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4-20 March... Federation Conference held at Melbourne. 



23 December ... The Municipalities Act passed. 



24 ,, ... Governor Young relinquished governorship. 



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8 Januaiy Earl Belmore succeeds Sir John Young, Sir Trevor Chute having acted 



in the interim. 

 10 June Transportation to Western Australia ceases. 



1869. 



27 April Cable communication between Australia and Tasmania established. 



27 May Railway: Sydney to Goulburn opened. 



30 September... Free Public Library opened to the public. 



1870. 



June-July Federal Conference at Melbourne. 



20 August Imperial military forces withdrawn from Colony. 



1872. 



22 February . . . Earl Belmore retires. 

 30 March W. C. ^Ventworth died. 



3 June Sir Hercules Robinson assumes office, Sir Alfred Stephen having acted 



in the interim. 

 22 October First through cable message received from England. 



1873. 



6 May W. C. Wentworth accorded a public funeral. 



20 December ... San Francisco mail service established. 



1874. 



April to Forrest travels across the great western desert from the Avest coast to 

 September the overland telegraph line. 



1875. 



— May Giles and party journey from Adelaide to Perth. 



1876. 



20 February ... Australia and New Zealand cable communication established. 



4 April Railway opened to Bathurst. 



1877. 



19 April Railway Sydney to Orange opened. 



13 August Railway Newcastle to Quirindi opened. 



1 December ... Telegraphic communication between Adelaide and Perth established. 



1878. 



26 March Free Public Library and Museum opened to public on Sunday. 



6 July Railway opened to Junee. 



3 September... Railway opened to Wagga ^Yagga. 

 15 October Railway opened to Tarn worth. 



1879. 



25 February ... Statue of Captain Cook unveiled in Hyde Park. 

 19 March Governor Robinson leaves for England. 



4 August Governor Loftus assumed office; Sir Alfred Stephen, Lieutenant- 



Governor, acting in interim. 

 17 September... International Exhibition (Garden Palace) opened. 

 25 ,, ... Postal cards introduced. 



1880. 



G February ... Fortnightly mail service with United Kingdom established. 



21 April Public Instruction Act passed, dissolving Council of Education, and 



transferring power to Minister. 



I.June Railway Sydney to Wellington opened. 



12 July Electoral Act passed. 



— August Sydney streets wood-paved. 



