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Cleveland - Timeline
| 1817 | Land grant of 300 acres made to Colonel George Molle by Governor Macquarie |
| 1833 | Land grant of 600 acres promised to George William Paul, and promptly sold. |
| 1837 | Land grant of 300 acres made to E.R. Stack |
| 1839 | Land grant of 200 acres made to James Blanch |
| 1841 | Cleveland homestead built, reputedly by Maurice Fitzgerald |
| 1842 | Alleys Line of Road publicly promoted as an overland route from Dapto to Bong Bong, near Moss Vale |
| 1859 | Foundation election of Central Illawarra Council representing Dapto and surrounding localities, including present-day Cleveland |
| 1861 | Plan submitted for construction of road, subsequently entitled Cleveland Road, from Dapto Post Office to Rudd property. |
| 1887 | Dapto station opened, as part of the Wollongong to North Kiama railway |
| 1895 | Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Railway built |
| 1975 | Wollongong City Council designs brief for study of West Dapto, which encompasses Cleveland, as area with potential for urban expansion of Wollongong |
| 1980 | Cleveland homestead officially registered in the Register of the National Estate |
| 1982 | Ultimately unsuccessful submission made to NSW Government by Wollongong City Council to undertake local environmental study to enable the development of West Dapto |
| 1987 | Wollongong City Council exhibits draft strategic plan for West Dapto development |
| 1987 | Wollongong City Council resolves to include Cleveland homestead on its heritage list (December) |
| 1989 | Wollongong City Council releases Local Environmental Study for West Dapto Stage One |
| 1992 | Wollongong City Council purchases Bridgewater property on Cleveland Rd for future residential development |
| 1993 | Cleveland first proposed as name for suburb (April) |
| 1996 | Intergovernmental West Dapto Task Force formed to examine environmental and funding issues for future development |
| 1999 | NSW Government accepts recommendations of West Dapto Task Force for future development |
| 2004 | Wollongong City Council approaches State Government to accelerate planning of West Dapto expansion |
| 2005 | Cleveland officially gazetted as the name for the suburb (August) |
| 2006 | Wollongong City Council resolves to publicly exhibit master plan for West Dapto development which includes Cleveland (April) |
Last Modified: 5/07/2008
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