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Australian Inventions

From the boomerang to the bionic ear, famous Australian inventions and inventors from Australia.
The Boomerang
The history of the boomerang and complete instructions to make your own.
Hills Hoist
A rotary clothes line developed and marketed by Australian, Lance Hill in 1945.
100 Top Australian Innovators
Famous Australian innovators covering several fields of science.
Bright Sparcs
Biographies of Australian scientists (do a search using the word inventor).
Australian Inventions
This is a simple list of many of the inventions which originated in Australia.
Australian Timeline
An Australian science and technology timeline (1788 - 1999).
Australian Patent Information
Australian patent information - types of patents - international applications - searching patent information - filing an application - the examination process.
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