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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

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You had to stay wired to check your GeoCities profile,
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Duration
4 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:18
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 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,
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