Industrialisation of Ausrtalia railways By s03065 Jan 1, 1849 Sydney Railway compony started building the first railway track in NSW Sep 12, 1854 First rail line opened between Melbourns flinder's street station and Port Melbourn Jan 1, 1855 Sydney's first locomotive opened Sep 26, 1855 Sydney-Parrmatta rail line finaly opened Apr 21, 1856 First stem powered trains opened in South Australia Jan 1, 1868 Launceston to Delraine opened Jan 1, 1871 Timber railway was the first railway to run in WA Jan 1, 1875 Queensland's first rail way was connected to the capital of the state Brisbane Oct 1, 1889 Railway between Darwin 7 Pine creek Jan 1, 1914 Branline between Quanbeyan & Canberra opened