1797 Following much fighting between the European settlers and the Indigenous people in the Hawkesbury area Governor John Hunter sent a group of soldiers to protect the settlers.
1850 Tired of saddling their broomsticks and kick-starting their horses, The Powers That Were got the lads on the tools to begin construction of the First Ever Railway Line in The Fair Isle of Oz; actually t'was the daughter of the Governor Charles FitzRoy, the Honourable Mrs. Mary Stewart, who prettily modelled the spade whilst she turned the first sod of the Sydney Railway Company at Cleveland Paddocks to begin work on the Sydney-Parramatta Railway Line.
1915 A medical report from the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station situated at Anzac Cove observed that “Dysentery is becoming very acute, and cases of extreme collapse are occurring”.
It is estimated that approximately 700 soldiers died from diseases.
1931 The Chemical Warfare Board was renamed as the Chemical Defence Board.
1942 Tea was now rationed; each adult was only allowed half a pound (approx. 230gms) of tea every 5 weeks.
This was in place for 8 years until 1 July 1950.
1947 Bust out the cake tin, Marge, SUGAR RATIONING HAS ENDED
But don't bother with the teapot.
Sugar had been rationed since it was introduced nearly five years earlier, on 29 August 1942.
1989 The Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct (the Fitzgerald Inquiry; 1987–1989) ended with Tony Fitzgerald QC submitting his final report.
As a result, a number of high-profile politicians were charged with crimes, and Queensland Police Commissioner Terry Lewis was charged with corruption.
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