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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

We're going to tent this off, makesure we don't get any stray light, so that we're just...

We're going to tent this off, make
sure we don't get any stray light, so that we're just looking
at the light that's emitted

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We're going to tent this off, make sure we don't get any stray light,
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so that we're just looking at the light that's emitted.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:54
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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 • E02 The membrane, or eardrum, is a thin flap of skin - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
The membrane, or eardrum, is a thin flap of skin
S01 • E01 And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another problem. I also wouldn't have gone out into the garden with one of these things - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
And in the 1950s, gendered stereotypes created another probl...
S01 • E03 It's fascinating to me that Fleming has made a note of the fact - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
It's fascinating to me that Fleming has made a note of ...
S01 • E07 Then, in 1854, came Australia's first steam train. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Then, in 1854, came Australia's first steam train.
S01 • E05 So you were always a little bit on tenterhooks - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
So you were always a little bit on tenterhooks
S01 • E02 This brass rod represents the ossicles, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
This brass rod represents the ossicles,
S01 • E01 So, what Australia needed was a lawnmower - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
So, what Australia needed was a lawnmower
S01 • E06 So, in this sealed chamber, in this little vessel, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
So, in this sealed chamber, in this little vessel,
S01 • E04 They're powered via a flexible cable that comes down - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
They're powered via a flexible cable that comes down
S01 • E07 ..and while balloons had soared for over a century, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
..and while balloons had soared for over a century,
S01 • E03 Fleming himself did try to purify the active component from the mould. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Fleming himself did try to purify the active component from ...
S01 • E05 I think there was a certain notion of privilege - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
I think there was a certain notion of privilege -
S01 • E01 And macho. ..and macho. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
And macho. ..and macho.
S01 • E02 And now we need this to go down and convey those vibrations - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
And now we need this to go down and convey those vibrations
S01 • E04 And attaches here, at the end of the handpiece. And inside the handpiece, we've got a rod and a crank - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
And attaches here, at the end of the handpiece. And inside t...
S01 • E03 And Fleming had lots of different ideas - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
And Fleming had lots of different ideas
S01 • E06 I'll say 'with', but the two of them don't get on, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
I'll say 'with', but the two of them don'...
S01 • E01 Merv Richardson made that very mower here at his home in suburban Sydney. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Merv Richardson made that very mower here at his home in sub...
S01 • E08 Nij is sending over 20,000 volts to the tube, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Nij is sending over 20,000 volts to the tube,
S01 • E02 So this cochlear, is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So this cochlear, is one of the most beautiful things I'...