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Britain establishes the prison colony of New South Wales, the first permanent European settlement on the continent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360782488#Events", "title": "1788 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360782488, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 17", "text": "17 December – Grose leaves New South Wales for England. His positions as acting governor and commander of the New South Wales Corps are both filled by William Paterson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053495#Events", "title": "1794 in Australia", "revid": 1374053495, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1800, "year_label": "1800 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Samuel Marsden becomes the principal, and at the time only remaining, chaplain for New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310888#Events", "title": "1800 in New Zealand", "revid": 1368310888, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1800, "year_label": "1800 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "19 November – The first copper coins are circulated in New South Wales. To prevent their removal from the colony they were issued at double their face value, that is a coin valued at one penny in England was deemed to represent twopence in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053565#Events", "title": "1800 in Australia", "revid": 1374053565, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 30", "text": "30 January – George Bass asks Governor King of New South Wales for a fishing monopoly from a line bisecting New Zealand from Dusky Sound to Otago Harbour extending south to include the subantarctic islands. It is not granted but shows the sealers' area of interest at this time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323272629#Events", "title": "1803 in New Zealand", "revid": 1323272629, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4–March 5 – The Castle Hill convict rebellion breaks out in New South Wales, led by Irish convicts in Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369393739#January–March", "title": "1804", "revid": 1369393739, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May", "text": "May – In an attempt to maintain a British monopoly of trade in Australian waters Governor King prohibits the construction of unauthorised boats of more than fourteen feet long in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323610786#Events", "title": "1804 in New Zealand", "revid": 1323610786, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 8", "text": "8 June – John Macarthur returns to New South Wales as a civilian settler after the British Government accepts his resignation from the New South Wales Corps and approves his return.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053739#Events", "title": "1805 in Australia", "revid": 1374053739, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 27", "text": "27 June – The Alexander arrives in London. Teina and Maki come under the care of Reverend Joseph Hardcastle of the London Missionary Society who tries to arrange for their return to New South Wales. However, before he can do so Teina dies and Maki is kidnapped by a crimp, his later fate unknown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368078769#Events", "title": "1806 in New Zealand", "revid": 1368078769, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 10", "text": "10 February – Former Governor Philip Gidley King leaves New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360285759#Events", "title": "1807 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360285759, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 18", "text": "18 May – exiled Irish rebel Michael Dwyer is acquitted of a charge of conspiring to mount an Irish insurrection against British rule in New South Wales (Australia), but subsequently stripped of his free settler status.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385265#Events", "title": "1807 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385265, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the \"Rum Corps\") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#January–March", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#January–March", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1811, "year_label": "1811 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Reverend Samuel Marsden sends the first commercial shipment of wool from New South Wales to England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361375672#October–December", "title": "1811", "revid": 1361375672, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 17", "text": "17 June – Leigh returns to New South Wales. While in New Zealand he has conceived the idea of establishing a Wesleyan mission to the Māori. He returns to England before the end of the year with this proposition in mind. His report to Marsden leads to the appointment of John Gare Butler to head the second Church Missionary Society mission.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360318910#Events", "title": "1819 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360318910, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – In Australia, in what is now New South Wales, the Bathurst War comes to an end, with the defeat of the Wiradjuri indigenous nation and the peaceful surrender of their leader, Chief Windradyne, at a feast at Parramatta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#October–December", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 14", "text": "14 June – Van Diemen's Land is separated administratively from New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374055354#Events", "title": "1825 in Australia", "revid": 1374055354, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 3", "text": "3 December – Van Diemen's Land becomes fully independent from New South Wales. The Legislative Council of Tasmania is established and George Arthur, former Lieutenant-Governor, is promoted as its first Governor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374055354#Events", "title": "1825 in Australia", "revid": 1374055354, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1831, "year_label": "1831 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Auxiliary paddle steamer Sophia Jane arrives at Sydney from London, becoming the first steamboat to operate in the coastal waters of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360358594#April–June", "title": "1831", "revid": 1360358594, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The chartered ship Amphitrite sinks off Boulogne-sur-Mer while transporting 108 British female convicts and 12 children from Woolwich in England to New South Wales in what is now Australia. All of the passengers die, along with 13 of the 16 crew, leaving 3 survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#July–September", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 31", "text": "31 August – Chartered ship Amphitrite sinks off Boulogne-sur-Mer while undertaking the penal transportation of 108 British female convicts and 12 children from Woolwich to New South Wales with the loss of 133 lives; only 3 crew survive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333513646#Events", "title": "1833 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1333513646, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1841, "year_label": "1841 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July – The convict assignment system was abolished in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and was replaced by the probation gang system.