Australia has a reputation for innovation and inventiveness - that famous 'tie it up with fence-wire' attitude towards getting things done is one of our best-known national characteristics. Popular opinion tells us that a knack for adaptation - for jerry rigging and so-called 'bush improvisation' - is one of the qualities that marks us out as Australian. If you had to play 'spot the Australian' among other nationalities, you'd choose the ones with the duct tape and pliers in their hands. But ask your average Aussie to reel off a list of uniquely Australian inventions at a pub trivia night, and most won't get much further than the stump-jump plough, the Hills Hoist, Speedos and the pavlova. Suddenly you may find yourself wondering if we're all that inventive as a culture after all? These examples certainly don't seem to build a terribly convincing case. This book proves that for a 200-year-old culture with a relatively small population, Australians have a much richer inventive history than we give ourselves credit for. Once we've seen that this reputation for inventiveness is justified, the next question becomes: is there something in our cultural wiring, something about being Australian, that makes us more inventive than other people? This book is part of Exisle Publishing's Little Red Books series. Every title in the Little Red Books series provides an overview of key events, people or places in Australian history. They cover the essentials, bringing the reader up to speed on the most important, fascinating or intriguing facts. Appealing to everyone from students to pensioners who've always wanted to know a bit about that , they're an essential part of every Australian bookshelf.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Exisle Publishing
ISBN-13
9780908988723
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94634439
Product Key Features
Book Title
Australia's Greatest Inventions: from Boomerangs to the Hills Hoist
Author
Lynda De Lacey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Evolution
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
187mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
204g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Lynda De Lacey
Series Title
Little Red Books
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
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