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14 Mar 1863 - Goulburn proclaimed a City
12 March 1868 - first assassination attempt in Australia
11 Mar 1932 - first electric train on SHB
10 Mar 1794 - Rev. Samuel Marsden arrived
9 Mar 1870 - Granny Smith died
5 Mar 1868 Lucy Osburn (nurse) arrived
4 Mar 1804 - Castle Hill convict rebellion
3 Mar 1818 - Throsby set off for Jervis Bay
2 Mar 1959 - SOH construction began
1 Mar 1900 - Bushmen's Contingent departed
28 Feb 1790 - first absolute pardon granted
29 Feb 1788 - first pardon granted (at a cost)
27 Feb 1788 - first execution in NSW
25 Feb 1840 - French convicts arrived per Buffalo
22 Feb 1792 - first land grant recorded (James Ruse)
21 Feb 1929 - Martin Place cenotaph unveiled
21 Feb 1818 - vaccinations for children
20 Feb 1794 - first land grant to a woman
19 Feb 1942 - Darwin was attacked
18 Feb 1793 - first school in Colony opened
17 Feb 1948 - Dr Grace Boelke died
15 Feb 1876 - current state flag was adopted
15 Feb 1930 - 'George Peat' ferry launch
14 Feb 1916 - Liverpool Riot
14 Feb 1788 - Norfolk Island settlement to be established
13 Feb 1844 - murderer John Knatchbull hanged
12 Feb 1793 - John Macarthur granted land at Parramatta
11 Feb 1788 - first sitting of the Criminal Court
11 Feb 1932 - SHB lighting switched on
10 Feb 1879 - Ned Kelly bank raid at Jerilderie
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![Soldiers drilling at Liverpool Camp, 21 November 1915. From NRS 4474 [1/194] D4480, image 11](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Collection/Photos/Soldiers%20drilling%20at%20Liverpool%20Camp%2C%2021%20November%201915%20NRS44741-194D4480_011.jpg?itok=umZ09NCk "Soldiers drilling at Liverpool Camp, 21 November 1915. From NRS 4474 [1/194] D4480, image 11")
![11 Feb 1932 SHB lighting switched on. NRS-12685-1-[4-8734]-4-8734-2](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/Collection/Photos/12685_a007_a00704_8734000065r.JPG?itok=5LltbgzX "11 February 1932 the Sydney Harbour Bridge lighting was switched on for the first time. NRS-12685-1-[4/8734]-4/8734-2")