Made in Australia (c)

A little background about Australia's acknowledged, and recognisable "icons"

Some little known facts  - Australian Innovations *

(* data as per listing, "Sunday Herald" February 17, 2002).

1838*Pre-paid postage

1850*Shipping refrigeration plants

1876*Stump-jump plough

1885*Shearing machine

1889*Electric Drill

1898 Driza-Bone (coats, jackets,hats etc)

1902 Blundstone Boots went into manufacture

1906 Surf Livesaving Reel

1913 Automated Totalisator

1913 Baxter Boot Company became proprietary company

1918 Anthrax Vaccine

1924*Car Radio

1926 Heart Pacemaker

1928*Brick veneer cladding for housing

1929 Pedal Wireless

1930 Letter Sorting Machine

1944*Manufacturing penicillin

1948*Hills Clothes Hoist

1950 School of the Air

1951*School of the Air

1952 Victa Motor Mower

1953*Solar hot water system

1957 Weis Icecream

1958*Black box flight recorder

1960 Plastic Spectacle Lenses

1960 Lava Lamp

1963*Wine cask

1970*Self-sharpening kitchen knife

197  Triton Work Bench

1973 Pop Top Can

1973 In-Vitro Fertilisation

1976 Shepherd Castors

1976 Ultrasound Imaging

1982*Dual flush toilet

1983*Cochlear implant (bionic ear)

1984*Baby Safety Capsule

1987 Lenard's Chicken  (value-added chickenproducts)

1990 Swann Communications formed

1992 Aussie HomeLoans (the first non-banking lender of finance)

2004 Rashee (T shirt/Inflatable Jacket)

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