industrial revolution

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  • textile industry- flying shuttle

    textile industry- flying shuttle

    flying shuttle invented by John Kay. Enabled weavers to weave faster
  • textile industry- cotton mills

    textile industry- cotton mills

    cotton mills were first opened in England
  • textile industry- spinning jenny

    textile industry- spinning jenny

    invented by James Hargreaves, iproved spinning wheel
  • textile industry- water frame

    textile industry- water frame

    invented by Richard Arkwright
  • textile industry- spinning mule

    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 discovered

    coal was first discovered by europeans in Australia near the mouth of the Hunter river in New South Wales by William Byrant
  • Railways

    Railways

    1801 first public railway (horse drawn)
    1804 first steam locomotive
    1825 first steam powered railway (darlington railway)
  • first steam engine

    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

    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

    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

    Broken Hill Proprietry

    Australia's first major mining and steel company production