M Honeycombe History of Industrial Design in Austrlia

  • First Fleet Arrives

  • Sydney Mechanics Schoool of Arts founded

  • Bendigo Pottery founded

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology founded

  • Car importation and manufacture begins in Australia

  • Federation

  • Patents Act 1903

  • Australia’s first motorcycle built in Melbourne

  • Trade Marks Act 1905

  • WW1

  • Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge

  • WW2

  • Owen Submachine Gun developed

  • Society of Designers for Industry founded in Australia

  • Royal Melbourne Institute for Technology establishes its Industrial Design program

  • Olympic Games held in Melbourne

  • International Council of Societies for Industrial Design (ICSID) founded

  • Industrial Design Council of Australia (ISCA) founded

  • Industrial Design Institute of Australia (IDIA) founded

  • Society of Industrial Designers Australia (SIDA) founded

  • Colour TV and FM radio introduced in Australia