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Back in the late '70s, a young Australian engineer and physicist
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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Back in the late '70s, a youngAustralian engineer and physicist by the name of John...

Back in the late '70s, a young
Australian engineer and physicist by the name of John O'Sullivan
was over in Europe trying to detect tiny radio wave
pulses coming from deep space, in the search for miniature
exploding black holes

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Back in the late '70s, a young Australian engineer and physicist
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by the name of John O'Sullivan was over in Europe
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trying to detect tiny radio wave pulses coming from deep space,
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in the search for miniature exploding black holes.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:10
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E04 And, of course, other pastoralists are gonna be thinking, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
And, of course, other pastoralists are gonna be thinking,
S01 • E01 Our growing love of the outdoor lifestyle - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Our growing love of the outdoor lifestyle
S01 • E06 Until then, people are living fairly close - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Until then, people are living fairly close
S01 • E03 On the English Channel, a huge flotilla of ships - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
On the English Channel, a huge flotilla of ships
S01 • E08 But a new type of entertainment was also filling theatres. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
But a new type of entertainment was also filling theatres.
S01 • E06 But once you get these large amounts of transient people, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
But once you get these large amounts of transient people,
S01 • E04 Several Australian stations muster that many each year. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Several Australian stations muster that many each year.
S01 • E01 By 1956, Victa established its factory - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
By 1956, Victa established its factory
S01 • E05 So the invention remained shrouded in secrecy. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So the invention remained shrouded in secrecy.
S01 • E03 VOICEOVER: They're on their way home, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
VOICEOVER: They're on their way home,
S01 • E08 Then in the mid-1890s, when moving pictures reached Australia, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:15
Then in the mid-1890s, when moving pictures reached Australi...
S01 • E07 Each kite consisted of two 3-dimensional cells, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Each kite consisted of two 3-dimensional cells,
S01 • E05 The only public mention was in the appendix - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
The only public mention was in the appendix
S01 • E04 DAVID HUNT: Wolseley's handpiece allowed the wool - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
DAVID HUNT: Wolseley's handpiece allowed the wool
S01 • E03 MATT PARKINSON: Remarkable events on a huge scale - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
MATT PARKINSON: Remarkable events on a huge scale
S01 • E01 That's a whopping $62 million in today's money. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
That's a whopping $62 million in today's money.
S01 • E06 James Harrison wasn't the only one - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
James Harrison wasn't the only one
S01 • E04 ..resulting in more wool per sheep for the pastoralists. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
..resulting in more wool per sheep for the pastoralists.
S01 • E07 Air moving over the top of the struts travels faster than air moving below, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Air moving over the top of the struts travels faster than ai...
S01 • E05 After his death, all other documents were lost to history. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
After his death, all other documents were lost to history.