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textile industry- flying shuttle
flying shuttle invented by John Kay. Enabled weavers to weave faster -
textile industry- cotton mills
cotton mills were first opened in England -
textile industry- spinning jenny
invented by James Hargreaves, iproved spinning wheel -
textile industry- water frame
invented by Richard Arkwright -
textile industry- spinning mule
invented by Crompton, allowed greater controll over the weaving process -
start of industrial revolution britan
industrian revolution was beginining in Britan -
coal discovered
coal was first discovered by europeans in Australia near the mouth of the Hunter river in New South Wales by William Byrant -
Railways
1801 first public railway (horse drawn)
1804 first steam locomotive
1825 first steam powered railway (darlington railway) -
first steam engine
first steam engine was shipped to NSW. The steam engine was installed in John Dickson's flour mill in Darling Harbour -
Smelting iron and steel
The first attempt at esltablishing iron and steel near Mittangong NSW. the smelting plant was closed in 1877. -
The Gold Rush
Gold found in Victoria
370,000 immigrants arrived in Australia in 1852.
flow of convicts to Australia stopped.
20,000 people called the area home. -
Broken Hill Proprietry
Australia's first major mining and steel company production
