- 1803 – George Howe publishes the first issue of the weekly Sydney Gazette and the New South Wales Advertiser, Australia's first newspaper.
- 1824 – The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney.
- 1868 – Lucy Osburn and five other nurses trained by Florence Nightingale arrive in Sydney; Osburn is later regarded as the founder of nursing in Australia.
- 1878 – William Giblin becomes the thirteenth Premier of Tasmania.
- 1983 – The ALP, with Bob Hawke as leader wins with one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in Australian political history.