1826 James White squattered at Burrangong.

1830 First white child, Sarah White born at Burrangong.

1860 The Sydney Morning Herald reported on August 4 a gold find of 7.5 ounces at Lambing Flat.

1860 First courts of Petty Sessions at Burrangong and Stoney Creek.

1861 First anti-Chinese riots in January.

1861 First Lambing Flat newspaper, the Miner, started in February.

1861 Lambing Flat Post Office established in March.

1861 Young town laid out in April 1861 Free Selection Act passed.

1861 Lambing Flat and Burrangong became Young in April. Named after Sir John Young, Governor of NSW.

1861 Court House built but burnt in riots.

1861 Major anti-Chinese riots in July.

1861 Young National School opened.

1861 Young’s first race meeting. The winner was stolen by bushranger Frank Gardiner.

1861 Chinese Immigration Restriction Act passed in November.

1861 Burrangong M.U.I.O.O.F. opened in November.

1862 Burrrangong District Hospital opened.

1862 Second Court House built on Camp Hill.

1862 Cobb and Co. bought coach business on the south-western road.

1862 First Church of England built.

1862 Telegraph line reached Lambing Flat in December.

1862 First cherry trees planted.

1863 Catholic Church-School built in timber.

1864 Burrangong Argus newspaper established in October.

1865 Wilkie Memorial Church of England built in brick.

1865 Wesleyan church built in brick.

1866 Young Church of England school opened.

1866 Young Flour Mills built.

1870 Young School of Arts estab lished. (absorbed by Mechanics Institute in 1877).

1871 Presbyterian Church built of brick.

1871 First Pastoral and Agricultural Show held in April.

1873 First brick Public School erected.

1873 Burrangong Chronicle established in December.

1874 Brick Court House built in Lynch St. Replaced in 1928.

1876 St Mary’s Catholic Church opened. 1876 Gaol opened. Closed 1923.

1877 Mechanics Institute opened.

1878 Brick Post Office opened in Lynch St.

1879 Primitive Methodist Chapel opened.

1882 Borough of Young incorporated.

1883 First McCormack harvesting machine in Young.

1884 First brick school on Camp Hill opened.

1885 Murrumburrah-Young railway opened.

1886 Young Court House opened on Camp Hill.

1886 Second Showground opened on Moppity Road.

1886 Tubbul Shearers’ Union formed.

1887 Young-Cowra Railway opened.

1887 Salvation Army established in Young.

1887 Presentation Nuns arrive in Young.

1888 Young Picnic Race Club formed.

1889 Young connected the first homes in the Southern Hemisphere to electricity.

1889 Young Town Hall opened. Former Mechanics Institute.

1890 Rabbits first reported in the district.

1890 Young Cooperative Flour Mill established.

1892 Sacred Heart Presentation Convent opened.

1892 Edison Phonograph exhibition in Young.

1893 Shearers’ Union absorbed by Australian Workers Union.

1893 Meat Chillingworks established.

1894 Young Convent School Hall opened.

1894 St Patrick’s Catholic School opened.

1900 Burrangong District Hospital transferred from Edwards St to Allanan St.

1902 Burrangong Chronicle became Young Chronicle.

1905 School of Arts building opened.

1906 Burrangong Shire formed.

1908 Young Parents and Citizens Assoc. formed.

1912 Band Rotunda built in Carrington Park.

1914 Burrangong Argus became Young Witness.

1917 Millard Centre built.

1919 Soldiers’ Settlement orchards established.

1920 Young Chamber of Commerce established.

1921 Second Presbyterian Church in Lovell St.

1922 Gold discovered in Bribbaree.

1923 Young Country Womens Association formed.

1925 Intermediate High School opened in former Court House.

1926 Young Fruit Growers’ Association formed.

1927 Young Brickworks produces 1.5 million bricks.

1928 New Court House in Lynch St.

