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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.
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)
Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] granted representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. These colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments. 1 October: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, was founded. 1851: 1 July
Aboard ship was the Aboriginal explorer Bungaree, of the Sydney district, who became the first person born on the Australian continent to circumnavigate the Australian continent. [35] Previously, the famous Bennelong and a companion had become the first people born in the area of New South Wales to sail for Europe, when, in 1792 they ...
1912 - Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time; 1915 - Surfing is first introduced to Australia; 1930 - Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings; 1930 - Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup; 1938 - Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Pages in category "History of Sydney" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. ... Timeline of Sydney Harbour ferries; Tom Uglys Bridge;
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 ...