Shopping cart

Your shopping cart is empty.
Archives / Discover / On This Day

On This Day

At Kiama blowhole, 9 Apr 1930. Digital ID 549_a029_a029000291
3 Dec 1797 - George Bass south coast exploration
On This Day
2 Dec 1816 - Illawarra land grants
Queen Street Campbelltown, n.d. 12932_a012_a012X2441000039
1 Dec 1820 - new settlement at Campbelltown
On This Day
30 Nov 1878 - 'Advance Australia Fair' first performed
WSRC Historical Photos - 2015
28 Nov 1975 - the Western Sydney Records Centre opened
Town Hall, George Street Sydney, n.d. Digital ID 12932_a012_a012X2451000062
27 Nov 1889 - Sydney Town Hall officially opened
Gaol Photo of AG Scott aka Captain Moonlight, 26 November 1879. Digital ID 2138_a006_a00603_6043000132r
26 Nov 1879 - mugshot of Captain Moonlight
On This Day
25 Nov 1787 - Second Chief Justice of NSW
Anzac War Memorial, Hyde Park Sydney, n.d. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2442000026
24 Nov 1934 - ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park
Sydney St Phillip - Government windmill Cumberland St. The yellow shews the altered line of street. The part coloured Red Josh (Joseph) Prosser's. NRS13886 X751 Sketch book 1 folio 63
22 Nov 1805 - Government windmill damaged
Gladesville Hospital Ward, 1966. From NRS 5050, Photographs of Gladesville Hospital taken before and after renovation, 1966
19 Nov 1838 - Tarban Creek Asylum opened
Grapes on the vine. Digital ID 12932-a012-a012X2447000024.jpg
15 Nov 1791 - first grapes vines
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
"Sobraon", NSW training ship. Later "HMAS Tingira" NRS-9856-5-6-[44]
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
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
9 Oct 1829 - emancipists eligible for jury service
Public school, Dacey Garden suburb, 1914. Digital ID 5225_a018_a018000033
8 Oct 1906 - Free Education for children
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
The elephant house, Taronga Zoo, October 1916. From NRS 4481, ST5937
7 Oct 1916 - Taronga Zoo opened

Pages

Social

Follow us