Industrial Revolution of Australia

By Vedant Mishra

  • Start of the Industrial Revolution

    Early stages of the Industrial Revolution

  • Coal Was discovered

    Coal was first discovered

  • First Coalmine in Australia

    This was when the first coalmine was invented in australia

  • Newcastle was named

  • Period: to

    Fuel was created by seawater

    Local coal was used to boil seawater and created fuel

  • NSW first steam engine was shipped

  • Argument between Simeon Lord and Governor

  • Introduction of more steam engines

    From 1825,26 and 29 more steam engines were introduced.

  • The Suprises' first voyage

    The Sophia Jane was having its paddles fitted so it was ready for it maiden voyage. Meanwhile the Suprise another steamer voyaged from Sydney to Parramatta on the 1st of June

  • The Sophia Jane

    The first paddle steamer to regulary operate in Australian watwers was the Sophia Jane. The Sophia Jane arrived in sydney and was built in England.

  • Australian Agricultural Company's Newcastle

    There were 6 engines including one at the Australian agricultural Company's Newcastle Coalmine.

  • 7 mills

    In new south wales there were 7 mills

  • Sydney Engineering Foundry

    Peter Russel took over the 1st Sydney Engineering foundry establishement in Australia which was a significant event in the industrialisation of Australia.

  • 36 engines

    By 1840 there were 26 engines in flourmills and 10 in other industries.

  • Tweeds

    People were dressed in Tweeds made in Paramatta

  • Textile Factory

    In Blackwattle Bay, Sydney a textile factory was established

  • Iron and Steel Smelting

    Iron and Steel smelting had its first attem at establishing in near Nittagong New South Whales

  • other types of steam engines

    the horizontal engineer began to supplant all other kinds of steam engines.

  • Gold Rush

    The Gold rushes of 1851 in both New South Wales and Victoria not only brought wealth but also an increase in population. Sydney and Melbourne suddenly became growing cities, with buildings to rival those in other parts of the world.

  • wollen cloth

    235000 yards per annum of wollen cloth was the out put

  • Steamship Services

    Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Morton Bay, Adelaide and Tasmania had steamship services running between ports.

  • Victoria's first railway

    In Victoria, the first railway line in Australia opened between melbourne's Fliners Street Station and Port Melbourne, then called Sandridge

  • Horse Drawn railway at the Murray River

    While South Australia had in 1854 a horse drawn railway operating at the mouth of the Murray River, the first line carrying steampoweredtrains opened between Adelaide and Port Adelaide.

  • Employment Growth

  • Founding the institute of engineers

  • First railway in Queensland

  • Smelting Plant closed

  • Railway in the Northern Territory

  • ACT branch line opened