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* these sites can still be seen today color

1. Liverpool was founded in 1810 on 7 November by Governor Lachlan Macquarie as his first "new town".
2. The three main Aboriginal tribes in the Liverpool area at the time were Daruk, Tharawal and Gandangara.
3. Lurnea and Bringelly are Aboriginal names.
4. Six of the seven cattle brought out with the first fleet were found by a convict in the Cowpasture Road region. The six had increased to sixty and Governor Hunter visited the site in 1795 and named it Cow Pasture Plains.
5. In 1804 Captain Eber Bunker was given a land grant.
6. In 1805 Thomas Moore (boat builder) was granted 300 hectares.
7. The first recorded floods on the Georges River occurred in 1809.
8. The leader of the wicklow Irish Rebellion, Michael Dwyer was given 100 acres of land south of Cabramatta Creek in 1809. This was known as Hargraves Park but later became Warwick Farm.
9. Collingwood House was built in 1810 by Captain Bunker, the leader of the colony's first whaling expedition.*
10. Thomas Tyrell was buried in what is now Apex Park in 1811.
11. Military Barracks were commenced in 1811. 
12. Liverpool's first school was built in 1811.
13. William Lawson, explorer, was Commander of the forces at Liverpool in 1812.
14. Explorer, William Wentworth, lived in Greendale with his parents.
15. St Luke's Church was designed by Francis Greenway in 1817 and completed in 1824.
16. The first map to name Liverpool's Macquarie Street is dated 1819 and came from the pen of the emancipist surveyor, James Meehan.
17. Robert Cartwright was the chaplain at St Lukes in 1820 and was buried in what is now known as "Pioneer's Memorial Park" in 1856.
18. St Lukes Church* is the oldest Anglican Church still in use in Australia.
19. During the construction of St Luke's a convict hung himself in the unfinished tower.
20. Richard Guise was the first recorded burial in St Lukes cemetery in 1821.

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21. The first hospital, also designed by Francis Greenway, was started in 1822 and completed in 1830. This building became an Old Mens 19 Home and Asylum as well as a hospital until 1960. *
22. The Courts of Liverpool were conducted near the circular tower in the hospital until the courthouse was built.
23. Richard Brooks, commander of the brigs Rose, Spring and Alexander purchased land at Denham Court.
24. Bushranger "Jack Donohoe", who roamed from Windsor to Liverpool was killed out near Bringelly in 1830.
25. Jack Donohoe was the Robin Hood of early days, robbing the rich and giving to the poor Irish settlers.
26. The famous song "The Wild Colonial Boy" tells of the exploits of Jack Donohoe.
27. John Verge was commissioned to design and build a house for Richard Brooks.
28. Work started on St Mary the Virgin Catholic Church, Denham Court in 1833.
29. Lansdowne Bridge, David Lennox 19s masterpiece was opened by Governor Bourke (some of Liverpool 19s 1,000 convicts worked on it) in 1836. *
30. Liverpool Weir was built in 1836 by Lennox and his "iron gang" convicts for 100 pounds. *
31. A wooden wharf (quay) was built on the Georges River and boats up to 50 tons could load and unload there.
32. The weir marks the halfway point of the Georges River.
33. The top half of the Georges River is fresh water and the bottom is salt.
34. The foundation for the original "All Saints Church" was laid in 1840.
35. The district of Liverpool was incorporated in 1842, Samuel Moore was the warden and there were six Councillors.
36. In the 1840 19s Paul Edmund de Strzelecki passed through Liverpool on his expedition to the Alps.
37. Severe bush fires blazed in the area in 1845.
38. St Marks Church, Greendale was built in 1848 13 49 and designed by Edmund Blacket. *
39. St Marks Church stands on the land granted to Ellis Bent in 1811.
40. Holy Innocents Church, Rossmore was designed by Edmund Blacket and completed in 1850. * 

