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21 Aug 1801 - Toongabbie govt farm closed
Inside font cover - the battleship Connecticut. NRS 4472, Government Printing Office, Miscellaneous invitations, 1882-1937, X720
20 Aug 1908 - Great White Fleet arr. Sydney
Memorial at Watson's Bay showing anchor. Photo by Anthea Brown
20 Aug 1857 - Wreck of the Dunbar
Sydney Harbour Bridge - view of two halves from the Church of England Grammar School, 29 Jul 1930. Digital ID 2685_a007_a00704_8729000194r
19 Aug 1930 - two halves of SHB were joined
17 Aug 1801 - Female Orphan School opened
Circular Quay, n.d. Digital ID 4346_a020_a020000060
16 Aug 1890 - Australian Maritime Dispute
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15 Aug 1904 - Dalgety named as Federal Capital site
13 Aug 1806 - Bligh became Governor of NSW
Portrait of Louisa Lawson, ca. 1880 [picture] <nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137377381>
12 Aug 1920 - Louisa Lawson died
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11 Aug 1824 - NSW constituted a Crown Colony
Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, n.d. Digital ID 4346_a020_a020000212
10 Aug 1894 - new Sydney Hospital opened
ANZAC Day 1916 dinner for returned soldiers, Town Hall, Sydney 25 April 1916. Digital ID NRS4481_ST5793P.jpg
9 Aug 1890 - first Grand Organ recital at Town Hall
Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900c. Jul 1900. Digital ID 12487_a021_a021000038
8 Aug 1789 - first NSW police force formed
Central Railway Station Sydney, c.1915. Digital ID 17420_a014_a014000271
4 Aug 1906 - (3rd) Sydney Central Railway Station opened
3 Aug 1838 - report criticizing transportation to NSW
Locomotive drivers. From the photograph album of Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike, 16 August 1917. Digital ID 15309_a015_000008
2 Aug 1917 - General Strike began
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1 Aug 1949 - Snowy Mountains Authority established
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30 Jul 1809 - Hawkesbury River flooded
Sydney Harbour Bridge - Safety Chain, on Top Chord, for Creeper Crane, 1 Dec 1930. ID 12685_a007_a00704_8731000007
28 Jul 1923 - SHB construction began
Sir Henry Parkes and ministry (cropped). Digital ID 4481_a026_000784
25 Jul 1839 - Henry Parkes arr. in Sydney
General Post Office - before extensions, view from George St, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000323
24 Jul 1936 - talking clock service
Old Police Court (now the site of the Queen Victoria Building), George Street, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000414
20 Jul 1842 - Sydney incorporated as a city
Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900c. Jul 1900. Digital ID 12487_a021_a021000038
17 Jul 1900 - Cleansing Sydney of Bubonic Plague
Railway History Card for Ben Chifley NRS 12922
13 Jul 1945 - Ben Chifley became Prime Minister

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