Think Tank Australian inventions ( there's not many)

[Aristotle Pickett]

The goon sack​

Or boxed wine. Yes, the alcoholic handbag is a cultural linchpin.
Cask wine was invented by Thomas Angove, a winemaker from South Australia, who went on to patent the popular wine dispensing units in 1965.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

The Splayd​

A Sydney invention from the late 1940’s, this was the first eating utensil to combine all three of spoon, fork and knife, a canny William McArthur decided to bind them in harmony after witnessing ladies at a BBQ struggling to use traditional cutlery to eat off the plates balanced on their laps. Eager to soothe such frustration, he set about creating the splayd to lubricate the speed and efficiency of shovelling nutrients to one’s digestive system.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Hide-a-poo was invented by John Elliot of Carlton.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Blind cricket was invented in Melbourne in 1922 by two blind factory workers who improvised the game using a tin can containing rocks.[1] The Victorian Blind Cricket Association was founded shortly after, in 1922, and the first sports ground and clubhouse for blind cricket was built at Kooyong, Melbourne in 1928.[2]

The world's first Test Cricket match for the Blind was played between Pakistan and South Africa in which Pakistan defeated South Africa by 94 runs in the year of 2000.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

Invented by Victorian advertising executives during the mid-late 80’s to rip $$$ off the sandgropers and let the poor darlings feel included with the rest of the country. Also doubled as a great way to recycle all the discarded plastic on WAs eyesore beaches and build the club out of a material slightly more sturdy than paper.

 

[NetworkNerd]

The Splayd​

A Sydney invention from the late 1940’s, this was the first eating utensil to combine all three of spoon, fork and knife, a canny William McArthur decided to bind them in harmony after witnessing ladies at a BBQ struggling to use traditional cutlery to eat off the plates balanced on their laps. Eager to soothe such frustration, he set about creating the splayd to lubricate the speed and efficiency of shovelling nutrients to one’s digestive system.

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Australia also developed the FRED (Field Ration Eating Device) or commonly known as F****** Ridiculous Eating Device

 

[FISTO]

Did we invent the divvy van

Time to put it to use

 

[Laphroaig]

Black box flight recorder
The electric drill
Plastic spectacle lens
The heart pacemaker
"Wet" Photocopying technology capable of reprodcucing shades of grey, not just black and white
Spray on surgical skin grafts
Penecillin
Polymer bank notes
The bionic ear implant
Wi-Fi
Ultrasound medical imaging
THe cervical cancer vaccine
THe multiple focus point Frazier lens
The aircraft escape slide
Permanent press clothing
The 30 day contact lens
The car mounted baby capsule
Modern type dental braces
The ice maker machine

But apart from those things



And of course we can thank either Jack Riewoldt or Alex Prance for inventing the contested pack dive. (Opinion is divided over which one should be awarded the IP rights)

 

[LightTower4]

Black box flight recorder
The electric drill
Plastic spectacle lens
The heart pacemaker
"Wet" Photocopying technology capable of reprodcucing shades of grey, not just black and white
Spray on surgical skin grafts
Penecillin
Polymer bank notes
The bionic ear implant
Wi-Fi
Ultrasound medical imaging
THe cervical cancer vaccine
THe multiple focus point Frazier lens
The aircraft escape slide
Permanent press clothing
The 30 day contact lens
The car mounted baby capsule
Modern type dental braces
The ice maker machine

But apart from those things

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And of course we can thank either Jack Riewoldt or Alex Prance for inventing the contested pack dive. (Opinion is divided over which one should be awarded the IP rights)

Stump Jump Plough

 

[RookiePick]

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Invented by Victorian advertising executives during the mid-late 80’s to rip $$$ off the sandgropers and let the poor darlings feel included with the rest of the country. Also doubled as a great way to recycle all the discarded plastic on WAs eyesore beaches and build the club out of a material slightly more sturdy than paper.

pay that.

 

[Lethality]

The 20 and 3

Invented by Leigh Matthews in the early 70s, and it continues to be an unattainable season benchmark for strikers in the modern game.

 

[Sqotty from office works]

Sportsman on the world stage that can dominate and still smoke durries, bang nurse's x2 and drink sugar.

 

[Mofra]

Yeah, Nah

The greatest English language invention since Shakespeare was waving a quill around

 

[Rabish Binney]

The Frazier Lens System, invented by James Frazier.

"The Frazier lens system features a unique “swivel tip” that enables smooth panning, tilting, Dutch Head movements, and rotation about the optical axis (both through 360º, with unlimited global orientation) for a wide range of taking lenses."

 

[Rabish Binney]

The goon sack​

Or boxed wine. Yes, the alcoholic handbag is a cultural linchpin.
Cask wine was invented by Thomas Angove, a winemaker from South Australia, who went on to patent the popular wine dispensing units in 1965.

Which of course has led to the national inebriation sport of 'Goon of Fortune'

 

[crazywildhorse]

Black box flight recorder
The electric drill
Plastic spectacle lens
The heart pacemaker
"Wet" Photocopying technology capable of reprodcucing shades of grey, not just black and white
Spray on surgical skin grafts
Penecillin
Polymer bank notes
The bionic ear implant
Wi-Fi
Ultrasound medical imaging
THe cervical cancer vaccine
THe multiple focus point Frazier lens
The aircraft escape slide
Permanent press clothing
The 30 day contact lens
The car mounted baby capsule
Modern type dental braces
The ice maker machine

But apart from those things

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And of course we can thank either Jack Riewoldt or Alex Prance for inventing the contested pack dive. (Opinion is divided over which one should be awarded the IP rights)

Wifi is the most important invention of the last 200 years

 

[the avoca drover]

Potato Cakes

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

 

[Freofalcon]

The Sickie.

I have one every Monday in honour of Aussie ingenuity.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Aussie Rules Footy.

 

[Haduken]

 

[FurTheWin]

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Go on, spoil her, get her the laundry pram too

That chair could do with a beer holder

 

[Feraligatr]

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If I ever get married I hope my husband spoils me with a Hills Hoist.

Especially the new supa model. I'll be the envy of all women.

 

[the avoca drover]

If I ever get married I hope my husband spoils me with a Hills Hoist.

Especially the new supa model. I'll be the envy of all women.

If he really loves you, he’ll buy you an iron as well.

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

If he really loves you, he’ll buy you an iron as well.

And a sandwich toaster.