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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
9 Feb 1875 - Third time lucky for John Robertson
7 Feb 1788 - Colony of NSW formally proclaimed
6 Feb 1794 - John Hunter appointed Governor
5 Feb 1803 - explorer George Bass last seen
4 Feb 1814 - Second Charter of Justice
3 Feb 1954 - Queen Elizabeth II visit
2 Feb 1803 - Surveyor Gen. Grimes sailed up the Yarra
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
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