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English schoolmaster Rowland Hill
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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

English schoolmaster Rowland Hill believed he'd solvedall these problems believed he'd...

English schoolmaster Rowland Hill believed he'd solved
all these problems believed he'd solved
with a prepaid postal concept with a prepaid postal concept that he outlined in an 1837 pamphlet

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English schoolmaster Rowland Hill
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believed he'd solved all these problems
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believed he'd solved with a prepaid postal concept
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with a prepaid postal concept
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that he outlined in an 1837 pamphlet.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:31
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 His colleagues were outraged - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
His colleagues were outraged
S01 • E06 T.S. Mort was a hugely successful wool trader, auctioneer, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
T.S. Mort was a hugely successful wool trader, auctioneer,
S01 • E04 It'd be a long, laborious task for hundreds of people. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It'd be a long, laborious task for hundreds of people.
S01 • E07 Imagine if that was in place when MH370 went down. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Imagine if that was in place when MH370 went down.
S01 • E04 To solve that problem, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
To solve that problem,
S01 • E08 ..now equipped with more filters, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
..now equipped with more filters,
S01 • E02 But Britain's postal poobahs rejected his ideas. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
But Britain's postal poobahs rejected his ideas.
S01 • E05 A quarter of a century later, British doctor Joseph Lister - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:14
A quarter of a century later, British doctor Joseph Lister
S01 • E02 Maybe he should have gone with a sexier title. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Maybe he should have gone with a sexier title.
S01 • E01 And I often said he must have hurt a lot - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
And I often said he must have hurt a lot
S01 • E06 Mort could instantly see the commercial benefits - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Mort could instantly see the commercial benefits
S01 • E03 "Let's make them, and then we'll send them to the Western Front." - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
"Let's make them, and then we'll send them to...
S01 • E04 The genius of his machine was that it used a vacuum - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
The genius of his machine was that it used a vacuum
S01 • E02 However, in far flung New South Wales, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
However, in far flung New South Wales,
S01 • E07 Over the last 150 years, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
Over the last 150 years,
S01 • E08 Can you see something here? (WOMAN LAUGHS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Can you see something here? (WOMAN LAUGHS)
S01 • E08 Here at the AFP's forensic training facility, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Here at the AFP's forensic training facility,
S01 • E02 James Raymond got the message Governor Richard Bourke - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:16
James Raymond got the message Governor Richard Bourke
S01 • E05 It may be a poisonous and caustic compound, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
It may be a poisonous and caustic compound,
S01 • E04 The result - much faster processing of the rabbit fur into felt. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The result - much faster processing of the rabbit fur into f...