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Early stages of the Industrial Revolution
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Coal was discovered by the Europeans in Australia, Hunter River, New South Wales
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First coalmine was established in the Hunter River
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Governor King set a permanant settlement and named it Newcastle
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Local coal was used to boil seawater and created feul.
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The first steam engine was shipped to New South Whales
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Simeon Lord entered into an argument with Governor Macquarie to mill dye and dress cloth female factory in Parramatta
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From 1825,26 and 29 more steam engines were introduced.
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The first paddle steamer to regulary operate in Australian watwers was the Sophia Jane. The Sophia Jane arrived in sydney and was built in England.
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The Sophia Jane was having its paddles fitted so it was ready for it maiden voyage. Meanwhile the Suprise another steamer voyaged from Sydney to Parramatta on the 1st of June
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There were 6 engines including one at the Australian agricultural Company's Newcastle Coalmine.
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In New South Whales there wer 7 mills
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By 1840 there were 26 engines in flourmills and 10 in other industries.
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People were dressed in Tweeds made in Paramatta
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Peter Russel took over the 1st Sydney Engineering foundry establishement in Australia which was a significant event in the industrialisation of Australia.
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in Blackwattle Bay, Sydney a textile factory was established.
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Iron and Steel smelting had its first attem at establishing in near Nittagong New South Whales
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the horizontal engineer began to supplant all other kinds of steam engines.
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The Gold rushes of 1851 in both New South Wales and Victoria not only brought wealth but also an increase in population. Sydney and Melbourne suddenly became growing cities, with buildings to rival those in other parts of the world.
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Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Morton Bay, Adelaide and Tasmania had steamship services running between ports.
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235000 yards per annum of wollen cloth was the out put
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In Victoria, the first railway line in Australia opened between melbourne's Fliners Street Station and Port Melbourne, then called Sandridge
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While South Australia had in 1854 a horse drawn railway operating at the mouth of the Murray River, the first line carrying steampoweredtrains opened between Adelaide and Port Adelaide.
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An important role was played by Peter Russel in founding the institute of engineers.
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The in employment in factories grew massivly with 1000 in 1877 and 2000 in 1895 to 1900
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The first railway in Queensland ran from Ipswich inland to to Grandchester using rthe narrow 1067 millimetre gauge. The system was extended furthert o the Darling Downs beforebeing connected with Brisbane.
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For Economical reasons, the smelting plant was closed.
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In the Northern Territory a railway between Darwin and Pine Creek (253 km) became operational
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In the Australian Capital Territory, a 10 kilometre branch line opened between Queanbeyan, NSW, and Canberra.