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1. Our Quiet Achievements; The Aussie inventions that slipped under the radar

Subjects
Inventions -- Design and construction, Inventors -- Equipment and supplies, Environmental issues, Geography
Abstract

Not All Australian Inventions embraced throughout the world have been headline-grabbers. In 1902 Launceston stationer J.A. Birchall literally put one and one together to do away with the disorder of [...]

Published
2010

2. Car sailing

Author

Lu, Cathy

Subjects
Inventions -- Design and construction, Automobiles -- Innovations -- Design and construction, Geography, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Driving along the beach in the SkyCar, you spot a pod of whales breaching in the distance. You want a closer look, so like a scene out of a futuristic [...]

Published
2015

3. Above it all

Author

Lu, Cathy

Subjects
Inventions -- Design and construction, Geography, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Standing on the deck of the Proteus, you can glimpse a group of migrating whales, a breaching dolphin, or even a troubled boat in the distance. You're suspended 20 feet [...]

Published
2008

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