1849 - Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.

1853 - Wesleyan Chapel opened on Sunday 15 May 1853
1857 - laying of foundation stone for new church, St James Rylstone on 19 May 1857
1857 - The School opened in July 1857.

1875 - Rylstone and district population was approximately 300 persons
1880 - Telegraph Office was built and the Post Office relocated to this building
1894 - Gold discovered in Rylstone area, gold showing freely through reef, a gold rush results, 21 August 1894
1897 - A 70 oz gold nugget was found between Stony Pinch and Appletree Flat
1899 - Rylstone and other nearby towns promote themselves as a suitable site for the new Federal Capital
1903 - Coal was discovered for the first time by New Zealand mining company at Coomber (5 miles south of Rylstone)
1906 - A telephone line was opened between Rylstone and Mudgee, 1 February 1906
1907 - Iron and Steel manufacturing works proposed for Rylstone
1914 - A 50 line telephone switchboard was opened at Rylstone on 28 October
1915 - in April 1915 a new telephone line was constructed between Rylstone and Bylong
1915 - Tenders accepted for construction of a new hospital at Rylstone, £1723, 27 April 1915
1924 - A new direct telephone trunk line was built from Lithgow to Rylstone and on to Mudgee, prior to this date all calls to Sydney were connected via Switchboards at Rylstone, Mudgee, Bathurst then Sydney
1925 - The Rylstone school is destroyed by fire during school hours, no one is hurt, 6 August 1925
1925 - The Standard Portland Cement Company's Kandos Cement Works are under construction
1926 - An electrification scheme commenced for the towns of Rylstone and Kandos, power being supplied by the Kandos Cement Works, connection switched on in November 1926.

1926 - record rainfall of 1250 points (317mm) falling in a week (rain commencing 25 March 1926), washing out the Tong Bong crossing
1931 - Rich Shale Oil discovery at Rylstone
1935 - Hospital additions, new wing and nurses quarters were opened by Minister for Health on 3 August 1935, costing £1700
1938 - Discussions with NSW Government commenced on provided a water supply scheme for Rylstone.

1954 - A water supply dam was completed and pipes were installed to connect the town to running water
1960s - A sewage system was built and connected to houses and businesses in Rylstone
1981 - Saturday 30 May, the last Mudgee Mail train service ran through Rylstone around 4am, heading north to Gwabegar
1983 - The manual telephone switchboard closed in June, it was located in the Post and Telegraph Office
1992 - 2 March, the railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Gulgong closed to rail traffic
2000 - 2 September, The railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Mudgee and Gulgong was reopened to train traffic
2007 - 30 June, The railway line from Kandos to Gulgong was classified as 'service suspended' effectively closing the line to trains
1849 - Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.
1853 - Wesleyan Chapel opened on Sunday 15 May 1853
1857 - laying of foundation stone for new church, St James Rylstone on 19 May 1857
1857 - The School opened in July 1857.
1875 - Rylstone and district population was approximately 300 persons
1880 - Telegraph Office was built and the Post Office relocated to this building
1894 - Gold discovered in Rylstone area, gold showing freely through reef, a gold rush results, 21 August 1894
1897 - A 70 oz gold nugget was found between Stony Pinch and Appletree Flat
1899 - Rylstone and other nearby towns promote themselves as a suitable site for the new Federal Capital
1903 - Coal was discovered for the first time by New Zealand mining company at Coomber (5 miles south of Rylstone)
1906 - A telephone line was opened between Rylstone and Mudgee, 1 February 1906
1907 - Iron and Steel manufacturing works proposed for Rylstone
1914 - A 50 line telephone switchboard was opened at Rylstone on 28 October
1915 - in April 1915 a new telephone line was constructed between Rylstone and Bylong
1915 - Tenders accepted for construction of a new hospital at Rylstone, £1723, 27 April 1915
1924 - A new direct telephone trunk line was built from Lithgow to Rylstone and on to Mudgee, prior to this date all calls to Sydney were connected via Switchboards at Rylstone, Mudgee, Bathurst then Sydney
1925 - The Rylstone school is destroyed by fire during school hours, no one is hurt, 6 August 1925
1925 - The Standard Portland Cement Company's Kandos Cement Works are under construction
1926 - An electrification scheme commenced for the towns of Rylstone and Kandos, power being supplied by the Kandos Cement Works, connection switched on in November 1926.
1926 - record rainfall of 1250 points (317mm) falling in a week (rain commencing 25 March 1926), washing out the Tong Bong crossing
1931 - Rich Shale Oil discovery at Rylstone
1935 - Hospital additions, new wing and nurses quarters were opened by Minister for Health on 3 August 1935, costing £1700
1938 - Discussions with NSW Government commenced on provided a water supply scheme for Rylstone.
1954 - A water supply dam was completed and pipes were installed to connect the town to running water
1960s - A sewage system was built and connected to houses and businesses in Rylstone
1981 - Saturday 30 May, the last Mudgee Mail train service ran through Rylstone around 4am, heading north to Gwabegar
1983 - The manual telephone switchboard closed in June, it was located in the Post and Telegraph Office
1992 - 2 March, the railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Gulgong closed to rail traffic
2000 - 2 September, The railway line from Kandos through Rylstone to Mudgee and Gulgong was reopened to train traffic
2007 - 30 June, The railway line from Kandos to Gulgong was classified as 'service suspended' effectively closing the line to trains
Rylstone, New South Wales