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The first steam engine that was shipped to NSW arrived.
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More steam engines were introduced (cont.)
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More steam engines were introduced (cont.)
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More steam engines were introduced.
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Australian Agricultural Company's Newcastle coalmine had one of the six steam engines that were around by this time.
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The first steam-powered vessel, Sophia Jane, set off on this day and travelled from Sydney to Parramatta. It was the first of it's kind in Australia.
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Now there were 26 engines in the flourmills and 10 in other industries.
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Sydney Foundry and Engineering Works was taken over by Peter Russell, renamed PN Russell and Company.
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Services between ports such as Sydney, Necastle, Melbourme, Brisbane, Tasmania and Adelaide were run by steamships.