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In 1813 the first steam engine was shipped to Australia.
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More steam engines were introduced in 1825, 1826, 1829 and 1831
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in 1831 Sophia Jane was the first person to paddle on Australian waters.
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7500 tonnes of iron and steel were imported from 1835 to 1840
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26 Flourmills were imported into Australia and ten in other industries
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Peter Ruseel took over the Sydney Foundry in 1841, the foundry produced iron ad brass.
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The horizontal engine began to supplant all other kinda of steam engines.
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There were running stemaship services between Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Moreton Bay, Adelaide and Tasmania
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Peter Russel founded the Institute of Engineering