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Australia's most famous invention is ...
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://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...

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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.

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philperth2010 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 19895 Perth Gender:	Re: Australia's most famous invention is ... Reply #1 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 3:32pm I never realized Australia had so many inovative inventions, especially in the field of medicine and health??? https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...
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Reply #3 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 3:58pm

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???

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https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...

australian innovations? Grin

we are the gold medalists at leaning

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Reply #4 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 4:28pm

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

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

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...

australian innovations? Grin

we are the gold medalists at leaning

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

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Reply #5 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 4:46pm

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

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

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

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...

australian innovations? Grin

we are the gold medalists at leaning

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Dad and Partner Pay
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Paid Parental Leave Scheme
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Age Pension
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Disability Support Pension
Essential Medical Equipment Payment
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Carer Allowance
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Carer Supplement
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ABSTUDY
Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
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Youth Allowance for job seekers.

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

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

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Reply #7 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 5:36pm

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

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/06/australia...

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16315 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Australia's most famous invention is ... Reply #9 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:25pm 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.
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Reply #10 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:29pm

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.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10449 armidale Gender:	Re: Australia's most famous invention is ... Reply #11 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:32pm 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.
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Reply #12 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:34pm

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

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.

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.

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Reply #13 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:39pm

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

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.

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.

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Reply #14 - Apr 22^nd, 2024 at 6:56pm

"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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