The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in Australia
The Industrial Revolution had a great impact on not only Great Britain, but Australia as well. Wool, wheat and mining where just a few of the things that Australia provided during the 1800s.
Australia provided Great Britain with many raw materials in the nineteenth century such as wool, to meet the demands of the new textile industry, wheat to feed the population and increase what was growing on British farms, metals such as gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver and tin, and other materials such as timber, tobacco, sugar and, when refrigeration was possible, meat.
Sydney was sitting on top of a large amount of coal, which came near the surface around Wollongong, Newcastle and Lithgow. Sydney began to supply coal to visiting ships, but the coal industry did not firmly establish until the 1830s. In the first colonies demand was insufficient until the arrival of steam ships bringing the first free settlers, which stimulated population growth. The introduction of coal-fired mining machinery also sparked rapid growth.
Britain saw Australia 's colonies mainly as a source of raw materials. Before World War I coal and iron production in Australia was on a small scale, and most manufactured goods were imported from Britain. For example, by 1890, of the 449 locomotives used in New South Wales, only 54 were made locally, and the rest were imported from Britain.
In the nineteenth century, wool was by far the most important export. John and Elizabeth Macarthur played a major role in the wool industry. They arrived in Australia in 1790, and when Macarthur was sent back to England he received some Spanish Merino sheep, which were originally bred in Morocco. He then began breeding them selectively when he returned in 1805. It was the perfect time to set up a wool industry, as England was at war with Napoleon and needed a source of wool outside of Spain. By 1822, Macarthur was awarded a gold medal by the Society of Arts in London for importing 6804 kilograms of wool, and by
Australia provided Great Britain with many raw materials in the nineteenth century such as wool, to meet the demands of the new textile industry, wheat to feed the population and increase what was growing on British farms, metals such as gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver and tin, and other materials such as timber, tobacco, sugar and, when refrigeration was possible, meat.
Sydney was sitting on top of a large amount of coal, which came near the surface around Wollongong, Newcastle and Lithgow. Sydney began to supply coal to visiting ships, but the coal industry did not firmly establish until the 1830s. In the first colonies demand was insufficient until the arrival of steam ships bringing the first free settlers, which stimulated population growth. The introduction of coal-fired mining machinery also sparked rapid growth.
Britain saw Australia 's colonies mainly as a source of raw materials. Before World War I coal and iron production in Australia was on a small scale, and most manufactured goods were imported from Britain. For example, by 1890, of the 449 locomotives used in New South Wales, only 54 were made locally, and the rest were imported from Britain.
In the nineteenth century, wool was by far the most important export. John and Elizabeth Macarthur played a major role in the wool industry. They arrived in Australia in 1790, and when Macarthur was sent back to England he received some Spanish Merino sheep, which were originally bred in Morocco. He then began breeding them selectively when he returned in 1805. It was the perfect time to set up a wool industry, as England was at war with Napoleon and needed a source of wool outside of Spain. By 1822, Macarthur was awarded a gold medal by the Society of Arts in London for importing 6804 kilograms of wool, and by
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