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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

When people were home, they might not have the moneyor inclination to pay and some people...

When people were home, they might not have the money
or inclination to pay and some people avoided paying
by encoding messages on envelopes that could be read
before handing them back

Full Transcript

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When people were home,
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they might not have the money or inclination to pay
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and some people avoided paying by encoding messages on envelopes
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that could be read before handing them back.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:09
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 • E03 It's women of Australia coming together - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
It's women of Australia coming together
S01 • E08 So, the guy entered into a coffee shop in Queanbeyan - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
So, the guy entered into a coffee shop in Queanbeyan
S01 • E07 One of the really strange things about this story is it's 1958 - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
One of the really strange things about this story is it'...
S01 • E03 And working for the sick and wounded soldiers. So they provide ambulances and lorries and the drivers - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
And working for the sick and wounded soldiers. So they provi...
S01 • E06 Of surplus food going to waste. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Of surplus food going to waste.
S01 • E05 The main culprit? Infection. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
The main culprit? Infection.
S01 • E04 What you do is you've got the skin on the bottom, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
What you do is you've got the skin on the bottom,
S01 • E01 And Gilbert Toyne would have lived - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
And Gilbert Toyne would have lived
S01 • E06 Morris used his political clout to promote the Frenchman, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Morris used his political clout to promote the Frenchman,
S01 • E05 Then, in 1847, a Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
Then, in 1847, a Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis,
S01 • E03 But they're also doing They knit socks, pyjamas, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
But they're also doing They knit socks, pyjamas,
S01 • E02 And a system that let letter carriers carry the day's takings - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
And a system that let letter carriers carry the day's t...
S01 • E07 There is nobody locally who is gonna manufacture this device. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
There is nobody locally who is gonna manufacture this device...
S01 • E08 And they brought me the chair to the lab - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
And they brought me the chair to the lab
S01 • E03 And the Red Cross then worked with Worsfold. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
And the Red Cross then worked with Worsfold.
S01 • E04 So how did they use to get to that downy fur? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
So how did they use to get to that downy fur?
S01 • E06 ..until along came a man of means and wealth, Thomas Sutcliffe Mort. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
..until along came a man of means and wealth, Thomas Sutclif...
S01 • E01 I know, talking to one of the Hills people, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:20
I know, talking to one of the Hills people,
S01 • E03 Yes, and so he goes to the Red Cross and he says, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:16
Yes, and so he goes to the Red Cross and he says,
S01 • E04 Years ago, I would imagine they would have cut it all by hand. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Years ago, I would imagine they would have cut it all by han...