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Brodrick, Robert

Robert Hargreave Brodrick was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1860, the son of Robert Brodrick, a well-to-do silk manufacturer. At the age of 16 years

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Buddhism

Spiritual places – Buddhist  In the mid-1950s a ‘vihara trust’ was established to build a Buddhist meditation centre. Upon encouragement of Maria Byles a few

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Bush Muschetta

Bush Muschetta (c1780-1825) The most famous of the Aboriginal leaders to fight against the English Colony in Sydney was Pemulwoy. He appears to have come

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Butterley, Nigel

Nigel Henry Cockburn Butterley AM (born 13 May 1935) grew up at 25 Hannah Street, Beecroft. His father Mr H M Butterley was the headmaster

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Byles, Baldur

Baldur Unwin Byles BScFor (Adel), LLD (ANU) FIFA OBE [1] (1904-1975) was born in Manchester, England. His parents were Cyril and Ida Byles and his

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Byles, Marie

Pioneer feminist, conservationist and mountaineer Marie Beuzeville Byles was undoubtedly one of this district’s most significant residents. She was the eldest of the three children

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Byrne, Thomas

Thomas Byrne, born into a large family in Galway, Ireland, in 1859, arrived in Australia on money sent home by his sister who had emigrated

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Cadden, Delia

   Delia Eleanor May Cadden, a china painter, was born in Ascot Vale, Victoria, 1884. She was the eldest of the six children of Robert

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Cheltenham Park

Initially subject to an inquiry in 1901, for public resumption this land was purchased following a meeting called at the  School of Arts in January

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Cheltenham Recreation Club

 In October 1912 William Harris invited fifteen local residents to his home to establish a recreation club. These residents were Edward Alcock, Frederick Brierley, William

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