... the winged keel?

It was a real winner.

It did win fame and fortune for some.

Wikipedia: "On 26 September 1983, the yacht Australia II made history when the oldest sporting trophy in the world, the America's Cup, was wrested from the Americans after 132 years."

https://i0.wp.com/www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Australia_II_winged_keel-edited.jpeg

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/


Quote:

9. Winged keel The winged keel on Australia II. Image credit: CTBOLT via Wikimedia Commons Ben Lexcen, an Australian yachtsman and marine architect, invented the winged keel – a nearly horizontal foil, or wing, at the base of a sailing boat keel. They are typically found on high-performance sail boats. The winged keel made its debut in 1983 in America’s Cup on Australia II.

I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health???

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https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/

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philperth2010 wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 3:32pm:

I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health??? [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/

australian innovations? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


we are the gold medalists at leaning

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aquascoot wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 3:58pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 3:32pm: I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health??? [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/ australian innovations? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D we are the gold medalists at leaning Additional Child Care Subsidy Child Care Subsidy Dad and Partner Pay Double Orphan Pension Family Tax Benefit Newborn Supplement and Newborn Upfront Payment Paid Parental Leave Scheme Parental Leave Pay Parenting Payment Single Income Family Supplement Stillborn Baby Payment. Age Pension Home Equity Access Scheme. Disability Support Pension Essential Medical Equipment Payment Mobility Allowance Youth Disability Supplement. Carer Allowance Carer Payment Carer Supplement Child Disability Assistance Payment. ABSTUDY Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme Austudy Pensioner Education Supplement Tertiary Access Payment Youth Allowance for students and apprentices. JobSeeker Payment Youth Allowance for job seekers. Energy Supplement Pension Supplement Pharmaceutical Allowance Remote Area Allowance Rent Assistance Telephone Allowance Utilities Allowance. Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Health Care Card Pensioner Concession Card.

And all or almost all are some of the reasons behind our low crime rates.

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 4:28pm:

aquascoot wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 3:58pm: philperth2010 wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 3:32pm: I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health??? [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/ australian innovations? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D we are the gold medalists at leaning Additional Child Care Subsidy Child Care Subsidy Dad and Partner Pay Double Orphan Pension Family Tax Benefit Newborn Supplement and Newborn Upfront Payment Paid Parental Leave Scheme Parental Leave Pay Parenting Payment Single Income Family Supplement Stillborn Baby Payment. Age Pension Home Equity Access Scheme. Disability Support Pension Essential Medical Equipment Payment Mobility Allowance Youth Disability Supplement. Carer Allowance Carer Payment Carer Supplement Child Disability Assistance Payment. ABSTUDY Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme Austudy Pensioner Education Supplement Tertiary Access Payment Youth Allowance for students and apprentices. JobSeeker Payment Youth Allowance for job seekers. Energy Supplement Pension Supplement Pharmaceutical Allowance Remote Area Allowance Rent Assistance Telephone Allowance Utilities Allowance. Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Health Care Card Pensioner Concession Card. And all or almost all are some of the reasons behind our low crime rates.

true

zoned out , brain dead, welfare numpties arent even motivated enough to commit a crime

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https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hoists.jpg

An impressive list of inventions!!!


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1. Black box flight recorder 2. Spray-on skin 3. Electronic pacemaker 4. Google Maps 5. Medical application of penicillin 6. Polymer bank notes 7. Cochlear implant (bionic ear) 8. Electric drill 9. Winged keel 10. Permaculture 11. Wi-Fi technology 12. Ultrasound scanner 13. Plastic spectacle lenses 14. Inflatable escape slide and raft 15. Permanent-crease clothing 16. Gardasil and Cervarix cancer vaccines 17. Frazier lens 18. Triton Workcentre 19. Racecam 20. Tank-bred tuna system

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https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/

Overlooked:

Didgeridoo
Boomerang
Woomera

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:17pm:

Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera

Not much into musical instrument history but for boomerang(throwing stick) and woomera(projectile launcher) the only thing they invented was their names for them.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:17pm:

Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera

Ah, yes.

Good point.

And, thermoplastic resins.

Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes.

Hargreaves gave his glider-wing data to the Wright brothers who said nothing. They used a later plane to claim a flight in 1903 (which failed). Pearse of New Zealand flew first in 1903. The US invented sex, loudness, sex and US.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:29pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:17pm: Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera Ah, yes. Good point. And, thermoplastic resins. Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes.

But did they invent it or just adapt to use a different resin after turning up here? Pine resin, beeswax and charcoal is used the same way.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:29pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:17pm: Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera Ah, yes. Good point. And, thermoplastic resins. Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes.

And ...

