YEAR
EVENT
1813
Crossing of the Blue Mountains
1836
Charles Darwin Visits Wallerowang Homestead
1842
Thomas and Mary Brown Move into Eskbank House
1851
Gold Discovered near Bathurst
1851
The Great Exhibition opens in London
1868
Coal Mined Commercially in Lithgow
1870
Eskbank Station Opens
1875
Iron Making Begins at Thomas Brown's property "Eskbank"
1875
Lithgow Public School Opens
1878
Rickard J Inch opens first Brewery in Lithgow
1879
First Pots Made by James Silcock at the Lithgow Pottery
1880
First Chilled Meat sent to England from Lithgow by Thomas Mort
1880
Ned Kelly Hanged
1887
Joseph Cook arrives in Lithgow
1887
Lithgow Workmens Club Formed
1891
Lithgow Co-Operative Society Formed
1901
Federation
1901
Queen Victoria Dies
1901
First steel pour in Australia at Eskbank
1907
Railway to Newnes completed
1910
Lithgow Trades Hall Picture Palace opens
1910
Ten Tunnels Deviation of Zig Zag completed
1911
Lithgow Riot
1912
Small Arms Factory Begins Production
1913
Joseph Cook becomes Prime Minister of Australia
1915
Gallipoli Landings
1921
Steel Works Owner George Hoskins buys land at Port Kembla
1928
Lithgow Greyhound Racing Club Founded
1928
Hoskins Church Completed
1929
Demolition of Blast Furnace Begun
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