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the beginning of the modern era
also known as the industrial revolution, this was a time of great discoveries and inventions that helps make the modern world. -
Captain Cooks first discovery of Australia
Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of New Holland in 1770 and named it New South Wales. He sailed the whole of the coast and reported to the British government that he thought it would make a good place for a settlement. Britain did not recognise the country as being inhabited as the natives did not cultivate the land, and were, therefore, "uncivilised". -
James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine
The Watt steam engine was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum. The watt steam engine revolutionised the way in which goods and resourses were transported by making it faster and easier. -
australia's first fleet
The First Fleet left England on 13th May 1787 to find the lands captain cook had previously discovered - Australia, stopping at Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town, where food supplies were replenished. It arrived in botany bay beginning british settlement in australia -
Invention of the battery
alessandro volta invents a battery to store electrical current - the unit of electric potential, Volt, is named after him -
textile workers smash machinery
textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of England -
first railway was built
In 1830 the first passenger railway was built between Liverpool and Manchester by George Stephenson. -
Australian Gold Rush
edward hargraves discovers gold near bathurst, New South Wales, triggering people of many nationalites to migrate to australia to find wealth and fortune. this image is of the "welcome stranger" nugget.it was discovered on Friday February 5, 1869 at Moliagul, Victoria. it was so large they had to break it in 3 pieces to weigh the nugget. -
convict transportation
In 1868 Australia ceases the convict transportation with the last shipment of convicts going to Western Australia. -
first powered light bulb
In 1879 Thomas Edison made the first electricity light bulb, now people can continue to work at any time day or night because it produces more light than a candle. -
federation of australia
The six colonies - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia - form one nation (Australia.) -
first ford automobile produced
In 1908 the first Ford model T automobile was produced by Henry Ford. -
Titanic sinks
the worlds then largest passenger ship, the "Titanic" proclaimed to be unsinkable, hits an iceberg in the north west atlantic ocean and sinks on its first journey. 1517 people die
