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Timeline for industrial Design in Australia
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Captain Cook claims Australia for England
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First Fleet arived at Botany Bay
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Bligh took the office of Governor of NSW, Sydney
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Chairs for Governor Macquarie made by convicts Webster & Temple
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Gold was discovered in New South Wales and Victoria
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Car importation and manufacture begins in Australia
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Bicycle equipped with a motor for the first time in Brisbane
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The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed
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All Australian women gain right to vote
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Australia's first motorcycle built in Melbourne
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First flight in a powered aircraft in Australia
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Trans-Australia railway construction begins
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First Asutralian bank notes issued
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Australian designer Gordon Andrews born
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World War I started
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Bill Kenard designs ABC logo
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ANZAC troops attack the Galipoli Peninsula
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Compulsory Voting introduced to Australia
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Great Depression started to severely affect Australia
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Thea Proctor designs cafe for David Jones
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Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Stephenson and Meldrum design streamlined locomotives for Victorian Railways
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Australia entered WWII
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Evelyn Owen and Vincent Wardell develop the Owen Gun.
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Holden's Ltd makes first Holden car
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Society of Designers for Industry (SDI) founded in Australia
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Clement Meadmore designing furniture in Melbourne.
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Gordon Andrews designing furniture for Marion Hall Best Inc.
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Right of Aboriginals to vote added to Electoral Act
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Colour television and FM radio introduced into Australia
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Recession in Australia
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Lockheed Lounge created by Marc Newson
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Australia Act severs legislative links to Britain
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Ford Falcon wins Australian Design Award of the Year