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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

1948, postwar Melbourne, and psychiatrist John Cadehas just discovered that lithium can be...

(HORN HONKS) MATT PARKINSON:
1948, postwar Melbourne, and psychiatrist John Cade
has just discovered that lithium can be used
as a treatment for bipolar disorder

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MATT PARKINSON: 1948, postwar Melbourne,
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and psychiatrist John Cade has just discovered
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that lithium can be used as a treatment for bipolar disorder.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:58
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 Exactly, because it was the fastest spread of mammals - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Exactly, because it was the fastest spread of mammals
S01 • E06 "Science has drawn aside the veil and the plan stands revealed - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:17
"Science has drawn aside the veil and the plan stands r...
S01 • E01 It was highly regulated, very highly regulated. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It was highly regulated, very highly regulated.
S01 • E04 Well, I reckon the Akubra did a pretty good job of spreading - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Well, I reckon the Akubra did a pretty good job of spreading
S01 • E01 There was concern about what would happen - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
There was concern about what would happen
S01 • E01 So, the key...the key thing about what we did was we made it simple. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So, the key...the key thing about what we did was we made it...
S01 • E08 And my father was very insistent on that, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
And my father was very insistent on that,
S01 • E03 By late 1943, early '44, the massive build-up to the coming invasion - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:15
By late 1943, early '44, the massive build-up to the co...
S01 • E05 Unfortunately, the death of one of his patients - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Unfortunately, the death of one of his patients
S01 • E08 And that he had made But it was very difficult for him - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
And that he had made But it was very difficult for him
S01 • E01 Half flush for liquids, full flush for solids. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Half flush for liquids, full flush for solids.
S01 • E07 So, Laddie, I've noticed that you say, 'boom-erang' - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So, Laddie, I've noticed that you say, 'boom-erang...
S01 • E02 (LAUGHS) Shh. (ALL LAUGH) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
(LAUGHS) Shh. (ALL LAUGH)
S01 • E01 And on the inside, it was almost as straightforward. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
And on the inside, it was almost as straightforward.
S01 • E06 Thanks to the trio's vision, perseverance and enterprising spirit, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
Thanks to the trio's vision, perseverance and enterpris...
S01 • E01 The 11-litre cistern was split into two reservoirs. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The 11-litre cistern was split into two reservoirs.
S01 • E05 However, a year later, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
However, a year later,
S01 • E08 Of course, my grandfather got most of the glory - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Of course, my grandfather got most of the glory -
S01 • E07 That's...we... That's better for us, if you say it right. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
That's...we... That's better for us, if you say it...
S01 • E01 The 11-litre cistern Pressing the full-flush button - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The 11-litre cistern Pressing the full-flush button