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Edward Hargraves finds gold in Australia
Edward Hargraves was a gold prospector who claimed to have found gold in Australia in 1851, starting the Australian Gold Rush. He was rewarded by the New South Wales Government for his find, he was paid L10,000 and was appointed Commissionor of Crown Lands. -
James Watt designs a more efficant steam engine
James Watt was sent a Newcomen steam engine to repair that led him to invented improvements for steam engines. He added a crank and flywheel to his engine so that it could provide rotary motion. -
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay
The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Also most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. -
Alessandro Volta invents a battery
Alessandro Volta of Italy built and discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. He also made discoveries in electrostatics, and he was themost famous invention whch is the first battery. -
George Atephenson builds the first passenger railway
George Stephenson was an English man civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line. It's reowned as the "Father of Railways, the Victorians considered him a great example and thirst for improvement. -
Ned Kelly early life and end
At the age of 15, Ned was first brought before the Police Court on a charge of assault on a fowl and pig dealer. Within three weeks of his release, Ned was arrested again, this time for receiving a stolen horse.At 10.00 am on November 11th 1880, Ned Kelly was hanged in the Old Melbourne Goal. -
First controlled, powered, man-carrying flight
The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) they were two American brothers, inventers that built the world's first successful aircraft. All out through their life they were creating inventions for aircarfts eg: engines, wings, sterring wheels ect. -
Henry Ford produces his first Ford model T automobile
Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland. He like the look of the car so he climbed into the car, a shiny black coupe, with his son, Edsel and took it for a spin and then when he sold it he was the richset man driving the humble car. -
Federation of Australia
Australia became an independent nation on the 1 January 1901. The British parliment passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies. The six colonies are Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia. -
Titanic Sinks
The Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on the night and it's lenght was 269m and it's weight is 52,210 tons. The people that designer was Thomas Andrews and the builders were Harland and Wolff. -
Simpson and his donkey, Gallipoli
This photo shows Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick (John Simpson) of the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, leading a donkey carrying a wounded soldier through Shrapnel Gully at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War I.