Weirs and fish traps

Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, physics and aquaculture in the design of elaborate stone fish traps in NSW, and the 100 sq.km eel farm at Lake Condah in Victoria. They made these fish farms by creating complex systems of canals, linked weirs and ponds out of river stones. Lake Condah shows evidence of a very large, settled community that harvested and smoked eels to trade. Some of Australia’s Aboriginal fish traps are thought to be up to 40,000 years old. They may be some of the oldest surviving human-made structures in the world.

"Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, physics and aquaculture in the design of elaborate stone fish traps in NSW, and the 100 sq.km eel farm at Lake Condah in Victoria."

Ever heard of 'walking eels'?  DUH!!  Had one in me bottom dam.... flood time and it swam upriver and then crossed over land into the dam.  Then it left when the floods subsided.  Unhappy eels would staqe a walk-out... get with it.... it's not that cunning to work out..

Engineering - put some rocks and stuff around to close it off........ physics - water stays in one place when closed off apart from a little run-off when it go downhill....  aquaculture - we pen them fish up and they can't get out!!!

HALLELUJAH!!  It's a miracle!!  Bet them White-Eyes way across the Big Water never thought of that.....

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The rotary clothesline - Hill's Hoist:

https://www.clotheslines.com/history

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hills-hoist-iconic-rotary-clothesline-shaped-suburban-australia/


https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hills-hoist-shade.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t4q_RAPp4

'I remember Christmas 1963 when darling showed me how to unwrap the present. He explained that the sticky tape was to stick the newspaper sheets together. And what a thrill! My new Hills Hoist rotary with a handle that lifts the 180kg of wet slops and lowers it at sundown. He watches me from his folding Hills Chair for fathers and instructs me when my silly mistakes ruined everything. Thank you Hills, for the rest of his life'.

The excuse for Aboriginal indolence?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 7:12pm:

The rotary clothesline - Hill's Hoist: https://www.clotheslines.com/history https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hills-hoist-iconic-rotary-clothesline-shaped-suburban-australia/ https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hills-hoist-shade.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t4q_RAPp4

Better than working in the filthy factories and sucking in the solid air particles that lead to early death and widows... women oppressed - what a hoot - men fought to have them removed to safety away from the filthy and dangerous factories ... and look at the thanks men get today......  FFS ....

James Harrison, an Australian, developed a refrigeration system in 1854 for commercial cooling of beer. He saved generations of suffering women from holding packs of ice around the beer and choking on the fag fumes. Today, only aquascoot goes down on his knees at the sight of a frig, an alpha male and Hills Hoists.

chimera wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 8:47pm:

James Harrison, an Australian, developed a refrigeration system in 1854 for commercial cooling of beer. He saved generations of suffering women from holding packs of ice around the beer and choking on the fag fumes. Today, only aquascoot goes down on his knees at the sight of a frig, an alpha male and Hills Hoists.

Aquascoot has confessed to getting on his knees for horses. Was this semen harvestry or sport?

Did Aquascoot invent the toxic unlicensed horse knackery recently found in the bush.

He wouldn't flog a dead horse.

chimera wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 9:07pm:

He wouldn't flog a dead horse.

You're wrong.  Afterall,  he's still flogging Trump.  :D

The polymer bank notes…. our most colourful money…
When in China, a shop assistant wanted to do an exchange of their money for my Aussie notes.
Then in Canada the same thing… an exchange happened.
And….in California while sharing a Uber van with a couple black Americans… we swapped money… their money is all the same grey colour. Have to look twice if it’s $1 or $100

But show your colourful Aussie bank notes to anyone overseas and they love it! It gives me such delight!

I will be bringing heaps of $5, $10 and $20 to do more swapping when I go to UK and Europe later in year.

BTW I still have an old Hills hoist I’ve kept for decades, as it replaced the more modern green crappy one that didn’t last.
Says much about how robust the old Hills is  :)

Sophia wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 10:11pm:

The polymer bank notes…. our most colourful money… When in China, a shop assistant wanted to do an exchange of their money for my Aussie notes. Then in Canada the same thing… an exchange happened. And….in California while sharing a Uber van with a couple black Americans… we swapped money… their money is all the same grey colour. Have to look twice if it’s $1 or $100 But show your colourful Aussie bank notes to anyone overseas and they love it! It gives me such delight! I will be bringing heaps of $5, $10 and $20 to do more swapping when I go to UK and Europe later in year.

