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Aware of the problems facing woolgrowers
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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Aware of the problemsfacing woolgrowers, in 1868, Wolseley set his mindto inventing a...

Aware of the problems
facing woolgrowers, in 1868, Wolseley set his mind
to inventing a device to make shearing easier
and more efficient

Full Transcript

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Aware of the problems facing woolgrowers,
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in 1868, Wolseley set his mind to inventing a device
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to make shearing easier and more efficient.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:41
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
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 • E01 You've got electricity, a bit of moisture on the lawn. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
You've got electricity, a bit of moisture on the lawn.
S01 • E06 If you speed up the evaporation (BLOWS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
If you speed up the evaporation (BLOWS)
S01 • E02 ..making use of an industrial light shade Gary has found. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
..making use of an industrial light shade Gary has found.
S01 • E08 To capture a really good image, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
To capture a really good image,
S01 • E06 It's a very similar process to the way evaporating sweat cools our skin. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
It's a very similar process to the way evaporating swea...
S01 • E03 Fleming realised that the mould had produced - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Fleming realised that the mould had produced
S01 • E01 And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another problem. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another probl...
S01 • E05 Pacemaker pioneer Mark Lidwill was comfortable taking risks, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
Pacemaker pioneer Mark Lidwill was comfortable taking risks,
S01 • E08 That's right. So, we're going to take a picture, a long exposure, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
That's right. So, we're going to take a picture, a...
S01 • E07 When Lawrence was born in 1850, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
When Lawrence was born in 1850,
S01 • E04 Wolseley knew wool, and he was convinced - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Wolseley knew wool, and he was convinced
S01 • E06 It's a very similar process to the (BLOWS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
It's a very similar process to the (BLOWS)
S01 • E08 We're going to tent this off, make sure we don't get any stray light, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
We're going to tent this off, make sure we don't g...
S01 • E01 And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another problem. I also wouldn't have gone out into the garden with one of these things - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another probl...
S01 • E02 The membrane, or eardrum, is a thin flap of skin - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
The membrane, or eardrum, is a thin flap of skin
S01 • E03 It's fascinating to me that Fleming has made a note of the fact - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
It's fascinating to me that Fleming has made a note of ...
S01 • E07 Then, in 1854, came Australia's first steam train. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Then, in 1854, came Australia's first steam train.
S01 • E05 So you were always a little bit on tenterhooks - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So you were always a little bit on tenterhooks
S01 • E02 This brass rod represents the ossicles, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
This brass rod represents the ossicles,
S01 • E01 So, what Australia needed was a lawnmower - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
So, what Australia needed was a lawnmower