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when European settlement was established in Australia in 1788, the Industrial Revolution was in its early stages in Britain.
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Coal was first discovered in Australia by the Europeans.
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The first coalmine was established.
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Newcastle became the first permanent centre of development of coal trade.
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The first steam engine to be shipped, arrived in New South Wales in 1813.
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The Australian Agricultral Company's coal worksat Newcastle in the 1840's.