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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

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1 Aug 1949 - Snowy Mountains Authority established

Mount Kembla, no date. Digital ID 12932_a012_a012X2445000138

31 Jul 1902 - explosion at Mt Kembla Colliery

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30 Jul 1809 - Hawkesbury River flooded

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

Sir Henry Parkes and ministry (cropped). Digital ID 4481_a026_000784

25 Jul 1839 - Henry Parkes arr. in Sydney

General Post Office - before extensions, view from George St, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000323

24 Jul 1936 - talking clock service

Act (6 Vic No. 3) to incorporate Sydney as a city

20 Jul 1842 - Sydney incorporated as a city

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19 Jul 1814 - Matthew Flinders died

Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900c. Jul 1900. Digital ID 12487_a021_a021000038

17 Jul 1900 - Cleansing Sydney of Bubonic Plague

Railway History Card for Ben Chifley NRS 12922

13 Jul 1945 - Ben Chifley became Prime Minister

8 Jul 1904 - Sydney streets lit by electricity

Wool Exhibit, NSW Court at Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908. Digital ID 14086_a005_a005SZ845000017r

6 Jul 1813 - first wool exported to UK

Sydney Observatory, 31 October 1901. Digital ID 4481_a026_000241

4 Jul 1826 - Parramatta Observatory appointment

Parramatta Railway Station c.1910. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140001193

3 Jul 1850 - work on first railway line

Police Service Register 1915 showing Maude Rhodes and Lillian Armfield at the top. NRS 10945 8-3259 p49

1 Jul 1915 - first female police officers in Australia

Princes Highway, Victoria - New South Wales border, 1931. From the albums of the Board of Fire Commissioners, digital ID 549_a029_a029000359

1 Jul 1851 - VIC separated from NSW

30 Jun 1861 - Lambing Flat riot

St Marys Cathedral c.1908. Digital ID 18526_a024_000113

29 Jun 1865 - St Marys Cathedral destroyed by fire

A digital Indent, accessible from the Early Convict Index

28 Jun 1790 - last of the Second Fleet arrived

26 Jun 1790 - Surprize arrived with NSW Corps

Murrumbidgee River, Gundagai, n.d. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2444000096

25 Jun 1852 - flood disaster in Gundagai

Eveleigh Heist exhibit 7 from the trial - photo of Samuel Freeman. NRS 880 9-7189

24 Jun 1924 - Eveleigh Heist arrest

Coronation Day Procession 22 June 1911. Schools and Friendly Societies of Woonona, Bulli, Thirroul. Digital ID 15051_a047_004061

22 Jun 1911 - Coronation Day, King George V

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19 Jun 1822 - Bigge Report