1928 First sheep show in Young.

1929 Young District Producers’ Cooperative formed.

1930 Young Cool Stores opened.

1930 Young Bush Fire Brigade formed.

1934 Young Swimming Pool opened.

1934 Junior Farmers formed at Wambanumba, Maimuru and Monteagle.

1938 Young Rotary Club formed. Sponsored by Wagga and Cooamundra.

1942 Young Technical College opened.

1943 Poultry chilling works estab lished.

1944 Current Public Library opened.

1945 First school bus service in NSW.

1946 Intermediate High Schooll becomes full High School.

1947 Burrangong Chronicle incorpo rated in Young Witness.

1947 Burrangong Shire wins Bluet Award.

1948 Young Apex Club formed.

1949 First cherry festival held.

1953 Young North Public School opens.

1954 Young Ambulance Station opened.

1956 Olympic torch passes through Young.

1958 Radio Station 2LF commences.

1958 Young Historical Society formed.

1958 Young Quota Club formed.

1959 Young Lions Club formed.

1960 Silknit factory closes. Opened 1944.

1964 Young Jaycees formed.

1968 Boorowa St reconstructed and trees planted.

1968 First woman elected to Young Municipal Council.

1968 Bellhaven Special School formed.

1970 Young Rotaract Club formed.

1971 Young Aerodrome completed.

1972 VIEW club commences in Young.

1972 Lambing Flat Enterprises commences.

1973 Drive- in theatre opens.

1974 Inner Wheel Club of Young is formed.

1974 Retirement Village 100 bed hostel opens.

1975 Sister city relationship formed with Golden Colorado, U.S.A.

1976 Construction of Hall Bros Oval and Rugby League Clubhouse.

1976 Young Public School moves to Bruce St.

1976 Moomba-Sydney Gas Pipeline Control Centre opens.

1977 Young Lawn Cemetry opens.

1978 Community Arts Centre opens in old public school.

1979 Formation of Young and District Tourist and Advancement Corporation.

1980 Completion of Gus Smith Oval.

1980 Amalgamation of Burrangong Shire amd Young Municipality.

1982 Formation of Young Society of Artists and Burrangong Gallery.

1983 Young’s first Australia Day celebrations.

1983 Rotary builds croquet rink at retirement village.

1983 Probus Club formed.

1983 Country music club formed in March.

1983 Riding for the disabled commences.

1984 Telephone Manual Exchange closes.

1984 Young School of Music formed.

1985 Haliday’s Bridge demolished. First bridge over the creek.

1985 Solar sewerage plant opened.

1986 Official opening of the terminal water storage reservoir on Back Creek Road.

1987 The Big Cherry is unveiled.

1988 Natural gas connected to Young.

1989 Kingdom Hall built in one weekend.

1990 High school becomes Young Technology High School.

1990 Normoyle’s Engineering celebrates 100 years.

1990 Tourist office opens.

1991 First female Shire President elected.

1992 Mobile phone coverage starts in Young.

1992 Rotary starts work on Chinamans Dam.

1993 Catherine McCauley Centre opens.

1993 Police Boys Club celebrates 50 years in Young.

1994 First international prune industry conference held in Young.

1995 Community raises funds and commences SBS television.

1995 First internet service in Young.

1995 Young Rotary Club admits first female member.

1996 National engineering wins Olympic Stadium contract.

1997 Wall of Remembrance in Anderson Park.

1997 Marie McCormack Centre opens.

1997 FM Radio comes to Young.

1997 Sister city relationship formed with Lanzhou city, China.

1999 Burrangong Abattoirs expands to become the district’s largest employer.

1999 Recycling depot opened.

2000 Chinese community sponsors Cherry Festival.

2000 Olympic torch passes through Young.

2001 Hennessy College inaugurated and St Mary’s Primary moves to Elizabeth St.

2001 New water reservoir opened.

Young Rotary meets Golf Club Tuesdays 6.30pm for 7.00pm.