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Australian inventions that you prob didn't know about
# The 'Diff' (differential gears) - David Shearer designed a differential gear which he incorporated into the steam car he built in South Australia in 1897.
# The 'Ute' - A vehicle with the cabin of a car and the rear of a small truck was designed by Lewis Brandt at the Ford Motor Company in Geelong, Victoria.1934 and called a 'Utility Vehicle'. The 'ute' has long been a favourite vehicle for farmers and tradesmen and is part of the Australian landscape.
# Black Box Flight Recorder - this famous device was invented in 1958 by Dr David Warren at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne.
# The Inflatable Aircraft Escape Slide & Raft was invented by Jack Grant while working for Qantas in 1965. It is now standard safety equipment on most passenger airliners in the world.
#The Electric Drill - was patented by Melbourne inventor Arthur James in 1889.
#The garage roller door in the form of a rolling overhead metal door was first produced by B&D in 1956 and soon became an icon of Australian suburbia. It is now exported to or produced under licence in a number of countries throughout the world.
#Polymer Bank Notes - the Australian-invented technology used in producing polymer bank notes is now licensed in many countries throughout the world. In addition, Australia currently produces bank notes for export to 18 countries
#Refrigeration - The first mechanical refrigeration plant was built by James Harrison in the 1850s.Despite the plaque in Melbourne (see right) we believe Harrison's first ice works were at Rocky Point on the Barwon River in Geelong.
#Wine Cask - the flexible bag inside a box was first developed by Thomas Angove of South Australia in 1965Patent no. 280826 issued 20th April, 1965. and later given the now familiar tap by Penfolds Wines and brought to market by Sam Wynn of Wynnvale Wines. This design has now become almost universal.
#Electronic Pacemaker - the heart pacemaker was developed at Sydney's Crown Street Women's Hospital in 1926
#The life saving application of penicillin was developed by Howard Florey and his team. Penicillin has saved millions of lives world wide.
#The Bionic Ear- the cochlear implant was invented by a team led by Professor Graeme Clark at The University of Melbourne and in 1978 the first person received the implant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. (see more information at Who Was the Inventor?). The Bionic Ear has brought hearing to more than 50,000 people in over 80 countries.
#Aspro - Aspro was invented by the chemist George Nicholas as a form of Asprin in a tablet. The product was developed in Melbourne between 1915 and 1917, and George's brother Alfred Nicholas together with Henry Woolf Shmith were key to its manufacturing and marketing success By 1940 it had become the world's most widely used headache treatment.
#Spray-on-skin for burns victims developed by Dr Fiona Wood and used to great effect after the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings.
#Pioneering work in the use of X-ray crystallography by William and Lawrence Bragg in examining crystal structures leading to their winning the Nobel Prize in 1916 for their discoveries
#The Dual Flush Toilet. Although Australians in water-scarce circumstances have long used a variety of devices to restrict the amount of water used in a flush toilet (including placing a brick in the cistern) the dual flush cistern with two buttons (one for full-flush and one for half-flush) was a design improvement that helped save water.
Those are just the ones that i thought were interesting, there are lots more though.
Just thought i'd share incase anyone else was interested lol
On another note some Aussie actors and actresses are
Nicole Kidman
Anthony LaPaglia
Hugh Jackman
Eric Bana
Hugo Weaving
Guy Pearce
Toni Collete
Heath Ledger
Cate Blanchette
Mel Gibson
Russell Crowe
and ofcource Paul Hogan and steve irwin lol
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01-22-2008, 05:30 PM
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01-22-2008, 05:39 PM
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Aussies FTW? 
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01-22-2008, 05:41 PM
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First Steve and now Heath 
edit: Steve Irwin died on my birthday, worst present ever.
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01-22-2008, 05:43 PM
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wooo! Australia **** yeah
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01-22-2008, 05:44 PM
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Kidman and Crowe were not born, but raised in Australia.
Kidman is hawaiian and crowe is a new zealand born
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01-22-2008, 05:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hittman
Kidman and Crowe were not born, but raised in Australia.
Kidman is hawaiian and crowe is a new zealand born
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i knew that crowe was new zealand but didn't think anyone would care 
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01-22-2008, 05:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EctoMan2000
First Steve and now Heath
edit: Steve Irwin died on my birthday, worst present ever. |
yeah it's pretty crap
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01-22-2008, 05:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EctoMan2000
First Steve and now Heath
edit: Steve Irwin died on my birthday, worst present ever. |
**** steve irwin.
biggest cvnt ever
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Of all the wonders that I yet have heard
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
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**I move away from the mic to breathe in
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01-22-2008, 05:54 PM
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Quote:
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**** steve irwin.
biggest cvnt ever
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lol?
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01-22-2008, 05:56 PM
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Quote:
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lol?
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no lol.
deadly serious. died being an idiot.
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Of all the wonders that I yet have heard
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01-22-2008, 05:57 PM
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Quote:
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no lol.
deadly serious. died being an idiot.
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wasn't he just shooting another documentary?
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01-22-2008, 06:04 PM
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Quote:
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wasn't he just shooting another documentary?
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I dunno man. but if you look up what Germaine Greir said when he died you'll know what i'm talking about and why people should hate him.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
**I move away from the mic to breathe in
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01-22-2008, 06:09 PM
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Quote:
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I dunno man. but if you look up what Germaine Greir said when he died you'll know what i'm talking about and why people should hate him.
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moar!!!!
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01-22-2008, 06:11 PM
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we have better inventions and actors
just saying (no hate)
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01-22-2008, 06:17 PM
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Quote:
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moar!!!!
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what do you mean?
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
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**I move away from the mic to breathe in
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01-22-2008, 06:20 PM
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#Refrigeration - The first mechanical refrigeration plant was built by James Harrison in the 1850s.Despite the plaque in Melbourne (see right) we believe Harrison's first ice works were at Rocky Point on the Barwon River in Geelong.
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It told me to look at the right but I don't see anything 
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Quote:
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lol my bad
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01-22-2008, 06:26 PM
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Australians are technically English.
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01-22-2008, 06:28 PM
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Australians have a nasty habit of stealing things from Kiwis.
Surprised they haven't taken Sir Ed and Earnest Rutherford yet...
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01-22-2008, 06:31 PM
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Quote:
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Australians have a nasty habit of stealing things from Kiwis.
Surprised they haven't taken Sir Ed and Earnest Rutherford yet...
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lol!
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01-22-2008, 06:33 PM
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Quote:
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Australians are technically English.
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And the English are techinically Normans and Romans. 
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Quote:
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On another note some Aussie actors and actresses are
Nicole Kidman - not born in australia
Anthony LaPaglia
Hugh Jackman
Eric Bana
Hugo Weaving
Guy Pearce
Toni Collete
Heath Ledger
Cate Blanchette
Mel Gibson - not born in australia
Russell Crowe - not australian
and ofcource Paul Hogan and steve irwin lol
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repped
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u forgot about Carmen666's parents. They invented a hawt daughter
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THIS IS AN AUSTRALIAN INVENTION THE YANKS ARE TRYING TO STEAL.
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#Spray-on-skin for burns victims developed by Dr Fiona Wood and used to great effect after the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings.
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I met this woman about 5 years eariler. She stitched up my face.
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Quote:
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u forgot about Carmen666's parents. They invented a hawt daughter
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Can also be put down to the fact shes Aussie
Aussies FTMFW!!
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02-04-2008, 06:15 AM
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Quote:
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Australians are technically English.
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ummmm no we're not
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No, not by Australians, by English people living on our holiday island down south.
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