Fairy Meadow - Timeline
| 1839 | John Buckland's Balgownie Estate was subdivided into 32 lots, forming the village of Fairy Meadow |
| 1856 | Fairy Meadow Hotel and Cabbage Tree Inn opened |
| 1858 | Fairy Meadow Public School opened |
| 1867 | Fairy Meadow became the Headquarters of the North Illawarra Municipality |
| 1880 | Post Office opens - to be named Cabbage Tree |
| 1883 | Name of Cabbage Tree Post Office to change to Fairy Meadow Post Office |
| 1885 | Brookers Farm at Fairy Meadow sold - to be divided into building sites |
| 1888 | Fairy Meadow railway platform at Elliotts Lane ready for use |
| 1891 | New school and residence built to replace the original building |
| 1892 | New Fairy Meadow Public School opened by Hon F B Suttor, Minister for Education |
| 1908 | Meeting held on 1 June to form a Parents and Citizens Association at Para Meadow |
| 1910 | Coke ovens being erected at Fairy Meadow |
| 1917 | Cabbage Tree Creek in flood, 5'8" - woman drowned |
| 1918 | The town's water supply was connected. |
| 1925 | Electric light switched on by Mrs H G Pettingell, Mayoress, at North Illawarra Council Chambers, Fairy Meadow on Friday 17 July |
| 1927 | Foundation stone for new Church of England church laid by Rev. G A D'Arcy on Saturday 5 November |
| 1928 | New Church of England opened by Archbishop Wright on 10 March |
| 1932 | Fairy Meadow School of Arts officially opened |
| 1946 | George Lockett built a large factory and opened business - Lockett's Food Products |
| 1946 | North Illawarra Council asked to resume 19 acres adjoining Fairy Meadow Public School for playing fields |
| 1950 | Two hostels to be built to accommodate British Migrants on 116 acres of "Collaerys" |
| 1952 | Licence granted to Fairy Meadow Hotel on Princes Highway |
| 1952 | St John Vianney's Roman Catholic Church opened by Bishop T McCabe on Sunday 2 November |
| 1953 | Cabbage Tree Creek straightened between the highway and the railway line to prevent flooding |
| 1955 | New Congregational Church opened in Vereker St by Dr H Maynard Rennie |
| 1955 | Balgownie Railway Station to be re-named Fairy Meadow |
| 1958 | Official opening of new Methodist Church in Daisy St, Fairy Meadow |
| 1960 | George Lockett sold out to Davis and Penney |
| 1962 | Bridge on Squires Rd, over Fairy Creek, completed |
| 1984 | Southline Drive-In Theatre closes |
| 1999 | New Anglican Church at Fairy Meadow opened by Archbishop Harry Goodhew |
| 2001 | Commonwealth Bank in Fairy Meadow closes - Fairy Meadow's only remaining bank |
| 2003 | Opening of Fairy Meadow Community Bank |
Last Modified: 10/09/2008
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