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Looking up — Sydney's history from a new angle. A blog from the Dictionary of Sydney. Newer posts →. Henri L'estrange, The Australian Blondin 1876 State Library of Victoria H96.160/2603. One of the most colourful characters to come across my desk as editor, is Henri L’Estrange. Showman, aeronaut and funambulist, who brought spectacle, danger and daring to Sydney on several occasions in the 1870s and 1880s. Whose writing for the Dictionary is supported by the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. Another prol...