Hi John I would guess that any instances of Sidney were errors. Sydney and Sydney Cove were named after Lord Sydney the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, in 1788. Governor Phillip, in his early records, always spelt it as Sydney Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 2/06/2011 10:04 AM, John Read wrote: > > Another question if I may. When was the spelling for Sydney settled? > being an ex Sydneysider I always thought Sydney was Sydney. In recent > research I have come across several instances where it was spelt Sidney, > even on official type documents. (Can't think of any off hand to gove > you an example). > > Regards, John and Lyn Read Kurwongbah > >