Alexander Graham Bell famously demonstrated his invention by communicating between two rooms of a Philadelphia boarding house in 1876, and later that year showed it at Philadelphia’s Centennial Exhibition. Bell’s patent and his publication of technical details in 1877 excited scientists and experimenters around the world, including Australia. The first commercial telephone in Australia was [...]
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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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