Download or read book Australia s Greatest Inventions written by Lynda De Lacey and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's Greatest Inventions; From boomerangs to the Hills Hoist by Lynda de Lacey Australia has a reputation for innovation and inventiveness - that famous 'tie it up with fence-wire' attitude towards getting things done is one of our best-known national characteristics. Popular opinion tells us that a knack for adaptation - for jerry rigging and so-called 'bush improvisation' - is one of the qualities that marks us out as Australian. If you had to play 'spot the Australian' among other nationalities, you'd choose the ones with the duct tape and pliers in their hands. But ask your average Aussie to reel off a list of uniquely Australian inventions at a pub trivia night, and most won't get much further than the stump-jump plough, the Hills Hoist, Speedos and the pavlova. Suddenly you may find yourself wondering if we're all that inventive as a culture after all? These examples certainly don't seem to build a terribly convincing case. This book proves that for a 200-year-old culture with a relatively small population, Australians have a much richer inventive history than we give ourselves credit for. Once we've seen that this reputation for inventiveness is justified, the next question becomes; is there something in our cultural wiring, something about being Australian, that makes us more inventive than other people?
Download or read book 101 Great Australian Inventions written by Paul Holper and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read all about the madcap Australian inventors who have influenced the world - from their invention of the world's first feature-length film to ultra-sound technology, from the detection of quasars and supernova to much, much more! Learn about indigenous and enduring Australian inventions, high-tech inventions such as Sarich orbital engine and gene technology and inventions that were snapped up by other countries, such as penicillin and Hargraves' flight designs. Read about spectacular failures such as Clement Wragge's crazy idea to create rain-bearing clouds. Take a look at what's on the drawing board, inventions that are still to make their mark and the inventions of tomorrow. This step-by-step guide to inventing will encourage readers to brainstorm their own experiments.
Download or read book Australia s Greatest Inventions and Innovations written by Christopher Cheng and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations, you will find out about our nation's most ingenious inventions, their makers, and how to turn a bright idea into a useful creation."--Back cover.
Download or read book Australia s Best Inventions written by Karen McGhee and published by Australian Geographic. This book was released on 2016 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the stump-jump plough to wi-fi, Australia is filled with innovative men and women who have solved all kinds of problems. Learn about great Aussie breakthroughs in medicine, safety and technology, and discover the origins of some true-blue classics!
Download or read book Great Aussie Inventions written by Amy Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who invented the black box flight recorder, stump cam, spray-on skin, the baby capsule, the lawn mower and Hills Hoist? Australians, that's who. Necessity is the mother of invention. When white settlers first came to Australia their existence relied on creative solutions to their problems. Step into the world of brilliant Aussie inventions and find out what makes Australia one of the world's most inventive nations.
Download or read book The Great Big Book of Aussie Inventions written by Chris Roy Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Big Book of Aussie Inventions takes you on a colourful, panoramic journey from the Aussie bush to the cities and coast, and introduces you to some of the weird, wacky and amazing inventions that have come from the Land Down Under. Most people know popular Aussie inventions like the boomerang, the Hills Hoist and the lamington. But did you also know that Aussies invented the army tank, plastic money and the electric drill? You'll have hours of fun discovering Australia's well-known and more obscure inventions. Plus, try and find the elusive bunyip hidden throughout!
Download or read book Originally Australian Inventions and Ideas written by Richard E. Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of Australian Inventions and Discoveries written by Margaret McPhee and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians have been responsible for a number of inventions and this dictionary provides comprehensive detail about them. The Dictionary of Australian Inventions and Discoveries covers more than 400 Australian inventions and discoveries and the brains behind them. The range is varied, from the stump jump plough to the atomic absorption spectrophotometer, from the ingenious inventions of the early outback settlers, to the development of specialized agricultural equipment in the early 20th century, and the recent pioneering work of the CSIRO.
Download or read book We Make It written by Rachel Corcoran and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Sutton written by Lorayne Branch and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have no hesitation in claiming Henry Sutton is Australia's greatest ever inventor and, indeed, one of the greatest inventors the world has ever seen. The range of his inventions is extraordinary, including in lighting, batteries, telephony and wireless telegraphy, photography, flight, microscopy, and car engines. Yet he remains shamefully unheralded. Admired and befriended by some of the great scientists and engineers of his time, such as Nikola Tesla and Alexander Graham Bell, his achievements are largely unrecognized. This Australian inventor, working in isolation in Ballarat in the decades around the turn of the 20th century, deserves a place in the pantheon of contributors to the modern technological age.
Download or read book Great Australian World Firsts written by Chrystopher J. Spicer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sir Jack Brabham (first to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design) to Tom Angove (inventor of the wine cask), from Bruce Thompson (introduced the first dual flush toilets) to Mary Fortune (the first female author of detective fiction), here are the world's great ideas, inventions, feats and follies, as done first, by Australians.
Download or read book Inventive Australians written by Stephen Gard and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the TYoung Inquirers' series. This volume examines Australian inventors. Book is structured in four major sections P Australia's first inventors, the Aborigines; farming inventions; aviation inventions and inventive Australians. Text is supported by colourful and informative illustrations. Includes a glossary, bibliography, index and questions section.
Download or read book Australian Genius written by Vivien Encel and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Scientists written by Corey Tutt and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2023 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS ‘PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE’ SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS ‘INDIGENOUS WRITERS' PRIZE’ WINNER OF THE 2022 ABIA ‘BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN’ SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 CBCA 'EVE POWNALL' AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS 'CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD' The First Scientists is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers’ love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same time. Have you ever wondered what the stars can tell us? Did you know the seasons can be predicted just by looking at subtle changes in nature? Maybe you have wondered about the origins of glue or if forensic science is possible without a crime scene investigation. Australia's First peoples have the longest continuing culture on Earth and their innovation will amaze you as you leaf through the pages of this book, learning fascinating facts and discovering the answers to life's questions. In consultation with communities, Corey tells us of many deadly feats – from bush medicine to bush trackers – that are today considered 'science', and introduces us to many amazing scientists, both past and present. The breadth of ‘sciences’ is incredible with six main chapters covering astronomy, engineering, forensic science, chemistry, land management and ecology. The first scientists passed on the lessons of the land, sea and sky to the future scientists of today through stories, song and dance, and many of these lessons are now shared in this book. Vibrant illustrations by Blak Douglas bring the subjects to life, so you’ll never think about science as just people in lab coats ever again!
Download or read book Australian Inventions and Discoveries written by Fern Byrde and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Great Ideas and Achievements written by Neville Charles Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learn from the Past Create the Future written by Maria de Icaza and published by WIPO. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inventions and Patents" is the first of WIPO's Learn from the past, create the future series of publications aimed at young students. This series was launched in recognition of the importance of children and young adults as the creators of our future.
