Ally Sara Industrial Design Timeline

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  • Landing of the first fleet

  • Thos. Sheraton writes of Botany Bay wood

  • Webster and Temple, two convicts, make a set of chairs for Governor Macquarie

  • Hobart Mechanics Institute founded

  • Sydney Mechanics School of Art founded

  • Melbourne School of Art founded

  • Australia exhibits in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London

  • School of Design opens in Adelaide

  • First telephone exchange opens in Melbourne

  • First telephone exchange opens in Melbourne

  • Bicycle equipped with a motor for the first time in Brisbane

  • 'Arts and Crafts' magazine founded in Melbourne

  • Federal Government official competition for an Australian Flag

  • Patents Act 1903

  • Trade Marks Act 1905

  • Designs Act 1906

  • Australia makes trade agreement with South Africa (Australias first trade agreement)

  • First flight in a powered aircraft in Australia

  • Trans-Australia railway construction begins

  • WW1 begins

  • Design and Industries Association (DIA) founded in England

  • Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (ACESA) founded

  • Great Depression starts

  • Royal Australian Institute of Architects, (RAIA) forms

  • Cynthia Reed's Modern Furnishings shop opens in Melbourne.

  • Cynthia Reed's Modern Furnishings shop opens in Melbourne.

  • Australian economy shows signs of recovery

  • Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Association (ACIAA) founded

  • WWII starts

  • WWII ends

  • Fler furniture company founded by Fred Lowen and Ernest Rodeck

  • Australia enters General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

  • Australian Home Beautiful embraces modernism

  • Douglas Snelling and Functional Products produce furniture line

  • First television broadcasts in Australia

  • Olympic Games held in Melbourne

  • Manfacturing employs 28% of the workforce

  • The Reserve Bank of Australia is formed

  • Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War begins

  • Australian Design Centre opened in Melbourne

  • Five dollar note designed and introduced

  • Australia becomes part of Pacific economy

  • Colour television and FM radio introduced into Australia

  • Manufacturing and Building Industry doing well

  • Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design introduced

  • Household incomes rise by over 50%. Spending power of wage earners rises faster than cost of living

  • Organised government design policy collapses

  • Australian Design Award commences

  • Federal Government withdrew funding support from the Industrial Design Council of Australia

  • University of New South Wales offers the first Industrial Design masters Degree

  • Australian economy in recession

  • Large expansion in Australia's overseas debt

  • Marc Newsom designed the Lockheed Lounge

  • Australian Graphic Design Association formed

  • Australian Design Summit held in Canberra

  • World recession

  • The Powerhouse Museum Selection first awarded at the Australian Design Awards

  • Australian Design of the Year first awarded

  • Ford Falcon wins Australian Design Award of the Year