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Magazine: On This Day

16 Jun 1893 - Universal male suffrage in NSW

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15 Jun 1862 - largest gold robbery in Australia

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14 Jun 1825 - VDL separated from NSW

View from western side of Farm Cove looking east towards Mrs Macquaries Chair and Garden Island, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000470

13 Jun 1816 - road to Mrs Macquaries Chair

View showing jetty and cottage used as a customs house at Broken Bay, n.d, Digital ID 4481_a026_000766

12 Jun 1789 - Gov. Phillip visited the Hawkesbury River

Invermein Court of Petty Sessions: Letter from William Hobbs to Police Magistrate Invermein concerning the Myall Creek Massacre. NRS 19437 SZ1053

10 Jun 1838 - Myall Creek Massacre

Action - Official Journal of the National Emergency Services. Shelling of Sydney, 8 June 1942. NRS 19987 6-16010-4 Vol 4 No 4 pp10-11

8 Jun 1942 - Sydney & Newcastle under attack

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

7 Jun 1841 - Darlinghurst Gaol opened

6 Jun 1859 - QLD separated from NSW

Sydney n.d. View across Queens Square and the Domain showing Registrar General's Office and Hyde Park Barracks. ID 12932-a012-a012X2442000038

4 Jun 1819 - Hyde Park Barracks opened

A digital Indent, accessible from the Early Convict Index

3 Jun 1790 - convict ship Lady Juliana arrived

50th Anniversary Gallery

1 Jun 1961 - Archives Authority established

Get Up Stand Up - an anti-smoking film from 1981

31 May is World No Tobacco Day

Plan of Sydney Harbour protection net shows arrangement of dolphins (piles) along with opening and navigation signals. The net was not complete when the Japanese midget submarine from I-27 was caught up in it on 31 May 1942.2. NRS 20011 18-1716.2

31 May 1942 - Sydney under attack

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30 May 1898 - steamer SS Ly-ee-Moon ran aground

29 May 1898 - foundation stones laid for first Greek Orthodox Church

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27 May 1828 - Thomas Livingstone Mitchell became the Surveyor-General

26 May 1853 - last convicts arrive in VDL

25 May 1812 – Macquarie ended divide in VDL

Public Schools Display at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Empire Day, 24 May, 1909. NRS 15051

24 May - Empire Day / Commonwealth Day

Trams operating at the intersection of Barrack George Streets, Sydney showing the David Jones store, 1950. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140001151

24 May 1838 - David Jones opened in Sydney

22 May 1851 - gold discovery announced

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

20 May 1867 - Vernon nautical school admissions

An air-conditioned express hauled by a streamlined C.38 class locomotive, 1955. Digital ID 16410_a111_6_000233

19 May 1948 - Australian rail gauge standardised