Famous Australian Ideas and Innovations
You’re going to be very surprised at some of the great inventions Australians have been responsible for…
Heck, Aussies are even NOW responsible for turning dishwater and beer into electricity… AND running cars on nothing but water — Find out more on Water Powered Cars here.
This page presents a variety of famous Australian Inventions for your perusal - please REFRESH to see a different selection of ten Aussie innovations.
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- QANTAS inaugurated a pioneering round the world airline service with two planes taking off from Melbourne in 1958.
- The orbital internal combustion engine was developed in 1972 by engineer Ralph Sarich of Perth, Western Australia.
- The first full-size rotary hoe cultivator was developed in 1922 and used energy to turn the soil directly, rather than dragging a plough behind a tractor.
- George Nicholas and Henry Woolf Smith produced a high-grade aspirin product in Melbourne called Aspro in 1915. It later took over the international market.
- Bruce Macdonald at the Australian Institute of Marine Science developed the world’s first underwater computer in 1993
- The first ever radio lesson was broadcast from the Royal Flying Doctor Base in Alice Springs in 1950 on the School of the Air.
- In 1983, Australia II won the America’s Cup in part due to the revolutionary winged keel designed by Ben Lexcen.
- John McGarvie Smith donated his secret discovery of an anthrax vaccine to the NSW Government in 1918.
- The first Black Box Flight Recorder recorded the pilot’s voice and some instrument readings was invented in 1958 by Dr David Warren from Melbourne. It is now used in aircraft worldwide.
- A Sydney inventor, Gordon Withnall, invented the Super Sopper in 1974 to soak up water from wet sportsgrounds.
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