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The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton The Life and Learnings of Henry Sutton 1912 1909 1906 1899-1908 1897 1890-1893 1887 1885 1883 1880 1877 1870 1856

Henry’s death Experimental radio licence Australian car racing Automobiles Bicycles and motorcycles Journey to England Photographic process Telephane/television Scientific institutions Electric light bulb Telephone The Mechanics’ Institute Henry Suttons birth Henry was granted an Henry travelled to England to promote his photographic A new improved method of The world’s first feasible Due to Henry’s battery In the World In the World of Ballaarat process and started up a company to produce photographs photo-lithography was invented by television was invented invention, he achieved world experimental radio license, The first ham radio broadcast was made by Alexander Grame Bell invented By age 14, Henry had read in 1909 and was only the Einar Dessau of Denmark , using a short wave for English newspapers, magazines and books. Henry, which he patented around by Henry, it was called acclaim and was invited to the Photophone. transmitter. Gotthard railway tunnel between every book on science in the the world. This new halftone the Telephane (his was become a member of several second person in Australia American explorer, Robert Peary became the Switzerland and Italy completed. Mechanics’ Institute of first to reach the North Pole. method was cheaper and quicker 3 years before John scientific institutions both In Australia to be granted such a licence. Ballaarat and today, the In Australia to produce and was invented for Logie Baird was born). here in Australia and overseas. Australia’s first telephone Compulsory military service was exchange opened in Melbourne. Sutton Room at the Institute instituted in Australia. use in newspapers and magazines. The Telephane is the Capture of the Kelly Gang, Ned Kelly is hanged. is named in honour of Henry. The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia precursor to television Henry Sutton became a member of the Society of was made. The Mechanics’ Institute Library. as we know it today. Telegraphy Engineers and of Electricians. In Ballarat Galloway Monument presented. Dynamo/electric motor Henry’s principles of his handset design are still used today. In the World In 1870, Henry built the worlds first practical dynamo, which German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar. Henry invented 23 different telephones, 16 of which were acted like a motor when it ran in reverse. This was one year before Emile Berliner invents the gramophone. Henry made many in improvements to bicycles and designed patented by others. He also was the first person to build a In Australia Zenobe Gramme was given credit for inventing the dynamo. and built a number of motocycles, one of which made the first 81 miners are killed during a coal gas explosion working telephone system in Australia. Henry invented the at Bulli, New South Wales. long distance journey Australia. The motorized tricycle travelled This is an image of a Swan Edison light globe. world’s first telephone handset and principles of Henry’s from Melbourne to Ballarat and took approximately thirteen In Ballarat It was Henry’s vacuum pump principle they designs are still used in telephone handsets today. The dynamo led directly to the first major use of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Foundation Stones used to make this globe. electricity and revolutionized industry around the hours. People lined the road all the way to Ballarat in anticipation world. Domestically motors modernized the world were laid for the Mining Exchange, Art Gallery Clubs and studies Richard Henry Sutton and his sons Alfred, Frederick, Walter and Henry. and a riot nearly occurred when it finally arrived. and Old Colonists Hall. Just 16 days after Thomas Edison, Henry Sutton invents In the World and are used in the home, transport and workplace. Horse-drawn trams commenced operating on Henry helped establish the the electric light bulb, Henry did this independently with Thomas Edison invented the phonograph Instead of making it rich on the Gardens route. first Photographic and device, used to record voices. The Autocar this is the first car built by Henry Sutton. no knowledge of Edison’s work. Louis Pasteur investigated microorganisms, goldfields, Henry’s father, Richard An 1893 advertisment for Henry Sutton’s photographic process company which he established in England in 1891. Astronomy Club in Ballarat. resulting in the presentation of a Germ Drawing of one of Henry Sutton’s Henry Sutton and his wife Mary, Theory of disease. Henry designed and built a number of automobiles during these Along with microscopical continuous current Dynamo. founded Sutton’s Music Stores in years and was one of the first people in Australia to build a car. studies and making In Australia When the Dynamo ran in reverse, On the 28th of July 1912, Henry died of chronic nephritis Sturt Street Ballarat, looking west. The first Test Match between England and it operated like a motor. Ballarat in 1855. The following and heart failure. Henry’s death was a sad loss to Australia His most well known car was the 1899 Autocar, the first four-wheel School of Mines building. improvements in camera Australia was played. year, Henry was born in a tent on Henry and a few of his friends under the patronage of the Port Arthur penal settlement closed. and the world. In his lifetime, this humble inventor had not drive car in the world which received world recognition. lenses, Henry also the goldfields on 3 September Automobile Club of Victoria began car racing in Australia. In Ballarat only shaped Ballarat’s history but also Australia’s and the experimented with mineral Ballarat Yacht Club formed. 