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The Family of Ian Redpath and Maxine Pitt
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| 1 | 1872 | - Overland telegraph connected Adelaide to London.
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| 2 | 1877 | - Burra copper mine closed.
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| 3 | 1878 | - Horse drawn tram system introduced to Adelaide.
Kapunda copper mine closed.
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| 4 | 1881 | - Adelaide to Port Pirie railway opened.
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| 5 | 1882 | - Adelaide to Port Augusta railway opened.
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| 6 | 1885 | - Broken Hill, NSW ore (silver, lead, zinc) discovered.
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| 7 | 1887 | - Adelaide to Melbourne railway opened.
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| 8 | 1889 | - Lead smelting began at Port Pirie.
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| 9 | 1899 | - BHP began mining at Iron Knob.
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| 10 | 1901 | - 1 Jan 1901: Federation of all Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January.
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