What the f%*$k has Australia ever invented?

[Kickaha]

and what is New Zealand's national motorcycle brand?

Mountain Goat

[ynot slow]

Bloody cricket players.

Peter Brock-yep from a ford fan,best driver ever.

Cobb and Co,start of bus service lol.

[skidMark]

Bloody cricket players.

Peter Brock-yep from a ford fan,best driver ever.

Cobb and Co,start of bus service lol.

Watching grass grow...

wrapped a jag around a tree....

went out of business...

and we are bikers....they are buses... its like the fuking grim reaper dude.

[MaxB]

I seem to remember on Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson saying the only worthwhile thing the Aussies had ever invented was the rotary clothes line.

[marty]

Look at our size and population tard...

we still built the kikass britten, arguably the best motorcycle ever made... only a idiot disagrees with me on this. such as yourself perhaps not that i am implying.

WE? what's this WE?

and it didn't even have usd's.

[davereid]

Exaggeration ?

I googled a few of the aussie inventions and found they were not really that true.

They were sort of true if you defined it really tightly... like the first lickable perforated red coloured stamp.

1838 Pre-paid postage - Colonial Postmaster-General of New South Wales, James Raymond introduced the world's first pre-paid postal system.
(1835 Lovrenc Kosir invented the stamp.)

1856 Refrigerator - Using the principal of vapour compression, James Harrison produced the world's first practical refrigerator. He was commissioned by a brewery to build a machine that cooled beer.
(England - William Cullen 1756)

1858 Football - In 1858 Tom Will and Henry Harrison wrote the first ten rules of Football, thus becoming the first people in the world to codify a kicking-ball game. These rules predate those of Rugby, Soccer and Gridiron. Football may have been inspired by the Aboriginal jumping/kicking game of Marn Grook.
(Gallic footbal which has had written rules, and has been recorded in law books for at least 500 years)

1874 The underwater torpedo - Invented by Louis Brennan, the torpedo had two propellers, rotated by wires which were attached to winding engines on the shore station. By varying the speed at which the two wires were extracted, the torpedo could be steered to the left or right by an operator on the shore.
(1860 Giovanni Luppis but heaps of earlier claims too)

By me - inventor of the first rejection of the aussies invented useful shit claim ever posted on KB in a thread started by Kickmark.

[Forest]

Why are there no name brand bikes from australia...

Did your mum drop you on your head when you were a baby?

Two minutes with google reveals this link

Alphabetical Listing of Australian Motorcycles

A
Abbotsford
Absolom
Acme (Melbourne)
Acme (Tasmania)
Acme (Sydney)
Advance
Aero
A.J.T.
Alert
Alexa
Allison
Alpha
Alron
A.N.A.
A.O.B.
A.O.V.
A & P
Ariel (Footscray)
Ariel (Gawler)
Arion
Ascot
A.S.D.
Ashfield
Astley
Aussi Also
Austral (Hobart)
Austral (Melbourne)
Austral (Caulfield)
Austral (Sydney)
Australian Scout
Australis

B
Baden Powell
Bailey
BAL-JAP
Ballarat
Balmain
Barb
Barclay (Adelaide)
Barclay (Geelong)
Bartley & Perry
B&B
Beach
Beal
Beart
Beauchamp
Be-Gin
Behrens
Bell
Besanko
B.G.W.
Bird
Blue Spec
Bluebell
Bluebird
B.M.G.
Bolger
Boomerang
Brandwood (Launceston)
Brandwood (Adelaide)
Bronzewing (Launceston)
Bronzewing (Fitzroy)
Bullock
Burden
Burg
Burnley
B & W
Byron Special

C
Cameron
Campbell
Carbine (Melbourne)
Carbine (Sydney)
Carrison
Castle
Cathro
Cattermole
C.C.M.C.
C.G.J.
Champion
Chaple
Charleston
Clair
Clearview
Clement-JAP
Clement
Clifton
Clinton
Clipper
Clyde
Clyst
Commonwealth
Cooee
Cottman Colt
Craig Beat-All
Cressy
Criterion
Crown
C.S.W.
Cyclone

