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Sydney

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== location ==

capital of the State of New South Wales

== Beginnings ==

Founded in 1788 by the British as a penal colony. The first city in Australia

== Importance of Sydney ==

Sydney was the capital of the colony of New South Wales.

== What was Sydney like in the late 1870s ==

Sydney was linked to [[Albury|Albury]] and [[Melbourne|Melbourne]] by [[Telegraph|telegraph]] in [[1854-1863 Events|1858]] and by [[Railways|rail]] later in the 1870s

train trip from Sydney to [[Goulburn NSW|Goulburn]]([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/6/1870|T&C25/6/1870]])

== Facilities in Sydney in the late 1870s ==

'''Population''' '''Photograph'''

Map '''Hotels''' '''Churches''' '''Schools''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''

'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' '''Other things of interest'''

== Links to the KellyGang ==

The Sydney newspapers such as the Echo and the Sydney Morning herald follwed the news of what happened ([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 23/11/1878|Alexandra23/11/1878]])

Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] and the Queensland trackers travelled to Sydney by ship and then from Sydney to Albury by train.

Rumours were wild in Sydney. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/4/1879|Argus9/4/79]])

Const [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] worked for the police in Sydney. ([[Royal Commission report day 36 page 8|RC12899]])

In the 24 hours after the Glenrowan siege over 90,000 words were telegraphed between Melbourne and Sydney, of which number the ''Evening News'' received 8500. They published 5 editions. There was great excitement in the city. ([[Herald (9)|Herald29/6/1880]])

== What happened at Sydney after the time of the KellyGang ==

In the 1980s Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] was displayed in Sydney as part of Heritage week and in the 1990s it was displayed at the police museum

== What is happening at Sydney today - linked to the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story ==

[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with S-T]] [[Category:Sydney]] [[Category:Trackers]] [[Category:Queensland]]

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