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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Evelyn Owenhad been working on a weapon that would help the diggersoutgun the Japanese...

Evelyn Owen
had been working on a weapon that would help the diggers
outgun the Japanese that would help the diggers
as Australia itself feared invasion

Full Transcript

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Evelyn Owen had been working on a weapon
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that would help the diggers outgun the Japanese
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that would help the diggers as Australia itself feared invasion.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:08
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 VOICEOVER: This picture is about the transistor. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
VOICEOVER: This picture is about the transistor.
S01 • E03 As Australia itself feared invasion. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
As Australia itself feared invasion.
S01 • E01 That man meant so much to so many people. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
That man meant so much to so many people.
S01 • E08 He wanted to tell a long story, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
He wanted to tell a long story,
S01 • E07 Oh, I get it. So it's all self-supportive, really. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Oh, I get it. So it's all self-supportive, really.
S01 • E05 These tiny transistors are destined to play a big part - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
These tiny transistors are destined to play a big part
S01 • E06 So, this is filled with water, and these little pieces of cloth - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
So, this is filled with water, and these little pieces of cl...
S01 • E04 (STEAM HISSES) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
(STEAM HISSES)
S01 • E02 You had to stay wired to check your GeoCities profile, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
You had to stay wired to check your GeoCities profile,
S01 • E03 In 1939, a shy 24-year-old Evelyn - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
In 1939, a shy 24-year-old Evelyn
S01 • E05 They will make possible smaller, more compact electronic devices - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
They will make possible smaller, more compact electronic dev...
S01 • E08 His plan was to make the longest film ever made - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
His plan was to make the longest film ever made -
S01 • E01 When he scored it with the, uh, lawnmower, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
When he scored it with the, uh, lawnmower,
S01 • E07 This tightens everything up - you pull this down - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
This tightens everything up - you pull this down
S01 • E03 Hopped on a steam train (STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Hopped on a steam train (STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS)
S01 • E02 Wi-fi didn't just do away with all those pesky wires - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
Wi-fi didn't just do away with all those pesky wires
S01 • E06 The way it works is through the principle of evaporative cooling. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The way it works is through the principle of evaporative coo...
S01 • E01 Merv was the one of the first in Australia - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Merv was the one of the first in Australia
S01 • E05 MATT PARKINSON: In the mid-1950s, the advent of miniaturised transistors - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
MATT PARKINSON: In the mid-1950s, the advent of miniaturised...
S01 • E06 So the breeze, as it passes through the cloth, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:15
So the breeze, as it passes through the cloth,