Industrialisation of Ausrtalia BHP By s03065 Jan 1, 1883 Charles Rasp believes he has found tin on Broken Hill Jan 1, 1885 Broken Hill mining company is dissolved and incorparated into the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) established Jan 1, 1890 Smelting comenced at Port Pirie South Australia Jan 1, 1891 First export of lead to china by (BHP) Jan 1, 1900 BHP commences iron-ore mining at Iron-Knob Jun 2, 1915 BHP begins steelworks operation at Newcastle Mar 2, 2013 leases obtained over iron knob and iron baron iron-ore deposites in South Australia