1856. The Sutton Music Store In 1906, at Aspendale Park, Melbourne, 17 cars competed, Microscopical studies world. His contributions to Australian history and scientific In the World flotation long before Charles Gong Gong Reservoir built. building can still be seen in Sturt a number of motorcycles raced and 4,000 people attended 1900 – the Wright Brothers As part of his microscopical Potter and Guillaume resonate even today and the greatest gift, is perhaps that he experiment with Gliders. In the World In the World Street, and is in use today. this inaugural race. From these humble beginnings, car continues to inspire those who learn about him and his 1901 – Italian inventor Guglielmo Ballarat farewells Henry. studies, Henry utilised his The Statue of Liberty was shipped from France Delprat had developed the The Italians stripped all power from racing in Australia developed to international significance. Marconi established the first Article from The Courier 4 February 1890. photographic skills to to New York. Froth flotation process. Pope Pious IX and Rome became the many great achievements. cross-Atlantic radio communication. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn new capital of unified Italy. Torpedo In the World 1902 – Scott, Shackleton and Anticipation of the tricycle’s arrival into Ballarat. photograph the cholera was published. The Franco German War broke out. French scientist Louis Pasteur invented In the World Wilson reached the furthest Article from The Courier 11 September 1897. In the World Benz developed first petrol-driven car. This same year, Henry designed pasteurisation. In the World germ at 1000 times linear. In the World In Australia In 1905, Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, southern point achieved by man Ellis Island became a major receiving port for immigrants to the United States in 1892. In Australia Poet Adam Lindsay Gordan died The Crimean War, which developed between Russia The Titanic ‘Ship of Dreams’ Sank. E = mc2. at 82°17’S. Edison patented the two way Telegraph in 1892. He offered these photographs Brooklyn Bridge was completed. and built a torpedo that was 25 and France over rights to holy grounds, ended. In the World The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (later to (his original cottage can be found in The US passed the anti gang law. SOS was adopted as a warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy. Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company was established. In Australia Thomas Edison patented his movie In Australia to Victoria’s medical become the world’s largest the Ballarat Botanical gardens). feet long and travelled 25 yards. In Australia In Australia In Australia British troops withdrew from Australia. In Australia 1901 – Federation. camera (Kinetograph). Banjo Patterson’s ‘The Man from Snowy River’ is published in 1890. profession to assist in the mining company, BHP Billiton) was registered The mechanical power consisted The eight hour day was established. Australia sends women to the Olympic The worlds first surf lifesaving club is formed at Bondi Beach. 1904 – Tram network was extended London becomes the world’s first city In 1892 the Australian Cricket Council announced an intercolonial cricket competition to be as a company in Victoria. Silver was discovered at Broken Hill. In Ballarat GM Holden started as a saddlery business. Games for the first time. The J. Boag & Son brewery is established in Launceston, Tasmania. of large strips of thick Indian The first electric tram ran in Melbourne from St Kilda to Brighton. and electrified. to host licenced taxicabs. called the Sheffield Shield. study of this disease. The In Ballarat The Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute In Ballarat In Ballarat In Ballarat School of Design and Ballarat School rubber attached to a rod The first electric telegraph from Melbourne to In Ballarat In Ballarat In Australia In Ballarat cholera germ had only been The Golden City Paddle Steamer was launched Many great events happened at Craigs hotel, one of them “The most improved and successful telephonic apparatus First Head of the Lake Rowing regatta William Bailey’s residence was erected (Bailey’s Mansion, now St John of God Hospital, Ballarat’s Phoenix Foundry closed. 