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Discovered at the mouth of the Hunter River, New South Wales, by escaping convict, William Bryant.
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Discovered on the south coast of New South Wales, by one Mr William Clarke.
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Established at the mouth of the Hunter River.
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Governer King set up a permanent setllement, known as Newcastle.
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Used locally harvested to coal to boil seawater. Seashells were also burned to produce lime, mainly for construction purposes.
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Installed in John Dickson's flour mill, the area is now known as Dixon St.
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An agreement with Governer Mcquarie to mill, dye and dress cloth from the Female Factory of Parramatta
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The Sophia Jane, Australia's first paddle, arrives in Sydney. It was originally built in England, and shipped to Sydney.
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Established at Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, it is said it produced the 'finest as well as the coarsest cloths'
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Sophia Jane makes her first vogage from Sydney to Paramatta.
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First attempt at iron and steel smelting, plant made near Mittagong, NSW.
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Built by the Sydney Railway Company, it was placed between Sydney and Parramatta, a distance of 22km. The NSW Colonial Government took over when the project ran out of funding.
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The mass opening of goldfields caused a growing demand for items such as picks, shovels and other tools used for harvesting gold. Steam Engines began being used to transport gold from towns to goldfields, look through dates 1855, 1858 and 1561
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Gold Rush brought wealth, Sydney and Melbourne became growing cities. This wealth gave Australians new technology, which gave them the tools to build new ones.
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Steamship were running services from ports such as; Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Moreton Bay, Adelaide and Tasmania.
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Opened between Melbourne's Flinder's Streets and Port Melbourne
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Established in Melbourne by Scott Clow and Prebble, due to the increasing need for repairs and maintenance of Steam Engines.
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Opened between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, South Australia previously used horse-drawn railway.
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Originally running from Ipswich to Grandchester, it was then extended to the Darling Down's before Brisbane.
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In 1861, Ballarat had 10 foundries, 8 for mining equipment, the others for producing and repairing farming equipment.
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Established in Melbourne, by Enoch Hughes.
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Produced at Pentridge Prison.
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Running between Launceston and Deloraine, it is unspecified whether this is Tasmania's first operating railway.
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Woven in Victoria by the Victorian Woollen and Cloth Manufacturing Company
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Relying heavily on the cheap labour of women and migrant workers, the textile industry expanded. Employee numbers went from approx. 1000 in 1877 and increasing to approx. 2000 by 1895 to 1900
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A private, timber railway operating between Lockville and Yoganup, was the first railway to operate in Western Australia
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This plant was founded in Victoria, under the name 'Victoria Iron Company'.
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Established at Distillery Creak, near Launceston. Won 1000 Pounds offered by the Tasmanian Colonial Government for the first woollen good prodeuced in the colony by locally produced wool.
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Victoria Iron Comany changed it's name to 'Lal Lal Iron Mining Co. Ltd'.
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It took five years to create a satisfactory blast furnace. It's main use was to produce iron locomotive wheels.
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The smelting plant was not economical, and as such,was shut down.
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Working between Geraldton and Northampton.
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Broken Hill Mining Company established by seven men from Mt Gipps sheep station. Established after boundary rider, Charles Rasp, discovers tin on the 'Broken Hill' Barrier Ranges, Western New South Wales
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Australia's first major mining and steel production company, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, or BHP for short. Established after Broken Hill Mining Company is dissolved and incorporated. BHP begins mining silver, zinc and lead.
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Running between Darwin and Pine Creek, this railway was 253km long.
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Smelting Commences at Port Pirie, South Australia.
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Leases Obtained over Iron Knob and Iron Baron iron-ore deposits. South Australia.
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BHP commences mine iron-ore at Iron Knob.
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A 10km branch line operating between Queanbeyan and Canberra.
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Steelwork operations begin in Newcastle, NSW.