfred ...

HOOKE, Sir LIONEL GEORGE ALFRED (1895-1974), broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman, was born on ... continue

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Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher

THATCHER, GRIFFITHES WHEELER (1863-1950), Congregational minister and linguist, was born on 6 August 1863 at ... continue

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