1905 – Electricity was introduced to Henry Sutton’s 1901 car, Henry Sutton is seated in the back with Essendon wins the first Victorian The whole journey from Melbourne to Ballarat on Henry’s The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery opened (arguably Australia’s finest regional art gallery). on Lake Wendouree. was the first telephonic transmission from Ballarat to that has yet come under our notice, has been invented by of Mines and Industries were founded. connecting the tail or paddle end Ballarat was established. was held. Loreto sister Teacher training college closes. (Beggs-Sunter) Ballarat households. wife Annie May in the front seat are his sons Arthur driving and Football League premiership. tricycle was expected to consume no more than one gallon of The Lake Pavillion was constructed. identified in 1883. The Post Office Tower commenced construction. can be toured during the Ballarat Heritage Weekend event). Melbourne. Pictured here, the ‘father’ of Ballarat James HR Sutton.” Henry tested his Telephone in the presence of Ballaarat was proclaimed a City. Ballarat’s first public cemetery was created. young son Edward this photo was taken in 1902. oil (as reported in the Argus Friday 10 September 1897). This photograph of Hale End in England was taken by Henry Sutton it was printed using his photographic process. View of Sturt Street sometime between late the 1850s to 1887. Oddie is celebrating his 80th birthday in Craigs. media. Article from The Courier on 21 February 1878. which had flat fins. 2004 1910 1908 1903 1898 1893 1889 1886 1883-1889 1881 1878 1872-1874 1866-1870

Henry Sutton Circuit Alexander Graham Bell visit Wireless system Automobile Club of Victoria Combustion engine Hydraulic lift Facsimile system Telephonic circuits Lecturer Ballarat School of Mercury vacuum pump Publication of papers on flight Ballarat School of Design Experimenting with flight On 20th January 2004, a street in Canberra was named after In 1910, Alexander Graham Bell visited Australia and while he Henry was a co-founder of the Automobile Club of Victoria (ACV). After arriving back from England Henry helped Otis Elevators Henry takes out a patent on Electric Circuits for Mines Henry invents a mercury vacuum pump for use in the production At age ten, Henry studied Henry. The newly named Henry Sutton circuit is located in the was here he visited Henry in Ballarat to see his telephone system On the 9th of December, 1903, at a meeting with 55 other to design a hydraulic lift for use in Sutton’s Music Store in telephonic purposes. He had invented a way of sending of electric light globes, he also invented vacuum pumps for the flight of birds and suburb of Dunlop. It was named in honour of his inventive and inventions in the family’s Music Store. Bell was astonished motorists, Henry wrote the motion that officially formed the Sturt St Ballarat. This was the first hydraulic lift in Ballarat. an electrical current through gas or water pipes for scientific experiments. He generously donated one experiment/ was the first person in contributions to Australia. by his telephone inventions and with Henry’s support took some Club. Today, it is known as the RACV and has over 1.9 million Many Ballarat people may still remember this lift. use with the telephone, as there was no electricity in invention that worked by water jet, to the Ballarat School of Australia to conduct of Henry’s innovations and ideas back to America with him. members. Ballarat at the time. Mines for use by the students. experiments with flight. In the World One of Henry’s mercury vacuum pumps can be seen as part of During this experimental In the World In the World New Zealand introduces unrestricted women’s suffrage. At this point women win this display. process, Henry built an Harry Houdini achieved one of the first powered flights in Australia. 1904, the Wright brothers flew their new aircraft “Flyer II” near Dayton Ohio. the principle of full political equality. King Edward V11 died, his son George V becoming King of the United Kingdom and the Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car. Ornithopter which France introduces first drivers licence and British Dominions. In Australia motor vehicle registration. mimics the flight of birds. In Australia The first federal election where women had the same rights as men to vote and stand for In Ballarat It was research and The Australian Treasury have authority to issue currency replacing the use of the British pound. parliament. Marble lions at the Gardens were presented. The Australia flag was altered so that the stars of the Southern Cross have seven points experiments such as this In Ballarat Peter Lalor Statue was unveiled. (with exception of the smallest one). Ballarat High School opened. which the Wright brothers In Ballarat This is a picture of the Sutton Music Store building on Beautiful stained glass window inside later used in their study The Old Court House was built. Sturt Street, down the hill from the Mechanics’ Institute. the Sutton’s Music Store building. The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain invited Henry to write Calisthenics commenced as a section of the South Street competition in 1903. of flight. two papers on Flight and Aerial navigation, these were published in 1878. At the time the Aeronautical Society claimed that Henry In the World had discovered the true theory of flight. The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid, enabling communication between America and Europe. In the World The Civil War ended one year before. This is an image of Henry’s laboratory at the School of Mines. Thomas Edison Darwin had published Origins of Species developed electric light. and positioned the theory of evolution Henry lectured in Applied Electricity and Magnetism at the Ballarat Russo-Turkish War seven years before. School of Mines, this was the first class of its type in Australia. Vacuum pumps today have modernised into electric form and they look a bit like a motor. liberated Serbia and In Australia Rumania from Turkish