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Population of Australia 22,368,928 |
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Proud to be an Aussie Some of the things we did first ESKY In 1952 some blokes in the Malley company made a portable drink cooler, made of steel box within a steel box, they put ice between...Plastic arrived in the 70’s We love these blokes
FREESTYLE (Australian Crawl) Good old Syd and Charles Cavill showed the world in 1902, and it become the standard in international competitions. and check out these two Little Beauty's Fanny Durack (left) and Mina Wylie
were the first two women to represent Australia in swimming at the Olympics. They were club-mates in Sydney and completed an Australian quinella in the 100 m freestyle.
GRANNY SMITH APPLES In 1868, Maria Smith grew a long lasting apple in her garden in Sydney, The kids then marketed it to the world Love those apples granny
HILLS HOIST In 1946, Lance Hill welded some pipes together in his shed in Adelaide..He sold millions, and become the symbol in Aussie backyards Remember as kids you used to swing on it?
KIWI BOOT POLISH In 1906, William Ramsey and Hamilton McKellan of Melbourne had a shoe cream able to restore colour to faded leather . By 1920, they had sold 30 million tins "Alright I know what ya thinkin, why the hell is it called Kiwi Boot Polish, Well, Bill’s missus was a New Zealander"... We know who wears the pants in that relationship don’t we!!!!
1902 a stationer from Launceston, Tasmania, J.A Birchall Produced bundles of paper with the sheets gummed together along the top Those Tasweigens are an industrious lot
CALL GIRLS Melbourne 1981, Brothel owners opened the first system for ordering prostitutes by phone Good on us
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