Browse through the history of New South Wales and the State archives day by day and month by month. Highlights for January include: 1810 Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as the fifth Governor of New South Wales (1st); 1868 convict transportation to Australia ceased (9th); 1793 the first group of free settlers arrived at Port Jackson (16th); 1863 the Western Rail Line to Penrith opened (18th); 1815 the first road over the Blue Mountains was completed by William Cox (21st); 1808 Australia’s first and only military coup, the Rum Rebellion, took place in Sydney (26th); 1919 the influenza pandemic reached New South Wales (27th); 1957 Jørn Utzon was named as the winning architect of a competition to design an Opera House for Bennelong Point in Sydney (29th). Click here to view
This month in History – January
January 10, 2015 by ·
