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On This Day
18 Sep 1797 - coal found in Newcastle area
The Garden Palace. NRS4481 No 2920 Reel 2718
17 Sep 1879 - Sydney International Exhibition
16 Sep 1804 - Govt began brewing beer
15 Sep 1793 - unsuccessful attempt to cross Blue Mtns
On This Day
14 Sep 1801 - John Macarthur arrested after a duel
Conditions of Competition Items 1-2. Sydney Opera House - The Brown Book, 1955. NRS 12702
13 Sep 1955 - competition for a SOH
Indent for Grenada, 1825 – entry for Susan Courtney who was re-transported to NSW after escaping to London, NRS 12188 4-4009A
10 Sep 1823 - escapee re-transported to NSW
Sydney St Andrews - Old Burial Ground, 1 Sep 1853 (Sketch book 6 folio 63). Digital ID: NRS13886-X764-a110_000065
8 Sep 1792 - Sydney Burial Ground
Miniature painting of Mary Reibey. NRS 4481 [7/16034] #16919
7 Sep 1794 - Mary Haydock married Thomas Reibey
Scone, 1 Oct 1931. From the albums of Mr LG Watt, Fire Commissioner. Digital ID 549_a029_a029000469
5 Sep 1837 - Scone gazetted as a village
Exhibition Building at Prince Alfred Park, 1870. Digital ID 4481_a026_000364
30 Aug 1870 - Intercolonial Exhibition opened
Surveyor General Crown Plans: Chart of Oxley’s party’s tract on discovery to the westward of New South Wales (Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers), 1817 I.537v NRS 13859 SZ209
29 Aug 1817 - exploration of Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers
Proclamation of the Women's Franchise Act of 1902. NRS 922, M6785-B in 5-6769
27 Aug 1902 - Women's Franchise Act (voting)
On This Day
25 Aug 1824 - Legislative Council of NSW
Inside font cover - the battleship Connecticut. NRS 4472, Government Printing Office, Miscellaneous invitations, 1882-1937, X720
20 Aug 1908 - Great White Fleet arr. Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge - view of two halves from, 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
Sydney Town Hall and MC of Sydney Subjects, no date. NRS-21243-3-1-946
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
On This Day
1 Aug 1949 - Snowy Mountains Authority established
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

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