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1803 - A convict by the name of William Buckley, escaped from the Sullivan Cove settlement at Sorrento and lived with a group of...

1856 - During a monstrous thunderstorm the old Pick and Shovel Hotel was levelled. 1861 ALLEGED CASE OF HORSESTEALING. — Robert Valentine...

1643 - Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary was swanning past a patch of dirt that took his fancy so, being Christmas Day, he named...

1856 THE WANTS OF DUNOLLY. The following has been handed to us for publication by the Chairman of the meeting: Pursuant to notice, a...

1790 - Watkin Tench, on orders from Gov Phillip to "catch, kill and behead" Aboriginal people, wrote in his journal;"Sydney: ‘Our final...

1856 Bank of Australasia began business in Dunolly. 1907 The Licenses Reduction Board has awarded Richard III Hotel in Dunolly 117 pounds...

1789 - The ship Guardian carrying stores for the colony struck an iceberg and was forced back to the Cape. It never reached the colony in...

1864 Mayor and councillors sent a petition to anti-transportation league. 1878 Local magnates argued at the opening of a section of the...

1811 - Gov Lachlan Macquarie began humming a Rod Stewart number when he sailed from Port Dalrymple in the Lady Nelson for Port Stephens....

Christmas trading hours Sunday open Noon till 6 pm lunch only Monday ( Christmas Eve) bar only 2 till 6 pm Tuesday ( Christmas Day)...