Sister Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters School of Mines lecturers around the time Henry rule. Henry Sutton holding the world’s first portable radio it had a range of 500 yards. taught Applied Electricity and Magnetism. of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart at Penola, Henry does not appear in this photo. Electrical storgage battery In Australia South Australia. In 1908, Henry Sutton invented ‘The Sutton System of Australian The Australian Colonies The Tariff Bill passed though the Victorian Henry invents an electrical storage battery. At the time, this first telephones were School of design awarded book prizes to students. This is a bookplate from an 1873 award. Parliament; Australia’s first protective Wireless’ and in 1910, he generously donated this system to the trialed in Sydney. Henry Sutton’s drawing of how Henry held a bird up to smoked tariffs became law the following day. Minutes from the School of Mines 3 February battery was regarded the best in the world. Henry exhibited this Australian Government. He also invented a Galena Crystal Major General Harold Henry attended the Ballarat School of Design where he won glass to study winged flight, as the bird fluttered it’s wings would In Ballarat Henry designed and built a new type of combustion engine for 1886 – Henry is asked to explain the ‘decadence’ Edward Elliott was born. mark the smoked glass. of the classroom. One can only imagine the battery at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition, London in Ballarat & District Orphan Asylum opened. Detector for use in wireless telegraphy. Henry, prior to all of this, motorcars and took out a worldwide patent. He went on to design, a silver medal and 30 other design prizes. He also won many excitement which Henry’s students would have 1882. It was this invention that bought Henry world acclaim. In Ballarat Henry invented the world’s first portable radio which a range of manufacture and sell a number of his combustion engines both experienced during his classes. Enrolments into the other prizes at the State Exhibition’s, where he competed against Ballarat School of Mines budding artists such as Frederick McCubbin. 500 yards (457 metres). here in Australia and overseas. A new telegraph facsimile system for transmitting reached 80. photographs was invented by Henry. In the World In the World In the World Alexander Graham Bell invented the first In the World A long-distance radio message is sent from the In the World John Pemberton invents Coca Cola. crude metal detector. The HMS Challenger set sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise to map the sea. Rudolf Diesel was granted patent for an “internal combustion engine” the Diesel engine. Eiffel Tower for the first time. In the World Gottlieb Daimler builds the world’s Billy the Kid was found guilty of murder Bloomingdale’s department store opened in New York. Illustration of a the wing action of the crane, the portions ‘A’ are moving in the opposite The first electric lines were introduced in the US by the B&O railroad to be used in the tunnel September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first First Kodak camera sold. first four-wheeled motor vehicle. and shot in New Mexico. In Australia direction to portions “B’ at the same moment. Model T automobile. under Baltimore harbor. Bayer introduced aspirin in powder form. In Australia In Australia A Telegraph line from Adelaide to Port Darwin was constructed, linking Australia to the In the World In Australia In Ballarat In Australia At Yarra River VIC the 9th Men’s The Art Gallery of South Australia opened rest of the world. An enormous Tsunami devastated Asia, 200,000 killed. Women given the vote in Victoria. The Ballarat Melbourne telephone line was officially trialled. Foster’s Lager, brewed by the Foster brothers, goes on sale for the first time. Intercolonial Eight-Oared Rowing by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence. Ayers Rock was first sighted by Europeans in 1873. NASA announced it detected signs that water had once covered a small crater on Mars. Two trains collide in Melbourne killing 44 people The Sydney Town Hall is officially opened. Championship were held. In Ballarat In Ballarat and injuring more than 400 at Sunshine. In Australia In Ballarat In Ballarat Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and The Ballaarat Club was established (this exclusive club is still in existence and tours are Jennifer Hawkins won the Miss Universe contest. In Ballarat The Wallace statue was presented. Eureka Monument was presented to Minutes from the School Of Mines April 23 1883 – Pages from the School of Mines Annual report Prince George, Duke of York (George V). Sutton and Co advertisement available, only during the Ballarat Heritage Weekend event). Australia’s first digital commercial free to air channel began broadcasting. Picture of a crystal detector similar to what Rain records began in Ballarat. The Thomas Moore statue was unveiled. the Town Council. The establishment of Mr Henry Sutton as Lecturer of from the year 1884 – Henry’s class report. Tunbridge Building was built in Lydiard St. taken from The Courier 21 February Borough of Ballaarat East proclaimed a Town, in 1872 Henry Sutton used. Applied Electricity and Megnetism. 1878. The images of the birds demonstrates the shape of a birds tail ‘A’ being for ascent and ‘B’ being for descent.