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Sydney · Alexandria

Place · 1785 CE

Sydney

Also known as

Baile Shidni
Baile Shidni
Baile Shidni
Baile Shuidni
Baile Shuidni
Sidneja

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This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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birthplace ofAnita Hagen1931 CE
birthplace ofArnaud Briand1970 CE
birthplace ofArthur B. McDonald1943 CE
birthplace ofBernie Boudreau1944 CE
birthplace ofClaude Richardson1900 CE

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David Mathews1739 CE

birthplace ofGeorge Roy McWilliam1905 CE

birthplace ofGreg MacPherson1973 CE

birthplace ofHenry Ernest Kendall1864 CE

birthplace ofJack Cameron1884 CE

birthplace ofJane Cordy1950 CE

founded byJoseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres1734 CE