Lambing Flats riots in 1861 (30th); 1851 Victoria separated from New South Wales (1st); 1850 work began on NSW’s first railway lines from Sydney to Parramatta (3rd); 1826 Carl Rumker was appointed to take charge of the Parramatta Observatory (4th); 1822 Agricultural Society of NSW was founded at a public meeting in the Red Cow Inn at Parramatta (5th); 1813 the first commercial shipment of wool was exported to Britain (6th).Click here to continue
This week in History 30 June-7 July
July 5, 2014 by ·
