I will be going to the NSW State Archives next Thursday 28 March. So if there are any records you require, I can check them out for you and copy them if you wish.
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Today in Australian History
22 JanFrom the NSW State Archives
On this day in 1788 the French explorer La Perouse arrived at Botany Bay. Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de Laperouse entered Sydney Harbour only days after the First Fleet had arrived and settled on the northern shore of Botany Bay (now named after him) for his six week visit. La Perouse sailed from Sydney in March and his fleet was wrecked in the Solomon Islands soon after.
This day in Australian History
21 JanOn this day in 1820 the Sydney Gazette published a notice about the creation of a new cemetery on Devonshire Street, Sydney. The cemetery was described as a “spacious burial ground” in the sandhills south of the brickfields, which is the site of the present-day Central Railway Station. The cemetery was consecrated in 1820 (the first interment actually took place in 1819) and operated until 1867. The site was then resumed in 1901 to allow for the development of the Central Railway Station and approximately one-third of the monuments and remains were relocated to other cemeteries. NSW Archives
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