Timeline of Sydney
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Pre-Colonial
- 50,000-45,000 BP – Near Penrith, a far western suburb of Sydney, numerous Aboriginal stone tools were found in Cranebrook Terraces gravel sediments dating to this time period; at first when these results were new they were controversial. More recently in 1987 and 2003, dating of the same strata has revised and corroborated these dates.[1]
- 30,000 BP – Radiocarbon dating suggests human activity occurred in and around the Sydney basin, as evidenced by an archaeological dig in Parramatta, in Western Sydney.[2][3] The finds show that the Aboriginal Australians in that region used charcoal, stone tools and possible ancient campfires.[4][5]
- 21,100-17,800 BP – Stone artifact assemblages dating to this time period discovered in Shaws Creek (near Hawkesbury River) and in Blue Mountains. A rock shelter with flakes dating to this period discovered near Nepean River.[6]
- 4,000-2,000 BC – The first backed stone artifacts developed, such as blades and spears. The stones would drill, scrape, cut and grind material. They were also associated with woodworking.[7]
- 1,000-500 BC – Bone and shell usage dating to this period discovered. They would've been attached to fishing spear prongs, which would mean that multi-pronged fishing spears occurred at this time. The evidence of spear-throwing is suggested by an excavated shell in Balmoral Beach.[8]
18th–19th centuries
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- 1770 – Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook, in command of the HMS Endeavour, sighted the east coast of Australia and landed at a bay in what is now southern Sydney.
- 1788 – Sydney founded as British penal settlement following arrival of the First Fleet of eleven vessels under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip;[9] French vessels under the command of Lapérouse land in Botany Bay.
- 1792 – Burial Ground established.
- 1796 – Population: 2,953.
- 1797 – Prospect, a western Sydney suburb, became the boundary between colonists and indigenous Australians. Hostility grew where a state of guerrilla warfare existed between indigenous people and the settler communities at Prospect and Parramatta.[10] The aboriginal people were led by their leader, Pemulwuy, a member of the Bidjigal tribe who occupied the land.[11]
- 1803 – Sydney Gazette newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1804 – Fort Philip construction begins.[13]
- 1808 – Rum Rebellion.
- 1810 – Macquarie Street laid out.
- 1816
- Royal Botanic Gardens open.
- Sydney Hospital built.
- 1817 – Bank of New South Wales established.[14]
- 1819 – Hyde Park Barracks built.
- 1820 – Devonshire Street Cemetery established.
- 1823 – Sydney Royal Easter Show begins.
- 1824 – St James' Church consecrated.
- 1825 – New South Wales Legislative Council established in Sydney.
- 1831 – Weekly Sydney Herald newspaper begins publication.[15][16]
- 1833 – Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts founded.[17]
- 1836 – Australian Museum established.[18]
- 1837 – Government House[19] and Botany-Sydney aqueduct[17] built.
- 1838 – David Jones (shop) in business.[20]
- 1839 – Cockatoo Island prison in operation.
- 1840 – Farmers & Co. in business.[21]
- 1841 – Darlinghurst Gaol in operation.
- 1842
- City incorporated; city council elected.[22]
- Area of city: 11.65 square kilometres (approximate).[23]
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney established.
- 1850
- University of Sydney established.
- Freeman's Journal newspaper begins publication.
- 1854
- Sydney Cricket Ground opens.
- St Paul's College founded.[24]
- 1856
- Pyrmont Bridge built.[25]
- St Philip's Church rebuilt.
- 1857 – St John's College founded.[24]
- 1858 – Sydney Observatory built.
- 1859 – Parliamentary electoral districts of East Sydney and West Sydney created.
- 1861 – Population: 95,000 city and suburbs.[19]
- 1868
- Belmore Park opens.
- St Andrew's Cathedral consecrated.
- 1869 – Sydney Free Public Library established.[26]
- 1871 – Sydney Exchange and Academy of Art founded.
