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Agricultural Revolution
The agricultural revolution helped to drive the industrial revolution. -
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Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution made it so much easier to make products as we were able to use machines. So, many more options in design became available. -
The First Fleet arrived in Australia
The first fleet had an affect on industrial design because the first fleet introduced Europeans to Australia. So, all the designs not made from the Aboriginal Australians are because of the people that came because of the first fleet. -
First Railway Steam Engine
This event had an affect on industrial design because it started the idea of trains and now so many more trains had been designed and built and used in Australia. -
First Sewing Machine
The first sewing machine had an affect on industrial design because it was the first of many designs to come and be used in Australia. -
First Successful Typewriter
This had an afftect on industrial design because people were able to see the problems with typewriters and therefore the idea of computors generated and of coarse this has an affect on industrial design in Australia. -
First Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Canada. It had to be connected to an operator. This invention enabled more tlephones to be made, designed and used in Australia. -
First Telephone exchange opens in Melbourne
The telephone exchange opening in Melbourne allowed more ideas in industrial design to be designed and made in Australia to make the telephone exchange better. -
Invention of Fountain Pen
Lewis Waterman invented the Fountain Pen which had a smooth ink flow. This started the idea of a pen and from this idea many more designs have been made and used in Australia. -
First petrol driven car manufactured in Australia
This allowed more cars to be designed and used in Australia which had an affect on industrial design. -
Federation of Australia
The federation of Australia gave us more independence from Britian and therefore we were able to design more of our own ideas. -
The Airplane was invented
This had an affect on industrial design because it opened more options of airplanes to be designed. -
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World War One
During World War one Australia had to design and build military equipment very quickly. -
First Successful Fridge
In industrial design the fridge has had many advances because of the invention of the fridge. -
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Great Depression
Because there were many people without jobs during the Great Deprssion the government had to create jobs, for example the Harbour Bridge. -
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World War Two
Like world war one, Australia had to design and make military equipment. -
Transistor TV was invented
In Australia many TVs have been designed to improve on the first TV and threfore this event has had an affect on industrial design in Australia. -
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Vietnam War
Like the world wars, military equipment was needed and therfore had to made. -
Apple was Founded by Steve Jobs
The company Apple has had a huge effect on industrial design in Australia because there are so many things to be designed to go with Apple products such as iPhone cases.