Who the F#$k is this peanut? Go away, you're an embarrassment to your country!
As for what they make in Australia, here's a small selection. Think of us when you get old and need a hearing aid, make sure when you press the big flush on the toilet we cross your mind in a positive way, when you see your grandkids strapped safely into a car, think of Australia and if you still need more, remember it was us that taught your blokes to fight and defeat the Japs and the Germans in the last great unpleasantness! And lastly, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE LAST PARAGRAPH!
The Owen Submachine Gun was an Australian invention. In which New South Wales town was the idea for the gun originally developed?
Wollongong. Aged in his mid twenties, Evelyn Owen invented the submachine gun in the late 1930's in Wollongong. He took his prototype to the army but was told that it could not be accepted because it was only .22 calibre and the gun was, at that time, rejected!
Did Australia have the first system of pre-paid postage in the world?
Y. The world's first pre-paid postage system, a type of stamped letter sheet, was introduced by the then Post Master General, James Raymond, for delivery throughout Sydney's metropolitan area, in 1838.
What was invented by an Australian company in 1984 in the interests of child safety?
Baby Safety Capsule. In the 1970's the Australian government made wearing seat belts in cars compulsory but there was no real protection for babies. Since 1984 millions of babies in Australia have been protected by the Baby Safety Capsule.
In what year was the inflatable aircraft escape slide invented, in Australia?
1965. The inflatable aircraft escape slide becomes a raft if an aeroplane ends up in the water and was invented by Jack Grant, a QANTAS employee!
In which Australian city is the largest aluminium object in the world, as at 2002?
Canberra. The flagpole at Parliament house in Canberra is the largest aluminium object in the world! In August 2002, three Greenpeace Climate Campaigners, climbed the flagpole in a peaceful protest - what a view!
From what animal has a Melbourne laboratory been able to extract a compound that helps fight acne?
Shark. The laboratory has helped isolate, develop and patent an anti-acne treatment that was discovered originally by a Japanese researcher. The compound, from shark bile, reduces oil production, instead of simply cleaning the oil away!
Australia's Aerial Medical Service is better know as what?
The Royal Flying Doctor Service. Distance and lack of communication made medical emergencies even more life threatening in Australia and in 1928, the Reverend John Flynn realised that an aerial service with radio communication could save lives and the Royal Flying Doctor Service was born!
Was Australia the first country to adopt plastic banknotes?
Y. In 1988, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the CSIRO combined to release the world's first counterfeit resistant, long lasting, polymer banknote. By 1996, Australia was the first country to have a full series of these banknotes that can last up to ten times longer than paper notes!
The cochlear implant, first tested in Australia in 1978, helps people who are what?
Profoundly deaf. The receiver and the stimulator of the cochlear implant have been made as small and as simple as possible. Needing no battery, the bionic ear, as it is known, is designed to last a lifetime!
The Cooperative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control in Sydney has developed which of the following?
A process to remove arsenic from water. An innovative process removes arsenic from water very cheaply and very quickly without the use of expensive additives by increasing the rate of natural change using sunlight or ultraviolet lamp light!
The Australian Dual Flush Toilet was invented in what year?
1982. In 1982 the design, with two flush levels, was released onto an Australian market keen on water saving devices - sure beats the old way, a brick in the cistern to displace some of the water and lower the level!
Developed between 1985 and 1989 and first produced in Australia in 1990 was what machine used by those classified as legally blind?
Mountbatten Brailler. The Mountbatten Trust (an English charity) and a Sydney company developed the prototype of the world's first portable, electronic brailler - a small machine that types in braille!
Who invented the Splayd?
William McArthur. In 1946 William McArthur invented the Splayd, a combination fork and spoon with a cutting edge. By 1991, over four million Splayds had been sold worldwide!
Did Lance Hill invent the first Australian rotary clothes hoist?
N. Lance Hill did invent the Hills Hoist, but he was not the first Aussie to invent a rotary clothes hoist. In 1926 in Adelaide, Gilbert Toyne patented one which sold in very small numbers for the following thirty five years or so.
In what year did an Australian design engineer invent the Staysharp Knife?
1970. A US market survey in 1964 showed that over three-quarters of Americans didn't know how to sharpen a knife. So, Dennis Jackson, a design engineer for Wiltshire Cutlery in Melbourne, designed a knife that sharpened itself!
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