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Group of boys feeding calves at Scheyville Training Farm, c.1926. Digital ID 5529_a003_a003000025r
21 Apr 1911 - migrant boys arrive at Scheyville Training Farm
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17 Apr 1816 - Massacre at Appin
Alma Public School - opening of new playground for infants department, Nov 1927. Digital ID 15051_a047_000142
16 Apr 1880 - school made compulsory
14 Apr 1870 - gold discovered in Gulgong
Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659
12 Apr 1917 - Tilly Twiss married James Devine
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10 Apr 1811 - first toll bars Sydney to Parramatta
The Grand Parade at the Royal Easter Show, nd. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2442000025
8 Apr 1882 - Ag Society's first show at Moore Park
8 Apr 1817 - Bank of NSW established
Macquarie Place in front of Lands Department Building c.1900. ID 4481_a026_0003544481_a026_000354
8 Apr 1826 - first Sydney street lamp lit
Mugshot of George Dean from the Darlinghurst Gaol Photo 25 March 1895. Digital ID 2138_a006_a00603_6058000072r
6 Apr 1895 - verdict passed in Lemon Syrup Case
5 Apr 1891 - census took place
Trams operating on George Street, Sydney - showing the Queen Victoria Building on 22 January 1920 at 5.15pm. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140001152
4 Apr 1820 - QVB foundation stone laid
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3 Apr 1881 - census took place
Front cover of the Matrons Diary from the Fitzjames. Digital ID 5239_a022_a022000001r
1 Apr 1857 - Fitzjames arrived (read the diary)
Original design for Government House supposed to be by Francis Greenway. Sketch book 8 Folio 62. Digital ID NRS13886-X770-a110-000038
30 Mar 1816 - Greenway appointed Civil Architect
Soldiers and horse – possibly Sudan contingent. Digital ID 4481_a026_000695
29 Mar 1885 - NSW contingent arr. Sudan
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27 Mar 1874 - Communist exiles arrived in Newcastle
Surveyor General Plan showing the course of the tunnel for supplying water to Sydney, 15 August 1833. Surveyor Busby ? Map 5780 part 1
24 Mar 1827 - work began on "Busby's Bore"
Certificate of Freedom for Patrick Hayden, 1831 4_4308_31_1043
20 Mar 2006 - convict records inscribed into AMW
Sydney Harbour Bridge - Procession crossing Bridge, 19 Mar 1932. ID 12685_a007_a00704_8734000141r
19 Mar 1932 - Sydney Harbour Bridge opened
Sydney Harbour Bridge Childrens Day, 16 Mar 1932. ID 12685_a007_a00704_8734000052r
16 Mar 1932 - Children's Day on SHB
Sydney Free Public Library. Digital ID 4481_a026_000441
16 Mar 1826 - Australian Subscription Library founded
Auburn Street, Goulburn. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2444000107
14 Mar 1863 - Goulburn proclaimed a City
12 March 1868 - first assassination attempt in Australia
First electric train on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 11 Mar 1932. Digital ID 12685_a007_a00704_8735000063r
11 Mar 1932 - first electric train on SHB
10 Mar 1794 - Rev. Samuel Marsden arrived
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9 Mar 1870 - Granny Smith died
Nurse in the interior of Coast Hospital horsedrawn ambulance, n.d. Digital ID 4481_a026_000262
5 Mar 1868 Lucy Osburn (nurse) arrived
4 Mar 1804 - Castle Hill convict rebellion
Charles Throsby Journal 3 Mar 1818. Colonial Secretary Papers Reel 6034 9-2743 p9
3 Mar 1818 - Throsby set off for Jervis Bay

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