We export polymer notes to about 25 different countries

John Smith wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 10:29pm:

Sophia wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 10:11pm: The polymer bank notes…. our most colourful money… When in China, a shop assistant wanted to do an exchange of their money for my Aussie notes. Then in Canada the same thing… an exchange happened. And….in California while sharing a Uber van with a couple black Americans… we swapped money… their money is all the same grey colour. Have to look twice if it’s $1 or $100 But show your colourful Aussie bank notes to anyone overseas and they love it! It gives me such delight! I will be bringing heaps of $5, $10 and $20 to do more swapping when I go to UK and Europe later in year. We export polymer notes to about 25 different countries

Hence the trend now for those countries to have more colourful money. USA still have boring grey notes.

But everywhere I’ve been people love our Aussie money.
I collect overseas money as keepsakes too.
I’ve got some old Italian lire money from 2001 before they changed over to EU.

The Governor-General will betray old Britain on behalf of the Australian People.
The Prime Minister though, will betray Australia on behalf of the USA (and escape in a helicopter like most 'usa' Dictators do).
...that's if the Governor-General doesn't kill him first.  ;)

What a great invention Future-History is.  ;)

Sophia wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 10:53pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 10:29pm: Sophia wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 10:11pm: The polymer bank notes…. our most colourful money… When in China, a shop assistant wanted to do an exchange of their money for my Aussie notes. Then in Canada the same thing… an exchange happened. And….in California while sharing a Uber van with a couple black Americans… we swapped money… their money is all the same grey colour. Have to look twice if it’s $1 or $100 But show your colourful Aussie bank notes to anyone overseas and they love it! It gives me such delight! I will be bringing heaps of $5, $10 and $20 to do more swapping when I go to UK and Europe later in year. We export polymer notes to about 25 different countries Hence the trend now for those countries to have more colourful money. USA still have boring grey notes. But everywhere I’ve been people love our Aussie money. I collect overseas money as keepsakes too. I’ve got some old Italian lire money from 2001 before they changed over to EU.

When I was in LA at a nightclub they put every banknote under a UV lamp
to check the water mark - such was the problem with counterfeit notes.
Luckily all of mine were OK.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 8:27pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 7:12pm: The rotary clothesline - Hill's Hoist: https://www.clotheslines.com/history https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hills-hoist-iconic-rotary-clothesline-shaped-suburban-australia/ https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hills-hoist-shade.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t4q_RAPp4 Better than working in the filthy factories and sucking in the solid air particles that lead to early death and widows... women oppressed - what a hoot - men fought to have them removed to safety away from the filthy and dangerous factories ... and look at the thanks men get today......  FFS ....

Perhaps if they had been women they would have been fighting to clean the place up.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 8:27pm:

Better than working in the filthy factories and sucking in the solid air particles that lead to early death and widows... women oppressed - what a hoot - men fought to have them removed to safety away from the filthy and dangerous factories ... and look at the thanks men get today.

Women's breasts got in the way of machinery and were covered in particles. It was terror and photos were banned. You see it today in Breast Screening which crushes them, blamed on Barnaby Joyce (LNP) after the Tony Abbott/ Julia Gillard punch-up. But women never thank you for dragging them by the tits.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 2:39pm:

... the winged keel? It was a real winner. It did win fame and fortune for some. Wikipedia: "On 26 September 1983, the yacht Australia II made history when the oldest sporting trophy in the world, the America's Cup, was wrested from the Americans after 132 years." https://i0.wp.com/www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Australia_II_winged_keel-edited.jpeg https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/ Quote: 9. Winged keel The winged keel on Australia II. Image credit: CTBOLT via Wikimedia Commons Ben Lexcen, an Australian yachtsman and marine architect, invented the winged keel – a nearly horizontal foil, or wing, at the base of a sailing boat keel. They are typically found on high-performance sail boats. The winged keel made its debut in 1983 in America’s Cup on Australia II.

No ...... it came in at no.9

Only useful to those with enough money to engage in the snobby sport of sailing.

By far & away the best were the advancements of medical invention regarding penicillin, spray on skin and cochlear implants & pacemaker.

Even the black box recorder is better but I don't believe a No.1.

After all its use is limited into gathering information about mechanical/electronic failures to work out why people have died/been killed in an accident. Usually aircraft.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 5:28pm:

https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hoists.jpg

Yes that certainly was a big winner.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:29pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:17pm: Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera Ah, yes. Good point. And, thermoplastic resins. Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes.

;D ;D ;D ;D

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:39pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:29pm: Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:17pm: Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera Ah, yes. Good point. And, thermoplastic resins. Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes. And ... Weirs and fish traps Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, physics and aquaculture in the design of elaborate stone fish traps in NSW, and the 100 sq.km eel farm at Lake Condah in Victoria. They made these fish farms by creating complex systems of canals, linked weirs and ponds out of river stones. Lake Condah shows evidence of a very large, settled community that harvested and smoked eels to trade. Some of Australia’s Aboriginal fish traps are thought to be up to 40,000 years old. They may be some of the oldest surviving human-made structures in the world.