D
Dalwood
Darge
Davidge
Davies-Franklin
Davis
Day
DeLuxe
Denton
Dethbridge
Devon (Ulverstone)
Devon (Moonee Ponds)
Don
Dowell
Dowling
Dunleigh

E
E.B.
Eden
Edworthy
Ekins
Elliott (Payneham)
Elliott (Paddington)
E.McM.
Empire (Clifton Hill)
Empire (Adelaide)
Empire (St. Marys)
Ensign
Esk
Eureka
Euroa
EWB

F
Favourite
Federal
Firefly
Firth
Fitzgerald
Fleet
Flora
Flying Jolly
Forbes
Foulis

G
G&B
G.C.S.
Gem
Globe
Gordon
Gordon-Dojabout
Gradoir
Greyhound
Grimley
Growden
Guard
Gunner

H
Hall
Hallam
Harrison & Reynolds
Hartley
Havelock
Hawthorn
Healing
Hede
Hercules
Hinsley
Hockley
Hodgson
Hogan
Holly
Hooker
Hore
Howard
H.R.B.
Hurry Up

I
Ideal
Illawarra
Imperial
Imperial Star
Invincible
Invincible-JAP
Irene
Iris
Ixion

J
Jackson
J.A.P. (J.N.Taylor, Adelaide)
J.A.P. (A.G.Healing, Melbourne)
J.A.P. (Firth Bros., Richmond)
J.A.P. (E.W.Brown, Melbourne)
J.A.P. (Carbine Cycle & Motor Company, Melbourne)
Jarman
Jelbart
J.E.T.
J.J.
J.M.C.
Junction
Juno

K
Kedge
Kelecom
Kellow
Kelsey
Kent
Kew Flyer
Kiora
K&M
K.L.M.
King
Knight Eaton
K.V.

L
La Bird
Lathey
Laver
Leech
Leitch
Lennox
Leo
Lewis (Adelaide) Detailled Information
Lewis (Williamstown & Melbourne)
Liberty
Limb
Lob
Local
Lyall
LYC

M
Ma-Belle
Magnet
Maldon
Mallee
Malpas
Malvern Star
Maple
Marsey
Martin
Mascot
Massey
Mathews
Mayfield
Melba
Menere
Metro
Metrop
Midland
Mimosa
Minerva
Moller
Mona
Monarch (Richmond)
Monarch (Footscray)
Morita
Morton
Morwell
Mostyn
Mumford
Musgrave

N
National
Native
Nauman
Newton
Nick
Nilma
Noble
North Eastern

O
O&H
O'Grady
Okey
Opitz
Oriol

P
Pappin
Pasco
P&C
Pearl
Peerless
Pelican
Perfect
Petrel
Pfundt & Higgs
Phoenix
Pirie
Pivot
Planet
P&R
Precision (Melbourne)
Precision (Adelaide)
Pretoria
Pride
Prince
Progress

Q
Quirks

R
Radium
Rathmore
R&B
Ready
Record
Reeve
Reeves
Regnis Detailled Information
Relay
Release
Remington
REN
Renown
Rhodes Record
Rhodia
Richards
Riley
Robertson
Rogers Bros.
Rollert
Rolly
Roma
Roon
Rose (Adelaide)
Rose (South Yarra)
Rosenthal
Roser
Rova
RTV
Ruby
Rush

S
S.A.F.U.
Samson
Scamander
Seven Star
Shamrock
Silo
Silver Star
Simmons
Simplex
Sirdar (South Yarra)
Sirdar (Westbury)
Southern Cross (Sydney)
Southern Cross (Toowoomba)
Sovereign
Speedwell
Spencer
Sphinx
Springbett
Standard
Stanhope
Star
Stevens
Stevenson
Stirling
Stolford
Stow
Strand
Streak
Sullivan
Sun
Sunlight
Surrey (Melbourne)
Surrey (Sydney)
Sutherland
Sutton
Swallow
Swan
Swastika
Swingler

