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16 Jun 1893 - Universal male suffrage in NSW
On This Day
14 Jun 1825 - VDL separated from NSW
View from western side of Farm Cove looking east towards Mrs Macquaries Chair and Garden Island, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000470
13 Jun 1816 - road to Mrs Macquaries Chair
View showing jetty and cottage used as a customs house at Broken Bay, n.d, Digital ID 4481_a026_000766
12 Jun 1789 - Gov. Phillip visited the Hawkesbury River
Screenshot of the Eveleigh Heist Gallery
10 Jun 1914 - Eveleigh Heist
Invermein Court of Petty Sessions: Letter from William Hobbs to Police Magistrate Invermein concerning the Myall Creek Massacre. NRS 19437 SZ1053
10 Jun 1838 - Myall Creek Massacre
Action - Official Journal of the National Emergency Services. Shelling of Sydney, 8 June 1942. NRS 19987 6-16010-4 Vol 4 No 4 pp10-11
8 Jun 1942 - Sydney & Newcastle under attack
Entrance gates to Darlinghurst Gaol, nd. Digital ID 4481_a026_000669
7 Jun 1841 - Darlinghurst Gaol opened
6 Jun 1859 - QLD separated from NSW
Sydney n.d. View across Queens Square and the Domain showing Registrar General's Office and Hyde Park Barracks. ID 12932-a012-a012X2442000038
4 Jun 1819 - Hyde Park Barracks opened
A digital Indent, accessible from the Early Convict Index
3 Jun 1790 - convict ship Lady Juliana arrived
50th Anniversary Gallery
1 Jun 1961 - Archives Authority established
Plan of Sydney Harbour protection net shows arrangement of dolphins (piles) along with opening and navigation signals. The net was not complete when the Japanese midget submarine from I-27 was caught up in it on 31 May 1942.2. NRS 20011 18-1716.2
31 May 1942 - Sydney under attack
Get Up Stand Up - an anti-smoking film from 1981
31 May is World No Tobacco Day
On This Day
27 May 1828 - Thomas Livingstone Mitchell became the Surveyor-General
26 May 1853 - last convicts arrive in VDL
On This Day
25 May 1870 - Bushranger Cptn Thunderbolt shot dead
Public Schools Display at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Empire Day, 24 May, 1909. NRS 15051
24 May - Empire Day / Commonwealth Day
Trams operating at the intersection of Barrack George Streets, Sydney showing the David Jones store, 1950. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140001151
24 May 1838 - David Jones opened in Sydney
22 May 1851 - gold discovery announced
Naval cadets on the NSS Sobraon, 11 August 1893. Digital ID 4481_a026_000978
20 May 1867 - Vernon nautical school admissions
An air-conditioned express hauled by a streamlined C.38 class locomotive, 1955. Digital ID 16410_a111_6_000233
19 May 1948 - Australian rail gauge standardised
Darlinghurst Gaol, 1875 Photo of Margaret Greenwood (formerly an imperial convict) 1 of 2. Digital ID 2138_a006_a00603_604000061ar
18 May 1887 - convict Margaret Greenwood died
On This Day
17 May 1893 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited Australia
Memo from Louisa Lawson to the Lands Department is on the letterhead paper of 'The Dawn' newspaper. The memo is in Louisa's handwriting and includes her signature.From NRS 8103 10-19082 letter 02-14322
15 May 1888 - Publication of The Dawn
NRS 880 [9/6975] Exhibit 8
14 May 1920 - Annie Turnbull Trial
Sydney Harbour Bridge Opening - Sir Philip Game and Mr.J.T. Lang, 19 Mar 1932. ID 12685_a007_a00704_8734000193
13 May 1932 - Premier Jack Lang dismissed
Nurse in the interior of Coast Hospital horsedrawn ambulance, n.d. Digital ID 4481_a026_000262
May 12 - International Nurses day
11 May 1813 - Blue Mountains Expedition
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6 May 1873 - state funeral for Wm Wentworth

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