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Conditions of Competition Items 1-2. Sydney Opera House - The Brown Book, 1955. NRS 12702

13 Sep 1955 - competition for a SOH

Indent for Grenada, 1825 – entry for Susan Courtney who was re-transported to NSW after escaping to London, NRS 12188 4-4009A

10 Sep 1823 - escapee re-transported to NSW

Sydney St Andrews - Old Burial Ground, 1 Sep 1853 (Sketch book 6 folio 63). Digital ID: NRS13886-X764-a110_000065

8 Sep 1792 - Sydney Burial Ground

Miniature painting of Mary Reibey. NRS 4481 [7/16034] #16919

7 Sep 1794 - Mary Haydock married Thomas Reibey

Scone, 1 Oct 1931. From the albums of Mr LG Watt, Fire Commissioner. Digital ID 549_a029_a029000469

5 Sep 1837 - Scone gazetted as a village

Henry Lawson, 1900. NRS-4481-3-[7/16096]-St27422

2 Sep 1922 - Henry Lawson died

Exhibition building Prince Alfred Park NRS-4481-3-[7/16168]-Sh131

30 Aug 1870 - Intercolonial Exhibition opened

Surveyor General Crown Plans: Chart of Oxley’s party’s tract on discovery to the westward of New South Wales (Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers), 1817 I.537v NRS 13859 SZ209

29 Aug 1817 - exploration of Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers

Proclamation of the Women's Franchise Act of 1902. NRS 922, M6785-B in 5-6769

27 Aug 1902 - Women's Franchise Act (voting)

On This Day

25 Aug 1824 - Legislative Council of NSW

Inside font cover - the battleship Connecticut. NRS 4472, Government Printing Office, Miscellaneous invitations, 1882-1937, X720

20 Aug 1908 - Great White Fleet arr. Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge - view of two halves from, 29 Jul 1930. Digital ID 2685_a007_a00704_8729000194r

19 Aug 1930 - two halves of SHB were joined

View of Female Orphan School near Parramatta 1 June 1825

17 Aug 1801 - Female Orphan School opened

Village byline from the map

15 Aug 1904 - Dalgety named as Federal Capital site

Circular Quay, n.d. Digital ID 4346_a020_a020000060

16 Aug 1890 - Australian Maritime Dispute

13 Aug 1806 - Bligh became Governor of NSW

Tilly Devine, 1925. NRS 2496 [3/6007] photo 659

12 Aug 1917 - Tilly Twiss married James Devine

Portrait of Louisa Lawson, ca. 1880 [picture] <nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137377381>

12 Aug 1920 - Louisa Lawson died

On This Day

11 Aug 1824 - NSW constituted a Crown Colony

Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, n.d. Digital ID 4346_a020_a020000212

10 Aug 1894 - new Sydney Hospital opened

Sydney Town Hall and MC of Sydney Subjects, no date. NRS-21243-3-1-946

9 Aug 1890 - first Grand Organ recital at Town Hall

Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900c. Jul 1900. Digital ID 12487_a021_a021000038

8 Aug 1789 - first NSW police force formed

Central Railway Station Sydney, c.1915. Digital ID 17420_a014_a014000271

4 Aug 1906 - (3rd) Sydney Central Railway Station opened

3 Aug 1838 - report criticizing transportation to NSW

Locomotive drivers. From the photograph album of Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike, 16 August 1917. Digital ID 15309_a015_000008

2 Aug 1917 - General Strike began

Snowy mountains for network

1 Aug 1949 - Snowy Mountains Authority established

Sydney Harbour Bridge - Safety Chain, on Top Chord

28 Jul 1923 - SHB construction began

undated photo of a young Henry Parkes

25 Jul 1839 - Henry Parkes arr. in Sydney

General Post Office - before extensions, view from George St, Sydney. Digital ID 4481_a026_000323

24 Jul 1936 - talking clock service

Act (6 Vic No. 3) to incorporate Sydney as a city

20 Jul 1842 - Sydney incorporated as a city

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