{"id":39840,"date":"2019-11-19T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=39840"},"modified":"2021-12-13T09:11:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T09:11:29","slug":"aussie-inventions-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/aussie-inventions-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;AUSSIE INVENTIONS&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;AUSSIE INVENTIONS&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxwsBSoenqs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">For a country that is still a baby, history-wise, it is amazing that so many inventors have surfaced, and still continue to do so, in many areas of this great brown island continent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The first &#8220;invention&#8221; to catch my eye was the rotary clothes-line, featured in the backyard of many homes. these were unheard of, in Ceylon, where dhobies used to manually collect all the &#8220;dirty clothes&#8221;, take them away (after mum had made a written list of everything collected), to check that nothing was missing when the dhobie-man brought them back, spotless, ironed, &amp; ready to wear, after the next lot went out. only the very affluent folk had washing machines, dryers etc., and we were anything but.!!\u00a0 i still remember the dhoby quarters in Ceylon, which we used to visit when we needed something urgently. out, would come the item\/s needed, and the dhoby would move over to a large wooden table, ironing boards were unheard of, pull out this huge steel iron, open it up and reload\u00a0the contraption with smouldering hot coconut shells and iron the garments swiftly, charging us an extra rupee\u00a0or two, for this additional service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Here, in Australia, we didn&#8217;t have any dhobies, but Mum did all the washing in a second-hand washing machine, then carting the lot out, to the rotary clothes hoist, hung them out to dry, brought them in, herself, ironed those that needed to be ironed, with a nifty little electric iron, and folded the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">So much for the new-fangled clothes hoist, but let us now go on with many more iconic Inventions of Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief)\u00a0 eLanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Some\u00a0 Iconic Australian Inventions<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39841 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Iconic-Australian-inventions-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Iconic Australian inventions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #d50af5;\"><b>We take a look back at the inventions invented by Aussies<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39842 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Didgeridoo-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Didgeridoo\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Didgeridoo<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The didgeridoo can arguably be classified as the first Australian invention, and is still prominently used today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The wind instrument was developed by Indigenous Australians around 1000 to 1500 years ago. Playing the didgeridoo involves a complex breathing technique called circular breathing &#8211; breathing through the nose and breathing out of the mouth at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Traditionally, only males and can play the didgeridoo during ceremonial events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39843 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Australian-Rules-Football-1858-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Australian Rules Football (1858)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">An iconic Australian sport, Aussie Rules has been played since June 1858 and was originally established as a means to keep cricketers fit during the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">In 2002, the Australian Football International Cup began with the tournament being held every three years. Australia, however, cannot participate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39844 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Brennan-Torpedo-1874-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Brennan Torpedo (1874)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brennan Torpedo (1874)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Invented by Louis Brennan in 1874 and patented in 1877, the Brennan Torpedo was propelled by two rotating propellors that were spun by rapidly pulling out wires from drums wound inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">It is often claimed as the world&#8217;s first guided missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39845 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Notepad-1902-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Notepad (1902)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Notepad (1902)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Tasmanian J.A. Birchall was the first person to bind loose sheets of paper together and sold them as the first notepad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Birchall&#8217;s innovation involved cutting sheets in half, backing them with cardboard and gluing them together at the top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39846 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Feature-Film-1906-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Feature Film (1906)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feature Film (1906)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Heralded as the world&#8217;s first full-length feature film, &#8216;The Story of the Kelly Gang&#8217; traces the life of bushranger Ned Kelly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Written and directed by Charles Tait, the film ran for more than an hour, which was the longest time that a film had run during this era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The movie premiered in Melbourne on December 26, 1906.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39847 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Box-Kite-1893-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"The Box Kite (1893)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Box Kite (1893)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">The box kite was developed by Irish-born Australian Lawrence Hargrave in 1893, which aided greatly in the development of powered-flight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">On November 12, 1894, Hargrave was able to lift himself 16 feet off the ground after tying four box kites together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Hargrave was given a place in Australia history after he was engraved on the 20-dollar note from 1966 to 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Vegemite-1922-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">When one thinks of Australia, one turns to our national spread.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Made from yeast extract, Vegemite has been causing rosy cheeks since 1922.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">In 1928, Vegemite changed its name to Parwill to compete with Marmite. The slogan went: &#8220;If Ma mite then Pa will&#8221;. It changed the name back to Vegemite in 1935.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">It was the first product to be scanned at checkout in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39849 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/When-one-thinks-of-Australia-one-turns-to-our-national-spread.-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"When one thinks of Australia, one turns to our national spread. Made from yeast extract, Vegemite has been causing rosy cheeks since 1922. In 1928, Vegemite changed its name to Parwill to compete with Marmite. The slogan went: &quot;If Ma mite then Pa will&quot;. It changed the name back to Vegemite in 1935. It was the first product to be scanned at checkout in 1984.\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The Electronic Pacemaker was developed by Dr Mark Lidwill and Edgar H Booth in 1926.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The original device plugged into a &#8216;lightning point&#8217; and an insulated needled was plunged into the heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The device was used in 1928 to revive a stillborn baby in Sydney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The pacemaker was used a launching pad for insertable and modern pacemakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39850 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Speedo-swim-brief-1929-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Speedo swim brief (1929)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speedo swim brief (1929)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The Speedo swim brief (also known as the budgie smuggler, banana hammock and togs) made its debut in 1929 and is still covering the privates of male beachgoers to this day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">It is also the swimwear of choice of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (pictured).