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Industrialisation of Ausrtalia Gold Rush

By s03065

  • Gold rush began in NSW and VIC

  • 13 steam engines in Ballarat

  • Scott Clow & Prebble opened the first cast-iron factory in Melbourn

    Scott Clow & Prebble opened the first cast-iron factory in Melbourn

  • 135 steam engines in Ballarat

  • Enoch Hughes established a rolling mil in Melbourn

    Enoch Hughes established a rolling mil in Melbourn

  • 342 steam engines in Ballarat

  • Ballarat had 10 foundires

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    infustructure for the development of an industrial society was put in place

  • Period: to

    Severe recession in Australia slowed industrialisation