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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

By the early 1970's, he was head of Melbourne University'sENT department but he was...

By the early 1970's, he was head of Melbourne University's
ENT department but he was copping
ferocious criticism and struggling with just
$6,000 in funding

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By the early 1970's,
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he was head of Melbourne University's ENT department
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but he was copping ferocious criticism
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and struggling with just $6,000 in funding.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:02
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 • E05 But that POW experience was also critical for him understanding - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
But that POW experience was also critical for him understand...
S01 • E08 And he used that to come up with the law - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
And he used that to come up with the law
S01 • E04 (TYRES SCREECH) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
(TYRES SCREECH)
S01 • E01 (SEWING MACHINE WHIRRS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:16
(SEWING MACHINE WHIRRS)
S01 • E04 # Hit the washout sideways Knock another guidepost flying... # - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
# Hit the washout sideways Knock another guidepost flying......
S01 • E06 Yeah. It smells cool and inviting. It's cool and inviting. Exactly. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Yeah. It smells cool and inviting. It's cool and inviti...
S01 • E07 It was a radical idea - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
It was a radical idea
S01 • E08 To be able to understand The equation would become known - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
To be able to understand The equation would become known
S01 • E02 Never short of ideas, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Never short of ideas,
S01 • E05 So without that POW experience, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So without that POW experience,
S01 • E03 Nowadays, the headline wouldn't be "Hero, small-town Aussie inventor". - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Nowadays, the headline wouldn't be "Hero, small-to...
S01 • E04 Nowhere is love for the beaut ute more obvious - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Nowhere is love for the beaut ute more obvious
S01 • E03 It would be "Madman holds train hostage with gun", you know. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It would be "Madman holds train hostage with gun",...
S01 • E02 Cheetah looks pretty much the same - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Cheetah looks pretty much the same
S01 • E05 MATT PARKINSON: John Cade, in his search - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
MATT PARKINSON: John Cade, in his search
S01 • E07 He said he couldn't understand why I, a chemist, working on fuels, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
He said he couldn't understand why I, a chemist, workin...
S01 • E08 Meanwhile, Lawrence's father, William, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Meanwhile, Lawrence's father, William,
S01 • E06 Well, by the look of it, it's been open for two weeks. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Well, by the look of it, it's been open for two weeks.
S01 • E03 The Owen gun saved Australian lives - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
The Owen gun saved Australian lives
S01 • E04 # Gonna rock'n'roll # Ute me, ute me - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:25
# Gonna rock'n'roll # Ute me, ute me