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41. An obelisk was placed on the corner of George and Moore Streets to record the mileage from Sydney. The Liverpool obelisk is now in Discovery Park, Liverpool. *
42. The second oldest court house was established around 1855 and was in use until 1972. *
43. There was to be a cricket match between the Liverpool Cricket Association and 11 railwaymen after the first sod of soil was turned for the railway line. There was a dispute and the match was cancelled.
44. Liverpool Railway Station opened in 1856. *
45. The Liverpool Abattoirs were completed in December 1856 after the closure of Glebe Island Abattoirs.
46. The bell shaped letterbox outside the technical college was brought to Liverpool in 1856. *
47. Spanish dollars were discovered under the floorboards of the gallery in St Luke 19s Church in which convicts sat apart, probably gambling.
48. The fine old homestead, Bernera, was built by Alan Macpherson in 1856.
49. A Telegraph link with Sydney was set up at Liverpool Railway Station.
50. "The Flying Pieman" (William Francis King) became well known for his remarkable athletic skills in the mid-1800s.
51. William Francis King was known to race the mail coach from Windsor to Sydney, on foot and won by seven minutes.
52. William also sold pies to passengers as they boarded the riverboat leaving Sydney then he would run overland so that he could sell them more pies on departure.
53. The first telegraph message in New South Wales was from Sydney to Liverpool on 30 December, 1857.
54. Liverpool Public School commenced teaching in 1863.*
55. Collingwood Paper Mill started production in 1868.
56. Richard Sadleir was Liverpool's first Mayor in 1872.
57. William Francis King (The Flying Pieman) died in Liverpool Asylum in 1874.
58. In 1879 Martin Christiansen started a Brickyard at Liverpool.
59. The Homestead at Chipping Norton was built in 1880. *
60. The winner of the 1880 Melbourne Cup, Grand Flaneur, was trained at Chipping Norton.

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61. Liverpool's first Post Office was built on the corner of Macquarie and Moore Streets and opened in 1880.
62. The property for the first Post Office was purchased for 200 pounds.
63. A railway goods shed was built in 1881. *
64. Rosebank Cottage was designed by Varney Parkes (son of Sir Henry Parkes) in 1883 and later became Queens College, an exclusive school for girls. *
65. The last member of the Georges River Tribe, "Black Tommy" died in 1884 in a stable near St Lukes Church.
66. In 1889 there was a record of early Aboriginal paintings in local caves, which are still there today.
67. The first race meeting at Warwick Farm was held in 1889.    
68. The General Cemetery in Flowerdale Road was dedicated in 1892. *
69. J. H. Atkinson established the abattoir and wool washery on the banks of the Georges River.
70. Glenfield Farm was named after Glenfield in Leicester, England. *
71. Bigge Park was the area once used for public punishment. On at least one occasion gallows were built and the stocks were there also. *
72. Glenfield Farm was part of a grant to Dr Throsby. *
73. In 1894 a fifteen-foot wide timber bridge was built across the river.
74. Easter Encampments were held in Liverpool for part-time soldiers in 1906.
75. Lord Kitchner visited Liverpool in 1910 and selected Holsworthy as a natural Army Encampment.
76. Kitchner House was originally called Arpafelle and was built by the army in 1912 for visits of Lord Kitchner. *
77. Prisoners of War (POWs) were held at Hammondville during World War I (1914 - 1918).
78. After drunken soldiers from Liverpool Barracks rioted in 1916, 6 o 19clock closing was introduced.
79. A Boer War Memorial Lamp was erected at the top of the main street and is now at the corner of Macquarie Street and Memorial Avenue. *
80. At Clinched 19s Pond at the beginning of the century, a milkman and his horse were believed to disappear in the pond. *

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81. A railway line was built on concrete pylons leading from Liverpool to Holsworthy Army Camp in 1917. *
82. The Liverpool to Holsworthy Army Camp railway line was built by German POWs.
83. After the Boer War in 1918, returned soldiers were given farming land at Chipping Norton and Lurnea.
84. The first Liverpool District Ambulance Service was established in 1923 in Macquarie Street.
85. Sports Clubs were many, swimming, tennis, football, cricket and bicycling. The Cycling Club produced a competitor for the 1924 Olympics.
86. Dwyers land (see 8) at Hargrave Park became the site of an airfield for light planes in 1925.
87. Some of the best tobacco in Australia was grown in 1931/32 at Hoxton Park.
88. Tobacco leaves from these crops grew to lengths of 28 inches and were used to make cigars.
89. John Hurst Edmondson was raised in Liverpool and was the first Australian to receive a Victoria Cross Medal in World War II.
90. Rossmore is one of the oldest agricultural districts in New South Wales.
91. Rossmore was once called Cabramatta but this name was later transferred to an area now in Fairfield's boundaries.
92. During restoration work on St Lukes Church a musket ball was found in the face of the clock.
93. In 1953 the Liverpool Power House was built to cover Post War power shortages. *
94. Liverpool was declared a city in 1960.
95. The original Liverpool Hospital was handed over to the Liverpool Tafe (see 19) in 1961. *
96. The "New" All Saints Church was completed in 1964.*
97. In 1972 Collingwood House was restored at the cost of $72,148. *
98. The New Court House in George Street was opened in 1972. *
99. There are 39 suburbs in the City of Liverpool area.
100. The City of Liverpool is 305 square kilometres.
101. The population at the 2002 census was 155,000.

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