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Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« on: October 20, 2016, 10:38:19 pm »
I was asked of this today by a friend and I thought her answer was quite refreshing.

What do you think is Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 10:45:17 pm »
Gemma Ward and Miranda Kerr


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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 12:41:15 am »
Lawn mowers and the good old galvanised rotary clotheslines.
 

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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 12:59:28 am »
Gemma Ward and Miranda Kerr


Thanks Oz  :-+

Oh come on now
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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2016, 01:21:52 am »
Dave of course!

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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 01:23:56 am »
I would have thought something closer to limonene to strip mercury out of water sources.
 

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 04:08:34 am »
The dream of every young lad, back in  the day.[emoji57]

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 08:42:50 am »
Howard Florey.
Nancy Wake.
Graeme Clarke.

and of course Vegemite, invented by Cyril Callister

The list goes on.

Actually, with only just over 200 years of modern civilisation, we have done remarkably well. In fact, the city I live in, Melbourne, once again has won the title of the world's most liveable city. So we have given the world a benchmark to aspire to.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/top-of-the-world-melbourne-crowned-worlds-most-liveable-city-again-20160817-gqv893.html




 

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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2016, 08:50:45 am »
Wi-Fi?  :)

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2016, 08:55:34 am »
WIFI
see: http://www.csiro.au/en/About/History-achievements/Top-10-inventions

CSIRO is mostly government funded, unfortunately the current government are not doing it properly.
Hence things like this:
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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2016, 11:29:13 am »
As a deaf person with Cochlear Implant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Clark_(doctor)

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2016, 11:46:45 am »
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2016, 11:58:56 am »
Number 96
 

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« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2016, 12:30:00 am »
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.

The queen of kitsch bubblegum pop music. But we can be so lucky... lucky, lucky, lucky to have found a market for her. As far away from Australia as possible.
 

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2016, 12:53:08 am »
>> Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?

One of the Australia's first contributions was crime reduction in Britain in the 18th/19th centuries.

Other notable contributions are Eucalyptus aroma therapy, Danny Deckchair, and EEVBlog.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2016, 12:55:22 am by zapta »
 

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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2016, 05:49:45 am »
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One of the Australia's first contributions was crime reduction in Britain in the 18th/19th centuries.

Well they couldn't dump them in America in more after the war of Independence

Another thing

As they were convicts, they couldn't be out and about committing crimes as they were locked up 
 

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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2016, 05:55:59 am »
Letting everyone know what a knife is!
 

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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2016, 06:56:19 am »
Smokey ,

surely no everyone... just the gun challenged
 

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« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2016, 09:41:26 pm »
Dave's accent.
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« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2016, 11:24:16 pm »
Shitposting...
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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2016, 11:28:04 pm »
The queen of kitsch bubblegum pop music. But we can be so lucky... lucky, lucky, lucky to have found a market for her. As far away from Australia as possible.

Tell you what, if you don't want Kylie, feel free to send her over here, I'm sure I can find somewhere for her.

I mean, we already gave you Russel Crowe, seems like a fair trade to me, I'll even chuck in Pavlova.

You can keep Jason though.

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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2016, 02:21:05 am »
The Bee Gees.

OK, they were made in pommy land, but were refined in Australia and then exported to the world. Barry once said the genre called disco was created from their music. It's not really true, because disco existed prior to the Bee Gees taking up the genre. But their music certainly promoted the genre.

We also created the antithesis of the Bee Gees... Dave and the Derros "Death to Disco", a great composition for discerning tastes in fine music. The Australian contribution to the death of disco.
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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2016, 03:14:11 am »
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One of the Australia's first contributions was crime reduction in Britain in the 18th/19th centuries.

Well they couldn't dump them in America in more after the war of Independence

Another thing

As they were convicts, they couldn't be out and about committing crimes as they were locked up

Convicts eventually get released and some even reproduce.

Reducing crime is a good thing, you should be proud your island played a positive role.
 

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« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2016, 03:21:11 am »
Kangaroo boxers  (the first time I saw a kangaroo was in a western)
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Re: Australia's biggest contribution to humanity?
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2016, 11:54:17 am »
All good choices.

My friend picked Julian assange. My choice is crocodile Dundee. Aside from crocodile Dundee, I knew nothing then about Australia.

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