;D ;D ;D

aquascoot wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 4:46pm:

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 4:28pm: aquascoot wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 3:58pm: philperth2010 wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 3:32pm: I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health??? [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/ australian innovations? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D we are the gold medalists at leaning Additional Child Care Subsidy Child Care Subsidy Dad and Partner Pay Double Orphan Pension Family Tax Benefit Newborn Supplement and Newborn Upfront Payment Paid Parental Leave Scheme Parental Leave Pay Parenting Payment Single Income Family Supplement Stillborn Baby Payment. Age Pension Home Equity Access Scheme. Disability Support Pension Essential Medical Equipment Payment Mobility Allowance Youth Disability Supplement. Carer Allowance Carer Payment Carer Supplement Child Disability Assistance Payment. ABSTUDY Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme Austudy Pensioner Education Supplement Tertiary Access Payment Youth Allowance for students and apprentices. JobSeeker Payment Youth Allowance for job seekers. Energy Supplement Pension Supplement Pharmaceutical Allowance Remote Area Allowance Rent Assistance Telephone Allowance Utilities Allowance. Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Health Care Card Pensioner Concession Card. And all or almost all are some of the reasons behind our low crime rates. true zoned out , brain dead, welfare numpties arent even motivated enough to commit a crime

I know. What's wrong with a bit of crime? It keeps the chodes on their toes, no?

Mass shootings, gangland killings, insurrection. Australia's so boring.

Why can't we be more like the Americans?

Setanta wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:25pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 6:17pm: Overlooked: Didgeridoo Boomerang Woomera Not much into musical instrument history but for boomerang(throwing stick) and woomera(projectile launcher) the only thing they invented was their names for them.

Whitey too, Setanta.

Banjo, Ukelele, guitar.

Good thing your Arab invented the stringed instrument, no?

The politician's excuse for a travel rort...................

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 5:28pm:

https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/04/hoists.jpg

Hill was a dirty Septic, Greggery. Same as Kraft, who patented Vegemite. And don't get me started on the Black Box.

Oh, whatever happened to our once proud country?

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 24^th, 2024 at 11:41pm:

The politician's excuse for a travel rort...................

Stop whining. You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for our wonderful inventions.

There you go, leftards, the wine cask. Put it down.

The Study ....................  Research .................. Academic Standing ....................  KUDOS.............. The Emasculated Ph.D .............

.... and now in startling news, new research has discovered that .....................

https://www.msn.com/en-au/health/medical/it-requires-more-effort-to-move-as-you-get-older-study-finds/ar-AA1nA7NT?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=0972cd2d9917486a8f1e5216b861554b&ei=9&sc=shoreline

.... to the committee phase, men!  This one will take a lot of careful consideration....

Sophia wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 10:53pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 10:29pm: Sophia wrote on Apr 22nd, 2024 at 10:11pm: The polymer bank notes…. our most colourful money… When in China, a shop assistant wanted to do an exchange of their money for my Aussie notes. Then in Canada the same thing… an exchange happened. And….in California while sharing a Uber van with a couple black Americans… we swapped money… their money is all the same grey colour. Have to look twice if it’s $1 or $100 But show your colourful Aussie bank notes to anyone overseas and they love it! It gives me such delight! I will be bringing heaps of $5, $10 and $20 to do more swapping when I go to UK and Europe later in year. We export polymer notes to about 25 different countries Hence the trend now for those countries to have more colourful money. USA still have boring grey notes. But everywhere I’ve been people love our Aussie money. I collect overseas money as keepsakes too. I’ve got some old Italian lire money from 2001 before they changed over to EU.

Not sure why they're singled out as special these days.

Maybe the Australian 1988 $10 note - the world's first polymer note - deserves to be a standout, but many countries now have colourful polymer banknotes.

The International Banknote Society's Banknote of the Year has been awarded to polymer notes from the Philippines (2022), Mexico (2021 and 2020), Canada (2018), New Zealand (2015) Trinidad & Tobago (2014) and Samoa (2008).

Australia, the birthplace of the polymer note, has never won.

And nevermind that typo that was picked up on our new polymer $50 note - 'responsiblty'.

https://www.theibns.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138&Itemid=51

Winged keels and Hills hoists aside...

Then there's the greatest invention in aviation safety advancement - the black box flight recorder, invented by David Warren.

Not to mention wifi - John O'Sullivan and his colleagues at CSIRO are credited with inventing WiFi.

LOL, one somewhat anti-Australian yank homebrewer didn’t want to admit an Australian had invented the black box recorder  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Ah well, he is dead now—regular 2 packets a day smoker.