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With the opening of goldfields in the 1850's, there was a large demand for various tools needed.
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More steam engines were being used to pump out water from the goldmines.
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In 1860, Enoch hughes established a rolling mill in Melbourne.
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Ballarat had ten foundries. Eight of these were for mining equiptment and the rest for farming.
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Infustructure and the development for an industrial society was put in place causing a financial boost in Australia.
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This slowed down Australias industrialisation severly.