I've read about some of the early British colonies in Australia, and doesn't seem to have taken long before they were laying out farms, making bricks and quarry

I've read about some of the early British colonies in Australia, and doesn't seem to have taken long before they were laying out farms, making bricks and quarrying stone blocks, constructing solid buildings, setting up blacksmiths, newspapers, etc. But by then it was getting into the 19th century.