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1 Feb 1955 - six o'clock swill abolished
31 Jan 1814 - Margaret Catchpole granted free pardon
29 Jan 1957 - Utzon won SOH design competition
27 Jan 1919 - Influenza pandemic reached NSW
26 Jan 1808 - Rum Rebellion
24 Jan 1788 - La Perouse arrived
George Street, Sydney 22 Jan 1920 5:15pm
22 Jan 1820 - Devonshire Street cemetery
20 Jan 1917 - Frenchs Forest soldier settlement scheme
20 Jan 1788 - First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
19 Jan 1932 - first train across SHB
17 Jan 1944 - meat rationing introduced
16 Jan 1793 - first free settlers arrived
14 Jan 1812 - first public water mill
10 Jan 1958 - first Sydney Opera House Lottery
9 Jan 1868 - convict transportation to Australia ceased
8 Jan 1889 - Louisa Collins last woman hanged in NSW
7 Jan 1965 - first hydrofoil ferry in Sydney
4 Jan 1810 - Macquarie and Rum Rebellion dissent
3 Jan 1826 - a new Colonial Secretary arrived in Sydney
2 Jan 1822 - Macquarie Harbour penal settlement VDL
1 Jan 1810 - Macquarie became Governor of NSW
31 Dec 1790 - barley was successfully harvested
28 Dec 1850 - Henry Parkes est. the Empire newspaper
26 Dec 1902 - first Australian woman obtained law degree
22 Dec 1866 - Public Schools Act of NSW
20 Dec 1917 - 2nd Conscription Plebiscite
20 Dec 1926 - Sydney underground railway opened
18 Dec 1849 - application to build Sydney Railway Station
17 Dec 1915 - 'Waratah' recruitment march
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