• The first steam engine to be shipped to NSW arrived.

    The steam engine was installed in John Dickson's flourmill at Darling Harbour.
  • Period: to

    More Steam engines were introduced

    More steam engines were introduced in 1825, 1826 and 1829.
  • Six engines in Australia

  • The Sofia Jane arrived in Sydney

  • The Surprise made it's first voyage from Sydney to Parramatta

    First steam-powered vessel in Australia.
  • 26 Flourmills and ten in other industries in Australia

  • Peter Russell took over the Sydey Foundry and Engineering Works

  • Steamships ran services between Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Moreton Bay, Adelaide and Tasmania