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39851 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Clapperboard-1930-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Clapperboard (1930)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clapperboard (1930)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The clapperboard was invented by F. W. Thring in Melbourne, Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The original design of the clapper involved two sticks hinged together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39852 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surf-life-saving-reels-1906-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Surf-life saving reels (1906)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Lester Ormsby is credited as the inventor of the surf life-saving reel which was demonstrated at Bondi Beach on December 23, 1906.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39853 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Ute-1934-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"The Ute (1934)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Ute (1934)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The Coup\u00e9 utility vehicle &#8211; commonly known the &#8216;The Ute&#8217; was designed by Lewis Brandt of the Ford Motor Company in Geelong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The idea for the Ute came from a farmer&#8217;s wife who wanted a vehicle that could take her &#8216;to take her &#8216;to church on Sundays and pigs to market on Mondays&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The first Ute rolled off the production line in 1934.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39854 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zinc-Cream-1940-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zinc Cream (1940)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Nothing screams Aussie more than zinc cream plastered across your nose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The sunscreen, which contains zinc oxide, was developed by Fauldings pharmaceutical company in 1940.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39855 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hills-Hoist-1945-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Hills Hoist (1945)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hills Hoist (1945)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Manufactured in Adelaide by Lance Hill in 1945, the Hill Hoist is a common sight in most Australian backyards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The idea for the original design arose from Hill&#8217;s wife wanting an inexpensive replacement to line she had been using to dry her clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The hoist can also be used to as rotating monkey bars and can be used to play &#8216;Goon of Fortune&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39856 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Stainless-steel-braces-1956-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Stainless steel braces (1956)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stainless steel braces (1956)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Western Australian orthodontist Percy Begg started devising a new technique for repositioning teeth in the 1940s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">When his use of stainless steel was introduced in 1956, he became an international sensation as the use of lightwire eliminated the need for head gear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39857 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Black-box-flight-recorder-1958-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Black box flight recorder (1958)\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black box flight recorder (1958)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The &#8216;black box&#8217; flight recorder was invented by Dr David Warren in Melbourne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">It was used to capture a plane&#8217;s readings and to record crew members&#8217; conversations to determine what issues a plane ran into in the event of a crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ultrasound-1961-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Ultrasound (1961)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The work of Australian Department of Health researchers David Robinson and George Kossoff has been credited with the development of the first ultrasound in 1961.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The first images of an unborn child were seen in 1962 at the Royal Hospital for Women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39859 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boxed-wine-1965-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Boxed wine (1965)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Boxed wine (1965)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The epitome of Australian classiness, boxed wine, also known as goon, was invented by Thomas Angove in 1965.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">While it was less expensive and more environmentally friendly than it&#8217;s bottled-cousin, boxed wine has been criticised for its cheapness and a means for alcoholics to get drunk on a budget.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">In certain circumstances, the goon bag can also be used as a temporary substitute to a pillow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39860 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sarich-Orbital-engine-1972-258x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sarich Orbital engine (1972)\" width=\"258\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sarich Orbital engine (1972)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The Sarich Orbital engine is an internal combustion engine that had no high-speed contact with engine walls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The engine never made it into production as it was prone to overheating, however the processes developed for the engine can be seen in other orbital engines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">It was created by Ralph Sarich in 1972.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39861 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tim-Tam-1964-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Tam (1964)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tim Tam (1964)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Created by Ian Norris, the Tim Tam was first introduced on February 16, 1964.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The name for chocolate biscuit was the work of Ross Arnott, who decided the name of the 1958 Kentucky Derby winner would be a good name for a biscuit line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cochlear-implant-1978-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Cochlear implant (1978)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cochlear implant (1978)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Dr Graeme Clark helped research and developed a means for deaf individuals to hear after the invention of the Cochlear implant, also known as the bionic ear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The first bionic ear recipient was Rod Saunders who lost his hearing at the age of 46.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">In 2008, Clark announced that he was developing a &#8220;hi fi&#8221; implant that would help users perceive music and different voices in noisy rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39863 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dual-flush-toilet-1980-258x400.jpg\" alt=\"Dual flush toilet (1980)\" width=\"258\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dual flush toilet (1980)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Bruce Thompson can be thanked for combining two of Australians favourite things &#8211; using the dunny and saving money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The invention of the dual flush toilet system has been estimated to save households 320,000 litres of water every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39864 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IVF-Embryo-freezing-1983-600x387.jpg\" alt=\"IVF Embryo freezing (1983)\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">IVF Embryo freezing (1983)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Researchers from Monash University and the Royal Women&#8217;s Hospital in Melbourne perfected the &#8216;freeze-thaw&#8217; in-vitro fertilisation technique in 1983, which allowed the freezing of an embryo, thawing it and implant it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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