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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

After failing his matriculation, he was apprenticed in the engineeringworkshops of a...

After failing his matriculation, he was apprenticed in the engineering
workshops of a shipping company

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After failing his matriculation,
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he was apprenticed in the engineering workshops of a shipping company.
Duration
7 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:08
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
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Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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Movie Summary

The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E02 Graeme would soon put In 1952, aged just 16, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Graeme would soon put In 1952, aged just 16,
S01 • E04 DAVID HUNT: The blokes doing the hard yakka of removing all that fleece, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
DAVID HUNT: The blokes doing the hard yakka of removing all ...
S01 • E01 The thing that I find interesting about these reel mowers - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
The thing that I find interesting about these reel mowers
S01 • E03 Florey is, by no...no coincidence, the first name in the book. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Florey is, by no...no coincidence, the first name in the boo...
S01 • E06 Imported glacial ice was incredibly expensive - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Imported glacial ice was incredibly expensive
S01 • E05 Religious ideas dominated medical ethics. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Religious ideas dominated medical ethics.
S01 • E03 The new boss had a new way of doing things. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The new boss had a new way of doing things.
S01 • E07 This would ultimately steer the course of his life. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
This would ultimately steer the course of his life.
S01 • E08 So, we are gonna generate some X-rays - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So, we are gonna generate some X-rays
S01 • E02 (SWING MUSIC PLAYS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
(SWING MUSIC PLAYS)
S01 • E05 For a long time, the heart and the brain were considered sacred, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
For a long time, the heart and the brain were considered sac...
S01 • E04 The shearers, SONG: # Click go the shears, boys - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
The shearers, SONG: # Click go the shears, boys
S01 • E03 The new boss Crucially, he put together - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
The new boss Crucially, he put together
S01 • E07 He is a really good example - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
He is a really good example
S01 • E06 But James Harrison had other ideas. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
But James Harrison had other ideas.
S01 • E05 Scientists who wanted to investigate them - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Scientists who wanted to investigate them
S01 • E06 Harrison was apprenticed to a printer when he was 12 years old - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Harrison was apprenticed to a printer when he was 12 years o...
S01 • E07 Of somebody who fails but then turns that to its advantage. He learnt his mechanical and design skills, drawing skills, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Of somebody who fails but then turns that to its advantage. ...
S01 • E02 I enjoyed that for a while, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
I enjoyed that for a while,
S01 • E08 So, what is it about X-rays - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
So, what is it about X-rays