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At Sydney's Powerhouse Museum
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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

At Sydney's Powerhouse Museum, curator Margaret Simpson reveals all

At Sydney's Powerhouse Museum, curator Margaret Simpson reveals all

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At Sydney's Powerhouse Museum,
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curator Margaret Simpson reveals all.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:44
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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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 • E01 The 51,900-tonne structure - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
The 51,900-tonne structure
S01 • E04 Today, Clarence's great-grandson, Ben Wundersitz, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
Today, Clarence's great-grandson, Ben Wundersitz,
S01 • E06 So that's when he puts it into containers, into insulated boxes, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
So that's when he puts it into containers, into insulat...
S01 • E02 Engineers reported, "We've discovered a loose connection." - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Engineers reported, "We've discovered a loose conn...
S01 • E03 It was used on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic expedition, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
It was used on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarc...
S01 • E01 Sydney was filled with The Harbour Bridge was going up, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
Sydney was filled with The Harbour Bridge was going up,
S01 • E07 "You heard what the man said." - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
"You heard what the man said."
S01 • E05 To make sure it wasn't having any unwanted effects on his experiments, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
To make sure it wasn't having any unwanted effects on h...
S01 • E08 The solution to detecting latent prints - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
The solution to detecting latent prints -
S01 • E02 I got used to being on the edge of my seat, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
I got used to being on the edge of my seat,
S01 • E04 But the plough's chisel points, or tines, use the same simple principle - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
But the plough's chisel points, or tines, use the same ...
S01 • E06 It sounds like it could go either way. They...the ship sets off? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It sounds like it could go either way. They...the ship sets ...
S01 • E02 But, uh, yes, it was a real hope. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
But, uh, yes, it was a real hope.
S01 • E05 It was a life-changing decision. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It was a life-changing decision.
S01 • E06 It sounds like it could go Yeah, the ship set off, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
It sounds like it could go Yeah, the ship set off,
S01 • E03 Alexander Worsfold designed and built many of the sledges - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
Alexander Worsfold designed and built many of the sledges
S01 • E07 So I found myself on a bomber, going to England, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
So I found myself on a bomber, going to England,
S01 • E08 In the world of forensic science, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
In the world of forensic science,
S01 • E02 Out of the noises in his head, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Out of the noises in his head,
S01 • E06 ..the boxes let him down and the ice melted and the...the meat went off, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
..the boxes let him down and the ice melted and the...the me...