In 1847 the Commanding Royal Engineer Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon was instructed to commence work on a graving dock, which was designed by the Sydney civil engineer, Captain Gother Mann. Mann was then stationed on the island to supervise construction using convict labour. The dock, called Fitzroy Dock, was constructed between 1851 and 1857. On [...]
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In 1879 the Strathleven carried the first shipment of frozen meat to Britain.
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HMS Galatea at Fitzroy Dock (Cockatoo Island), 1868.
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In 1902 a worldwide competition was held for a bridge over Sydney Harbour.
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The Wolseley sheep shearing machine at the Toganmain woolshed in New South Wales.
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Qantas and the Lockheed Constellation.
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The first commercial telephone in Australia was installed in 1879 by Robison Bros.
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An early Garratt locomotive built for the Tasmanian Government Railways
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