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First steam engine in a factory
The first crude steam powered machine was built by Thomas Savery, of England, in 1698. Savery built his machine to help pump water out of coal mines. This machine was so simple that it had no moving parts. It also used up lots and lots of coal just to pump a small quantity of water. -
Squatters and selectors
This occured in the late 1700's. Both selectors and squatters used the broad framework of the Land Acts to maximise their advantages in the ensuing scramble for land. Selectors often came into conflict with squatters, who already occupied the land and often managed to circumvent the law. -
Captain cook Discovered Autralia
Captain Cook first set foot in New South Wales at Botany Bay. he called it Botany Bay because of the amount of trees and plants in the area. -
Transportation of Convicts to NSW
The last shipment of convicts was in 1868. All together there were 806 ships.Convicts were housed below decks on the prison deck and often further confined behind bars. In many cases they were restrained in chains and were only allowed on deck for fresh air and exercise. Conditions were cramped and they slept on hammocks -
Edward Jenner Discovery
Edward Jenner first discovered a vaccination agaisnt smallpox. He also carried out research in a number of other areas of medicine Jenner experimented the vaccine on several other children, including his own 11-month-old son. He died on 26 January 1823. -
Slave trade
In 1807, the British government passed an Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade throughout the British Empire. The majority of those sold into slavery were destined to work on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas, where huge areas of the American continent had been colonized by European countries. The Slave Trade ended in 1833. -
Construction of the efiiel tower
The Eiffel Tower was built to be an observation tower and mainly a tourist site. It was built for the fair in Paris in 1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel and it has become both a global cultural icon of France as well as one of the most recognizable structures in the world. -
Boxer Rebellion in China
During the nineteenth century the major European powers compelled the reluctant Chinese Empire to start trading with them. It finished in 1901. -
Opening of Australian Federal Parliament
infoafter being open in 1901 in victoria until 1927 when a new parliment house was built in camberra where it still is to this day. -
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the great war
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the trigger that set off the Great War. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. He was assassinated on 28 June 1914 by terrorists from one of Austria-Hungary's rival powers, Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia, even though the terrorists were not connected to the Serbian government. on 31 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.England became a part of the war due to alliances and there hate for france. -
Landing at anzac cove
As part of the attempt to seize the Gallipoli Peninsula in order to suppress the Turkish defences guarding the Dardanelles, military landings were made at Cape Helles at the southern tip of the peninsula (the main landing) and on the west coast near Ari Burnu. At this secondary objective two Divisions of the ANZAC Corps landed over 1 kilometre north of their planned objective (Gaba Tepe) -
Trench Warfare at Anzac Cove
The Australians made a charge over open ground towards the village of Alçitepe (Krithia), suffering similar losses without even reaching the front line. This was the only occasion when Australian and New Zealand infantry fought at Helles, .At both Anzac and Helles things settled into the stalemate of trench warfare, exactly what the Allies had come to turkey to avoid. -
Federation Referendum
after the first Referendum to make Australia a nation there was also a second one in 1899
