Sydney Centennial - 1888 - A Coming Of Age

1888 was The Summer Of The Height Of The Victorian Era In Old Sudney Town As It Came Into It's Own. 

It Was. A Year Of Celebrations For Sydney As It reached Is First Milestone Of 100 Years Of Settlement From The Furst Fleet Arriving With Captain Arthur Phillip In 1788. 

All The Builders Were Making Every Human Effort To Have Their Buildings Finished In That Year So Those Maguc numerals of 1888 Could Be Carved Iver Doorways, And Carved Into The Centrepiece Stones Of Their Magnificent Achievements. 

By The End Of The Centennial Year 1888, Sydney City Had Grown To 2,645 Acres, Amd There was Scarcely Any Building Left That Was Made Out Of Timber 

Sydney Centenary – Celebrating 100 Years of Settlement

Sydney’s centenary celebrations in 1888 commemorated one hundred years since the arrival of the First Fleet and the establishment of the British colony at Sydney Cove. The anniversary was marked by civic ceremonies, public festivities and the opening of Centennial Park.

SYDNEY CENTENARY -

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SETTLEMENT

Celebrating 100 Years of Colonisation – The Daily Mirror – Special Liftout

Celebrating 100 Years Of Colonisation In Australia

 I Just Happened To Find These Bits Pf The Newspaper Underneath The Lino In My House As I Was Lifting Up The Old Carpets. These Must Have Been Laid Sometime Around 1888 For The Centneary Of Colonisation In Australia.

So It Must’ve Been My Great Grandparents Who Did The Hard Work...

 - Arrival Of The First Fleet