Hooker, Les
Sir Leslie Joseph (L.J.) Hooker was arguably Australia’s most successful real estate agent. He spent a decade of his youth in Beecroft. He was born
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Sir Leslie Joseph (L.J.) Hooker was arguably Australia’s most successful real estate agent. He spent a decade of his youth in Beecroft. He was born
James & Jemima Hull James Prior Hull, born in London in 1818, and his wife Jemima (née Forster) born in 1825, emigrated to Australia about
Sydney Reginald Innes-Noad MLC CMG (1860-1931) was born at Highgate in London, England, and arrived in Melbourne in 1883. He worked in Melbourne and then
Ken, the Beecroft Cobbler is a truly remarkable man with an equally remarkable moving story. Because Ken is in his shop seven days a week,
Rollo Kingsford-Smith DSO AM DFC With the surname of one of Australia’s pioneer aviators, it was almost inevitable that Rollo Kingsford-Smith would join the RAAF in
Sir Harold Murray Knight Kt, KBE, DSC MComm, was born in Melbourne on 13 August 1919 to Walter and Agnes Knight. He won a scholarship
Edward Louis Lamont was born about 1846 in London the son of Edward Buller Lamont and his wife Maria A. of Monydrain, Agyllshire and Parramatta
Oliver Henry Lancaster, (Oliver) [1] AO, FAA, MB BS, BA, Phd, MD, DSc was born on 1 February 1913 to Llewellyn Bentley Lancaster (1871-1921) and
William (Bill) Rae Laurie, B Arch (USyd), FRIBA, FRAIA, DSC (Hon) (UNSW) was raised in Tynron, Hannah Street, Beecroft. He was the son of John
Dr Mark Lidwill (1878-1968) commenced his medical practice in Beecroft in 1904. It would seem that he was the first medical practitioner to live and
Joseph Andrew Lovell the son of a wealthy Ryde orchardist, George Lovell, moved to Beecroft in 1890 with his wife Isabella (née Franks) and their
John Lutherborough was born in 1843, a member of an old Wesleyan Methodist family of Pennant Hills where his father, William worked as a sawyer. John
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