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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

Merv was the one ofthe first in Australia to introduce a profit-sharefor his employees

Merv was the one of
the first in Australia to introduce a profit-share
for his employees

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Merv was the one of the first in Australia
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to introduce a profit-share for his employees.
Duration
7 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:27
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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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 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,
S01 • E07 You get it? Your bit's up much faster than mine. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
You get it? Your bit's up much faster than mine.
S01 • E01 And in high season, it was often more than the weekly wage. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
And in high season, it was often more than the weekly wage.
S01 • E04 We've got the drive wheel going in the right rotation, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
We've got the drive wheel going in the right rotation,
S01 • E03 Tucked under his arm was a weapon of considerable firepower. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Tucked under his arm was a weapon of considerable firepower.
S01 • E08 NEWSREEL NARRATOR: But only a few understand - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
NEWSREEL NARRATOR: But only a few understand
S01 • E05 In your time in this field, you've seen a real physical evolution - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
In your time in this field, you've seen a real physical...
S01 • E03 It was a prototype he'd been working on for the last seven years or so - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
It was a prototype he'd been working on for the last se...
S01 • E02 Not just to the internet, Yet in the early 1990s, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Not just to the internet, Yet in the early 1990s,
S01 • E01 Oh, yeah. He wouldn't have had people leaving - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Oh, yeah. He wouldn't have had people leaving
S01 • E03 Australia's first homemade submachine gun. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Australia's first homemade submachine gun.
S01 • E08 With his theatrical background, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
With his theatrical background,
S01 • E04 (RATTLING) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
(RATTLING)
S01 • E06 While Arthur McCormick is credited as the inventor, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
While Arthur McCormick is credited as the inventor,
S01 • E01 Everybody's relative wanted to come work with their relative at Victa. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Everybody's relative wanted to come work with their rel...
S01 • E02 Challenged to find commercial applications - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
Challenged to find commercial applications
S01 • E03 Born in 1915, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
Born in 1915,
S01 • E01 So, being an astute businessman and a benevolent boss - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
So, being an astute businessman and a benevolent boss
S01 • E08 So, he teamed up with a pair of chemists - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
So, he teamed up with a pair of chemists