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Magazine: On This Day

12 Nov 1821 - future site of Mudgee visited

Australian AIF Solider at unknown camp. NRS4474-1-194-D4480_010

11 November - Remembrance Day

11 Nov 1880 - Ned Kelly was hanged

Naval cadets on the NSS Sobraon, 11 August 1893. Digital ID 4481_a026_000978

8 Nov 1892 - Sobraon industrial / training ship

Cranbrook (private residence 1859-1900) residence of the NSW Governor 1900-1917, now Cranbrook School) - horse on parade, Bellevue Hill. Digital ID 4481_a026_000645

7 Nov 1861 - first Melbourne Cup

Probate Charles Kingsford Smith NRS 13660 Series 4-212687 3 of 4 (cropped)

6 Nov 1935 - Charles Kingsford Smith flight

2 Nov 1788 - Rose Hill settlement

Entrance gates to Darlinghurst Gaol, nd. Digital ID 4481_a026_000669

29 Oct 1841 - first executions at Darlinghurst Gaol

The first conscription plebiscite took place on 28 October 1916. Nationally the outcome was a No vote. This record is a How to Vote No Card. NRS 905 5-7441 16-33387

28 Oct 1916 - Australians voted No to conscription

On This Day

26 Oct 1811 - Wentworth appointed Acting Provost Marshall

Sir Henry Parkes and members and wives of his Ministry, n.d. Digital ID 4481_a026_000783

24 Oct 1889 - Sir Henry Parkes' 'Tenterfield Oration'

23 Oct 1811 - Rum Hospital foundation stone

No. 1 Mortuary Railway Station, 1865. Funeral Train at station. Digital ID 17420_a014_a014000306

22 Oct 1864 - Rookwood Cemetery Railway line opened

Gaol photo of Eugenia Falleni aged 45. NRS 2496 3-6006 p.499, 1920, State Reformatory for Women, Photo description books

21 Oct 1920 - Eugenia Falleni convicted of murder

Screenshot of Sydney Opera House galleries

20 Oct 1973 - Sydney Opera House officially opened

On This Day

19 Oct 1872 - largest gold nugget discovered

Artist's impression of Canberra, 1920. 4-8643 No 11821

18 Oct 1909 - NSW surrendered land for ACT

Map of the Nineteen Counties. Australian Encyclopaedia Volume 6, page 344 - Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1958)

14 Oct 1829 - Nineteen Counties proclaimed

Ssection of pipeline between Warragamba Weir and Prospect Reservoir. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2447000

14 Oct 1960 - Warragamba Dam opened

Trove - SMH (part) article re first traffic lights 14 Oct 1933

13 Oct 1933 - Australia's first traffic lights

NSW Coat of Arms - Warrant granting Armorial Ensigns from College of Arms London, William G Hunt cropped

11 Oct 1906 - NSW Coat of Arms

9 Oct 1829 - emancipists eligible for jury service

Hasting's River - from New England to Fort Macquarie, 1858. Surveyor's Sketch book 8 folio 26

8 Oct 1818 - John Oxley reached NSW coast

On This Day

8 Oct 1906 - Free Education for children