1817 Lake Forbes discovered, and town of Black Ridge settled soon after
1860 Pioneer cemetery established (166 graves)
1861-1863 Town thrived and name changed to Forbes
1861-1866 Gold rush
1861 Post office established
1861 Police barracks established
1861 Population 124
1862 Police station established
1862 School established
1862 Telegraph established
1863 Town gazetted
1863 Courthouse built
1863 Fire
1863 New telegraph office
1864 General cemetery established
1866 Hospital built
1870 Designated chief town of the county
1870 Flood
1870 Gaol built to replace lock-up
1871-1881 New post office built
1871 Population 710
1872 Fire brigade established
1875 Extensions to hospital
1879-1881 Telegraph office replaced
1880 New court house built
1881 Population 2919
1883 New school building built
1884 Fire
1884 Waterworks built
1890 Diphtheria in town
1891 Dust storm
1891 New school building built
1891 Population 3011
1893 Fire
1893 Railway station built
1897 Hailstorms
1898 Fire
1898 New police barracks
1898 New police station built
1899 Caterpillar infestation
1899 Typhoid epidemic
1900 Flood
1900 Snow
1900 Telephone exchange established
1901 Population 4294
1902 Dust storm
1902 Fire
1902 New hospital built
1903 Typhoid epidemic
1904 Streets were gas lit
1904-1905 Heatwave
1904-1905 Dust storm
1905 Fire station built
1909 Typhoid epidemic
Abt 1910-1920 Brothers Antonios (born 1879), Panagiotis (born 1886) and Andreas
(born 1890) Mazarakis, sons of Nikolaos Mazarakis and Sirmalenia
Batagiou spent some time living in Forbes
1911 Population 4654
Abt 1912 Theodoros Magoulas (Paschalis), born 1897 to Antonios Magoulas
(Paschalis) and Panagaiotitsa Mavromati, lived in Forbes
1913 Diphtheria in town
1914 Dust storm
1914 Alterations to hospital
1914-1916 Alterations and additions to post office
1915 Dust storm
1916 Flood
1916 Gaol closes
1916-1919 Gaol reused by military
1917 Additions to school
Abt 1919 Ioannis Prineas, born 1900 to Konstantinos Prineas and Maroula Firou,
lived in Forbes for eight months
1920 Gaol demolished
1921 Whooping cough epidemic
1922 Diphtheria in town
1922 Fire
Abt 1924 Antonios Kasimatis, born 1907 to Emmanouil Kasimatis and Stamatiki
Komino, lived in Forbes for three or four months
1924 Dust storm
Abt 1924-1925 Dimitrios Kastrisos, born 1902 to Anastasios Kastrisos and Gligoria
Notara, lived in Forbes
Abt 1925-1927 Emmanouil Gerakitis, born 1905 to Panagiotis Gerakitis and Marigo
Trifili, lived in Forbes
1926 Bushfire
1927 Children’s ward built on hospital
1928 Diphtheria in town
1928 Electricity came to town
1928 Powerhouse built
1929 New fire station built
1931 Flood
1931 Sewerage to town
1932 Heatwave
1933 Population 5355
1934 Diphtheria in town with one boy dying
1936 Fire
1937 Ambulance station established in former clubhouse
1937 Additions to hospital
1939 Airport established
1942 Additions to school
1944 New ambulance station in former bank
1945 South Forbes post office established
1945 South Forbes gets telephone
1948 Gale
1950 Flood
1950 Minas Kalopedis, born 1875 to Georgios Kalopedis and Panagiotia Logotheti
(Kavopoiulou) died in Forbes
1951 Flood
1952 Flood
1952 Heatwave
1953 Typhoid epidemic
1954 Population 7370
1955 Airplane crash killed 5 people
1955 High school established
1956 Additions to school
1957 North Forbes school established
1957 North Forbes gets telephone
1957-1978 North Forbes post office built
1958 Technical college established
1960 Additions to hospital
1960 Additions to North Forbes school
1960 Additions to North Forbes school
1962 Additions to school
1963 New post office built
1964 Water filtration plant established
1965 Automatic telephone exchange
1966 Additions to high school
1966 Additions to North Forbes school
1966 Population 7370
1969 Additions to school
1971 Additions to hospital
1971 Additions to technical college
1974 Flood
1974 Additions to high school
1976 Additions and alterations to police station
1976 Population 7754
1979 Additions to high school
1982 Additions to hospital
1982 Additions to technical college
1984 Alterations and restorations to post office
1986 Population 7915
1990 Flood
1990 Railway station closed
1991 Additions to technical college
1992 Technical college became a Western Institute campus
1994 Flood
1996 Population 7467
2011 Population 6804
2012 Flood
2016 Additions to hospital
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Historical Guide to New South Wales by Philip Simpson
National Archives of Australia naturalisation papers