- 1877 – Waverley Cemetery established near city.
- 1878 – Robinson-Finlay wedding takes place.
- 1879
- Sydney Riot of 1879.
- Sydney International Exhibition held; Garden Palace built.
- Art Gallery of New South Wales opens.
- Dymocks Bookseller in business.
- New South Wales Zoological Society founded.[27]
- Royal National Park established near city.
- 1881 – Population: 237,300 city and suburbs.[19]
- 1882
- Sydney Showground opens.
- St Mary's Cathedral consecrated.
- 1883
- Melbourne–Sydney railway built.[28]
- Sydney High School and Sydney Wharf Labourers Union[29] established.
- 1889
- Sydney Town Hall built.
- Women's College[24] and Sydney Church of England Grammar School founded.
- 1890
- Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ installed.[30]
- Kerry photography studio in business.[31]
- 1891
- General Post Office built.
- Population: 399,270 city and suburbs.[19]
- Australia Hotel in business.
- 1892 – Strand Arcade opens.
- 1893 – Technological Museum opens.
- 1894 – Photographic Society of New South Wales founded.
- 1895 – City Tattersalls Club formed.
- 1898 – Queen Victoria Building constructed.
- 1900 – Sydney Harbour Trust active.
20th century
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1900s–1940s
- 1901
- City becomes part of the new Commonwealth of Australia.[28]
- Royal Australian Historical Society founded.
- Population: 112,137 city; 369,693 suburbs.[19]
- 1902 – Pyrmont Bridge rebuilt.
- 1903 – Glebe Island Bridge and Her Majesty's Theatre[32][33] rebuilt.
- 1904 – Electric street lighting installed.[33]
- 1905 – Hordern's Palace Emporium in business.
- 1906
- Central railway station built.
- Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club active.[33]
- 1907
- 20 October: Bathing costume protests.
- Melbourne–Sydney telephone begins operating.[33]
- 1908
- Camperdown becomes part of city.[23]
- New South Wales Rugby League Premiership formed
- 1909 – City of Sydney Library established.
- 1910 – The Sun newspaper begins publication.[34]
- 1912 – Culwulla Chambers built.[33]
- 1913 – Parcel Post Office built in Railway Square.
- 1915 – Sydney Conservatorium of Music established.[24]
- 1916 – 14 February: Liverpool riot of 1916.
- 1917 – J.G. Park photography studio in business (approximate date).[31]
- 1920
- 18 February: World's "first" swimsuit competition (beauty contest) held in Sydney.[16]
- Hurlstone Park Choral Society formed.
- 1924
- Sydney Airport begins operating.
- Hordern Pavilion built.
- 1927
- St James railway station opens.
- Sydney Cenotaph erected.
- 1928
- Capitol Theatre opens.
- Government Savings Bank building constructed.[35]
- 1929
- State Theatre opens.[35]
- Sun Building constructed.[35]
- 1930
- Modern Art Centre opens.[36]
- Grace Building constructed.
- 1932
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, Town Hall railway station, and Wynyard railway station open.
- Dymocks building constructed.[35]
- 1935 – Luna Park and Astoria Theatre[37] open.
- 1938 – City hosts 1938 British Empire Games.
- 1939 – AWA Tower built.[35]
- 1940 – St. James Theatre opens.[37]
- 1941 – Daily Mirror newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1942 – May–June: Attack on Sydney Harbour by Japanese forces.
- 1946 – Sydney Symphony Orchestra active.
- 1947 – Population: 95,852 city; 1,484,434 metro.[24]
- 1949 – Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Glebe, Newtown, Paddington, Redfern, and Waterloo become part of the city.[23]
1950s–1990s
- 1953 – Sydney Sun-Herald newspaper in publication.[34]
- 1954 – Sydney Film Festival begins.
- 1956 – ATN Channel 7 television begins broadcasting.[34]
- 1964 – Paddington Society founded.[38]
- 1967 – Australia Square hi-rise built.