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241088946#Events", "title": "1841 in Australia", "revid": 1241088946, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Port Phillip District separates from New South Wales to become the Colony of Victoria (Australia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#July–September", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Van Diemen's Land is separated administratively from the Australian province of New South Wales and granted self-government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – In Australia, the province of Victoria (named for then reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria) to the southeast is separated administratively from the earlier larger province of New South Wales to the north.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Suburb of Goodna founded in Queensland, Australia – Originally part of NSW, its 150-year anniversary was celebrated in 2006.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241088924#Exploration_and_settlement", "title": "1856 in Australia", "revid": 1241088924, "section": "Exploration and settlement"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – The British Crown colony of Queensland in Australia is created, by devolving part of the territory of New South Wales (Queensland Day). Brisbane is declared the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent, annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that will later become the Northern Territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#July", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 5", "text": "5 May – Bushranger Ben Hall is shot dead by police at Goobang Creek in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241088864#Events", "title": "1865 in Australia", "revid": 1241088864, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July – Stamp duty is introduced in New South Wales with the Stamp Duties Act of 1865.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241088864#Events", "title": "1865 in Australia", "revid": 1241088864, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1879, "year_label": "1879 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – The National Park, later renamed the Royal National Park, is declared in New South Wales, Australia, the world's second-oldest purposed national park.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365404244#April", "title": "1879", "revid": 1365404244, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1880, "year_label": "1880 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May", "text": "May – School is made compulsory for children aged 6 to 14 in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323151145#Events", "title": "1880 in Australia", "revid": 1323151145, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1882, "year_label": "1882 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "1 January – Bilateral conventions for the exchange of money orders come into effect between the United States of America and the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1313714177#Events", "title": "1882 in Australia", "revid": 1313714177, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales: A New Zealand team makes an overseas tour for the first time. The team makes a return visit (see 1882) to the Southern Rugby Union in New South Wales and wins all eight matches with 167 points for and 17 against.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332250507#Rugby_union", "title": "1884 in New Zealand", "revid": 1332250507, "section": "Sport › Rugby union"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary), a worldwide mining and natural gas producer is founded in New South Wales, Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#July", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration, calling for the Federation of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#October", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Plural voting is abolished in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#December", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "220 yards freestyle – W. 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These are the first recognised matches by a New Zealand national football team.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354297212#Association_football", "title": "1904 in New Zealand", "revid": 1354297212, "section": "Sport › Association football"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "A New South Wales team tours New Zealand, playing three matches against the New Zealand team. New Zealand wins all three: 19–9, 34–6 and 38–11.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369787291#Rugby_union", "title": "1923 in New Zealand", "revid": 1369787291, "section": "Sport › Rugby union"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The Premier of New South Wales officially opens Warragamba Dam, one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#October", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#March", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Bob Askin replaces Jack Renshaw as Premier of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#May–June", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 24", "text": "24 January - Cyclone Wanda makes landfall near Double Island Point. Large parts of South East Queensland, particularly Brisbane, and northern New South Wales are flooded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334885894#January", "title": "1974 in Australia", "revid": 1334885894, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Wranslide in New South Wales: the Wran government is re-elected with an increased majority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#October", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – New South Wales Premier Neville Wran officially opens the Eastern Suburbs Railway in Sydney. It operates as a shuttle between Central and Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line in 1980.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 mm of rain in a day on Sydney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#August", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – New South Wales State MP for Cabramatta John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#September", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Royal Australian Air Force and Navy are deployed to New South Wales and Victoria to assist mass evacuation efforts amidst the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#January", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › January"}}]}