Comments on: What are some great (and not so great) Australian inventions?

Question: What are some great (and not so great) Australian inventions?

sam and rufus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:23:50 -0800

What are some great (and not so great) Australian inventions?

I know about drive in bottle shops, Chiko Rolls and the Black Box, but can anyone please help me out with some more please?

By: hammurderer

hammurderer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:36:31 -0800

There's also the electric guitar, and the process of putting bubbles in beer.

By: eeno

eeno — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:48:41 -0800

Hills Hoist clothes line, Stobie poles, Vegemite :-)

A quick google turned up this Page

By: furtive

furtive — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:49:15 -0800

Australian Inventions

Australian Inventions

Australian Inventions

Australian Inventions

Did you think to Google first?

By: sam and rufus

sam and rufus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:57:37 -0800

I did Google it actually, thank you though. I was after more interesting than the normal cannonistic fare. Thanks for the links, but I've seen them all.

By: sam and rufus

sam and rufus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:00:13 -0800

Also I think the electric guitar and the process of putting bubbles in beer are only Australian in the movie Young Einstein!

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:03:04 -0800

Spicy potato wedges with sour cream and sweet chili. That is absolutely my favorite Australian invention.

By: Pinback

Pinback — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:03:45 -0800

The Hills Hoist, Victa lawnmower, McFarlane Burnet's work on virology & development of egg-grown influenza vaccines, and John Cade's discovery of lithium salts as treatment for bipolar disorders?

Warren & Marshall's development of a diagnostic test & cure for stomach ulcers?

By: sam and rufus

sam and rufus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:13:29 -0800

"Spicy potato wedges with sour cream and sweet chili" can't be Australian, surely?

By: zamboni

zamboni — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:23:59 -0800

Wine in a box.

By: arha

arha — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:25:13 -0800

The rotary hoe, or Howard Rotavator.

By: jtfowl0

jtfowl0 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:32:19 -0800

Holy crap, the Australians invented wine in a box?

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:35:43 -0800

The Pie Floater is indisputably Australian. However, the origin of the Pavlova is hotly disputed.

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:53:08 -0800

I'd never encountered the spicy wedges combo before in either the US or UK. (In fact, I'd never encountered Thai sweet chili sauce at all before moving to Australia.) So to my mind, it's definitely Australian.

I thought I read somewhere that those little reflective thingies they put down the middle of roads were invented by an Australian...

By: Serial Killer Slumber Party

Serial Killer Slumber Party — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:06:01 -0800

AAS is a pretty important science one.

By: sam and rufus

sam and rufus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:20:47 -0800

Sorry Web-goddess, but cat's eyes were invented by Percy Shaw of Halifax, Yorkshire in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_eye_(road)

By: cholly

cholly — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:17:12 -0800

Penicillin

By: cholly

cholly — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:19:15 -0800

Oh! And Two Up =]

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:36:21 -0800

Webgoddess: They're called cat's eyes, and I think you're right.

By: bunglin jones

bunglin jones — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:14:25 -0800

The Fairlight - the first sampler was invented in Australia.

By: Life at Boulton Wynfevers

Life at Boulton Wynfevers — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:39:48 -0800

The Fairlight

Ah, bunglin jones, you beat me to it. I still want one of those...

By: popcassady

popcassady — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:16:37 -0800

Has no one mentioned the boomerang?

By: divabat

divabat — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:10:32 -0800

The HPV vaccine was developed in the University of Queensland.

Queensland University of Technology researchers have developed a chlamydia vaccine.

By: sid

sid — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:54:35 -0800

I've seen thai sweet chilli sauce all over the place here in toronto. i think they even have it as a chip flavour.

By: backOfYourMind

backOfYourMind — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:12:45 -0800

Chicken salt

Potato peeler , well a type of potato peeler

Sunshine harvester (not as cool as it sounds, sadly)

Dual flush toilets