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coal discovered
coal was first disscovered in australia by europeans at the mouth of the hunter river in new south wales . -
the first steam engine
the first australian steamengine arrived in the colony of new south wales and was instaled in john dicksons flour mill in the darling harbour -
textiles
simeon lord established a mill in sydney, he then got aproval to mill, dye and dress cloth from a female factory -
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more steam engines
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more mills
there were now seven woollen mils in nsw alone -
smelting iron and steel
people first tryed to smelt iron and steel in australia -
gold rush
because of the gold rush in sydney and melbourne became growing cities. this encouraged new exiting inventions -
steam ships
steam ships were running services in ports around the country -
railways
the first railway line was opened in australia. it was between flinders street to port melbourne. -
nsw railway
new south wales's fist railway was from sydney to parramatta it was 22 kilometres -
tasmanian railway
tasmanias first railway opened running between launcestion to deloraine. it was 72 kilometres -
queensland railway
the first railway in queensland ran from ipswich to grandchester and then extended to the darling downs before conecting to brisbane -
gold rush infanstructure
an infanstructure for development of an industrial society was put in place -
northern territory railway
nothern territories first railway opened running from darwin to pine creek. it was 253 kilometres. -
act railway
ACT's first railway opened running from queanbeyan(nsw) to and canberra it was 10 kilometres