Timeline for Industrial Design By alenah2014 Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Feb 26, 2012 Timeline for industrial Design in Australia Aug 22, 1770 Captain Cook claims Australia for England Feb 11, 1788 First Fleet arived at Botany Bay Aug 13, 1806 Bligh took the office of Governor of NSW, Sydney Jan 1, 1820 Chairs for Governor Macquarie made by convicts Webster & Temple Jan 10, 1851 Gold was discovered in New South Wales and Victoria Jan 1, 1890 Car importation and manufacture begins in Australia Jan 1, 1893 Bicycle equipped with a motor for the first time in Brisbane Jan 1, 1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed Jun 12, 1902 All Australian women gain right to vote Jan 1, 1904 Australia's first motorcycle built in Melbourne Dec 9, 1909 First flight in a powered aircraft in Australia Jan 1, 1912 Trans-Australia railway construction begins Jan 1, 1913 First Asutralian bank notes issued Jan 10, 1914 Australian designer Gordon Andrews born Jul 28, 1914 World War I started Jan 1, 1915 Bill Kenard designs ABC logo Apr 25, 1915 ANZAC troops attack the Galipoli Peninsula Jul 31, 1924 Compulsory Voting introduced to Australia Jan 1, 1930 Great Depression started to severely affect Australia Jan 1, 1932 Thea Proctor designs cafe for David Jones Jan 1, 1932 Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge Jan 1, 1937 Stephenson and Meldrum design streamlined locomotives for Victorian Railways Sep 3, 1939 Australia entered WWII Jan 1, 1940 Evelyn Owen and Vincent Wardell develop the Owen Gun. Jan 1, 1948 Holden's Ltd makes first Holden car Jan 1, 1948 Society of Designers for Industry (SDI) founded in Australia Jan 1, 1953 Clement Meadmore designing furniture in Melbourne. Jan 1, 1953 Gordon Andrews designing furniture for Marion Hall Best Inc. Mar 1, 1962 Right of Aboriginals to vote added to Electoral Act Jan 1, 1972 Colour television and FM radio introduced into Australia Jan 1, 1974 Recession in Australia Jan 1, 1986 Lockheed Lounge created by Marc Newson Mar 3, 1986 Australia Act severs legislative links to Britain Jan 1, 1994 Ford Falcon wins Australian Design Award of the Year