- 1968
- South Sydney Municipal Council created.[23]
- Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[39]
- 1971 – City of Sydney Strategic Plan created.[40]
- 1972 – Aboriginal Medical Service established in Redfern.[33]
- 1973 – Sydney Opera House opens.
- 1977
- Sydney Festival begins.
- MLC Centre built.
- 1979
- 9 June: 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire.
- Martin Place pedestrianised.
- Martin Place railway station opens.
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras begins.
- Sydney Theatre Company founded.
- 1981 – Sydney Tower erected.
- 1983 – Beverly Hills Twin Cinema in business.[37]
- 1985
- Parliament House rebuilt.
- Granny Smith Festival begins in Eastwood.
- 1987 – University of Sydney's Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific established.[41]
- 1988
- CityRail in operation.
- University of Technology, Sydney and University of Sydney's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies[41] established.
- Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and Powerhouse Museum open.
- Australian Bicentenary events staged.
- Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay and Mount Annan Botanic Garden open near city.
- 1989
- South Sydney City Council established.[23]
- Area of city: 6.19 square kilometres.[23]
- 1990 – Sydney Children's Choir active.
- 1991 – Frank Sartor becomes lord mayor.
- 1993 - South Sydney Heritage Society founded.[42]
- 1994 – Sydney International Aquatic Centre opens.
- 1995 – Anzac Bridge opens.
- 1997 – Asian Australian Artists’ Association Gallery 4A opens.[43]
- 1998
- July: 1998 Sydney water crisis begins.
- BridgeClimb Sydney in business.
- 1999 – Sydney Super Dome, Stadium Australia, and City Recital Hall open.
- 2000
- September: City hosts 2000 Summer Olympics.
- City of Sydney Historical Association founded.[44]
21st century
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2000s
- 2001
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust established.
- Population: 4,128,272.
- 2003 – Lowy Institute for International Policy headquartered in city.[41]
- 2004
- 14 February: 2004 Redfern riots.[9]
- City of South Sydney becomes part of City of Sydney.
- Clover Moore becomes lord mayor.
- 2005
- December: 2005 Cronulla riots occur near city.[9]
- Cross City Tunnel opens.
- Bankstown Bites Food Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival begin.
- 2007
- September: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meets in city.
- Sydney Underground Film Festival begins.
- 2009
- Institute for Economics and Peace headquartered in city.
- Festival of Dangerous Ideas begins.
2010s
- 2011
- Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder cricket teams formed.
- Population: 4,028,524.[45]
- 2013 – Sydney Trains in operation.
- 2014
- Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island opens.
- 15 December: The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis begins.
- 2017 - 3 May: Labor strike of Sydney Morning Herald newspaper journalists begins.[46]
See also
- History of Sydney
- List of mayors, lord mayors and administrators of Sydney
- List of Governors of New South Wales, headquartered in Sydney
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- George Henry Townsend (1867), "Sydney", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
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Published in the 20th century
- "Sydney". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
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- Old Times, Sydney: Commercial Publishing Co., April 1903
- Annual Report for ... 1903, City of Sydney
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- Norddeutscher Lloyd (1906). "Sydney". 'Lloyd' Guide to Australasia. London: Edward Stanford.
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{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Sydney", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
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- J. Birmingham. (1999), Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney. Knopf.
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- Sydney: the Emergence of a World City. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- P. Spearritt. (2000), Sydney's Century: a History. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
- Sydney, Condensed Guides, Lonely Planet, 2000, OL 8647599M
- "Sydney: On Top of the World Down Under", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 198, USA, 2000
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- History Program (2011). "Exchange: Commercial & Retail Sydney". Historical Walking Tours. City of Sydney.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sydney.
- "Historical Atlas of Sydney". City of Sydney Archives.
- "Dictionary of Sydney".
- Items related to Sydney, various dates (via Europeana).
- Items related to Sydney, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
