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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. in 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
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
Sydney Opera House Galleries
2 Mar 1959 - SOH construction began
Dinner time, camp of Bushmen's contingent at Kensington, c.1900. Digital ID1254_a011_a011000006r
1 Mar 1900 - Bushmen's Contingent departed
Colonial pardon for James Freeman. Judge Advocate: Pardons, 1788-1803. NRS 5601 5-1151 p.1, Reel 772
29 Feb 1788 - first pardon granted (at a cost)
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28 Feb 1790 - first absolute pardon granted
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27 Feb 1788 - first execution in NSW
25 Feb 1840 - French convicts arrived per Buffalo

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