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Magazine: On This Day

Alma Public School - opening of new playground for infants department, Nov 1927. Digital ID 15051_a047_000142

16 Apr 1880 - school made compulsory

14 Apr 1870 - gold discovered in Gulgong

Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659

12 Apr 1917 - Tilly Twiss married James Devine

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10 Apr 1811 - first toll bars Sydney to Parramatta

The Grand Parade at the Royal Easter Show, nd. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2442000025

8 Apr 1882 - Ag Society's first show at Moore Park

8 Apr 1817 - Bank of NSW established

Macquarie Place in front of Lands Department Building c.1900. ID 4481_a026_0003544481_a026_000354

8 Apr 1826 - first Sydney street lamp lit

Mugshot of George Dean from the Darlinghurst Gaol Photo 25 March 1895. Digital ID 2138_a006_a00603_6058000072r

6 Apr 1895 - verdict passed in Lemon Syrup Case

5 Apr 1891 - census took place

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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 Mar 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