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The Industrial Revolution (Australia and Pacific)

  • 1872 CE

    1872 CE

    Overland telegraph
    links South Australia
    with Darwin in north
  • 1883 CE

    1883 CE

    Sunshine Harvester
    developed in Victoria
  • 1897 CE

    1897 CE

    Electric trams begin
    running in Brisbane
  • 1902 CE

    1902 CE

    Cable
    communication
    between Australia
    and United States
  • 1904 CE

    1904 CE

    Sydney gets electric
    street lighting
  • 1910 CE

    1910 CE

    Harry Houdini
    flies first plane
    in Australia
  • 1912 CE

    1912 CE

    Francis Birtles
    crosses Australia in
    automobile