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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The town of Sydney was declared a city in 1842, and a local government was established. In 1901, the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia, and Sydney became the capital of the state of New South Wales. Sydney today is Australia's largest city and a major international centre of culture and finance.
Sydney: New South Wales: First permanent Australian city. [1] Largest city in Australia, capital of New South Wales. 1788 Parramatta: New South Wales Second-oldest settlement in Australia. [2] Now a part of the Sydney urban area. 1788 Kingston: Norfolk Island: Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate ...
Timeline of Sydney. Early history; Sydney during the 18th and the 19th century. The crew of HMS Endeavour under the command of James Cook sights the east coast of Australia (1770) The British colony of New South Wales is subsequently established with the arrival of the First Fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
5 March – George Howe publishes the first issue of the weekly The Sydney Gazette and The New South Wales Advertiser, Australia's first newspaper. 19 April - Governor King proclaims toleration for Catholics and allows Fr James Dixon to say mass for Irish convicts. [1] [2] 14 May - Illegal Masonic meeting held in Sydney and all participants ...
Where timelines do not exist - try History of... with city name, as those articles frequently have timelines included Pages in category "Timelines of cities in Australia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
5 March – The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney.; 7 May – The Supreme Court of Tasmania, the first of all the State Supreme Courts, is established by Letters Patent.
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