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1 Feb 1955 - six o'clock swill abolished
Margaret Catchpole Absolute Pardon 31 Jan 1814 4-4486 page 50 Reel 800
31 Jan 1814 - Margaret Catchpole granted free pardon
Sydney Opera House Galleries
29 Jan 1957 - Utzon won SOH design competition
Organisational chart of NSW Influenza Fighting Organization, 1919
27 Jan 1919 - Influenza pandemic reached NSW
Screenshot showing Col Sec entries for Rum and Rum Rebellion
26 Jan 1808 - Rum Rebellion
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24 Jan 1788 - La Perouse arrived
Trams operating on George Street, Sydney. ID 17420_a014_a0140001152
George Street, Sydney 22 Jan 1920 5:15pm
Devonshire Street Cemetery, 1902. ID 17420_a014_a0140000258
22 Jan 1820 - Devonshire Street cemetery
Arthur Pearce - Frenchs Forest soldier settlement scheme, 20 Jan 1917
20 Jan 1917 - Frenchs Forest soldier settlement scheme
A digital Indent, accessible from the Early Convict Index
20 Jan 1788 - First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield on first train across bridge, 19/1/1932
19 Jan 1932 - first train across SHB
Pure Food, June 1914. NRS4481-MS2867
17 Jan 1944 - meat rationing introduced
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16 Jan 1793 - first free settlers arrived
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14 Jan 1812 - first public water mill
Sydney Opera House Galleries
10 Jan 1958 - first Sydney Opera House Lottery
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9 Jan 1868 - convict transportation to Australia ceased
Darlinghurst Gaol Louisa Collins cropped. Digital ID 2138_a006_a00603_6050000084r
8 Jan 1889 - Louisa Collins last woman hanged in NSW
Manly Wharf under construction, 1940. Digital ID 9856_a017_A017000126
7 Jan 1965 - first hydrofoil ferry in Sydney
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4 Jan 1810 - Macquarie and Rum Rebellion dissent
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3 Jan 1826 - a new Colonial Secretary arrived in Sydney
A digital Indent, accessible from the Early Convict Index
2 Jan 1822 - Macquarie Harbour penal settlement VDL
Lachlan Macquarie, 1822 by Richard Read. Mitchell Library P2-144
1 Jan 1810 - Macquarie became Governor of NSW
Farm workers harvesting at Scheyville training Farm, 1926. Digital ID 5529_a003_a003000029r
31 Dec 1790 - barley was successfully harvested
Henry Parkes NRS-15051-1-26-[1449]
28 Dec 1850 - Henry Parkes est. the Empire newspaper
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26 Dec 1902 - first Australian woman obtained law degree
Cooking classes in public schools were established in 1897. This group shows girls holding basins, pots, spoons and what may be a rolling pin. The teacher is wearing apron and cap. Burwood Public School Cookery Class, 1908. Digital ID 15051_a047_002139
22 Dec 1866 - Public Schools Act of NSW
Conscription vote poster WW1 20 Dec 1917. Vote Yes leaflet. From NRS 12060 9-4762 letter 15-7546 p4
20 Dec 1917 - 2nd Conscription Plebiscite
St James Railway Station decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip - old St James Rd entrance, 5 Feb 1954. Digital ID 17420_a014_a014000159
20 Dec 1926 - Sydney underground railway opened
Interior Central Railway station concourse, Sydney, 1981. Digital ID 17420_a014_a014001410a
18 Dec 1849 - application to build Sydney Railway Station
Premier Holman (under umbrella) addresses the Waratahs, Macquarie Street, Sydney, 17 December 1915. NRS 4481, MS3658
17 Dec 1915 - 'Waratah' recruitment march

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