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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- 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.
- The Victa Mower, a revolutionary two-stroke petrol lawnmower with rotary blades was much easier to use than its older push/pull cousins. It was invented in 1952 by Mervyn Victor Richardson, a salesman from Sydney.
- Modems the size of a shoebox led the NetComm company to develop in 1985 the Smart Modem - a string of Australian-designed, faster and smaller modems with better features.
- Racecam - the lightweight, fixed camera first used in car racing - was developed by Geoff Healey in 179 and has changed sports broadcasting worldwide.
- Penicillin was trialled successfully on humans by Howard Florey, and went into production in 1941 to help victims of World War II.
- The Pop Top Can idea of press-buttons on cans (where the button is hinged to the can) so it does not cause a litter problem, was developed by Sir Ian McLennan of BHP in 1973
- Automated betting at horse races was made possible with the Automatic Totalisator invented by George Julius in 1913.
- The Sydney GPO had the world’s first mechanised Letter Sorting Machine in 1930. It was developed by an engineer with the Postmaster General’s Department.
- It’s now the most popular form of house construction. But, since 1928 brick veneer cladding has changed the face of Australia¹s urban and rural environments.
- The orbital internal combustion engine was developed in 1972 by engineer Ralph Sarich of Perth, Western Australia.
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