T
Tasma
Taylors Special
Teece
Terry
T.F.H.
Thistle
Tilbrook
Torpedo (Launceston)
Torpedo (Prahran)
Tourist
Traveller
Treblig
Trescowthick
Tricol
Turner
Tyler

U
Uneeda
Union Jack
Utility
V
Vale
Vee Two
Veribest
Victa
Victor (Freeling)
Victor (Hobart)
Victor (Surrey Hills)
Victor (Malvern)
Victor (Adelaide)
Victorian
Victory

W
Wagener
W.A.K.
Wallace
Waratah
Ward
Watson (Unley)
Watson (Sydney)
Waverley
Webb
Webster (Tamworth)
Webster (?)
Wesson
West
Whalley
Whitbourn
White
Whiting
Williams
Willow
Wimmera
Windsor
Winton
Withington
Wizard
Woolston
Wyatt


Y
Yelroma
YZR Engineering

[McJim]

I thought the only thing to come out of Australia was bad sportsmanship. Excuses when they lose and they shove it down everyone's throat when they win.

That's why I'll never go there. Never been, never will.

[Timber020]

Aus invented the a police system so corrupt they had to bring in cops from other countries to take leadership jobs because they couldnt trust ANY of there own force to not be on the take.

[ducatilover]

Are the drysdale bikes not aussie? I am sure they are.... Fuck it I want one anyway. The aussies have done a fuckload more than you ever have skiddyshart

[howdamnhard]

A couple of things I reckon:

1838 Pre-paid postage - Colonial Postmaster-General of New South Wales, James Raymond introduced the world's first pre-paid postal system.

1843 Grain stripper - John Ridley and John Bull of South Australia developed the world's first grain stripper that cut the crop then removed and placed the grain into bins.

1856 Refrigerator - Using the principal of vapour compression, James Harrison produced the world's first practical refrigerator. He was commissioned by a brewery to build a machine that cooled beer.

1858 Football - In 1858 Tom Will and Henry Harrison wrote the first ten rules of Football, thus becoming the first people in the world to codify a kicking-ball game. These rules predate those of Rugby, Soccer and Gridiron. Football may have been inspired by the Aboriginal jumping/kicking game of Marn Grook.

1874 The underwater torpedo - Invented by Louis Brennan, the torpedo had two propellers, rotated by wires which were attached to winding engines on the shore station. By varying the speed at which the two wires were extracted, the torpedo could be steered to the left or right by an operator on the shore.

1876 Stump jump plough- Robert and Clarence Bowyer Smith developed a plough which could jump over stumps and stones, enabling newly-cleared land to be cultivated.

1885 Telpahane - The forerunner of the television. It was invented by Henry Sutton in Ballarat.

1879 Refrigeration - Credited with the manufacture of the first artificial ice, Eugene Nicolle and Thomas Sutcliffe Mort developed shipboard refrigeration that resulted in the export of meat from Australia to Great Britain.

1889 Electric Drill - Arthur James Arnot, patented the world's first electric drill on 20 August 1889 while he was an employee of the Union Electric Company in Melbourne. He designed it primarily to drill rock and to dig coal.

1894 First powered flight - Perhaps inspired by the boomerang, Lawrence Hargrave discovered that curved surfaces lift more than flat ones. He subsequently built the world's first box-kite, hitched four together, added an engine and flew five metres.

Hargrave corresponded freely with other aviation pioneers, including the Wright Brothers. But unlike the Americans who monopolised their ideas, Hargrave never patented his. Because it promised public access, Hargrave left all his research to the Munich Museum.

Had Hargrave gained local support to further develop his ideas and not been so generous in sharing his ideas with other aviation pioneers, he probably would have been the first person in the world to achieve sustained and controlled powered flight.

1897 Differential gears - David Shearer of South Australia built a steam car with a differential inside left rear wheel hub.

1900s - The 'Australian Crawl' - For most of human history, humans didn't know how to swim effectively. In the 1900s, Australians invented the Australian Crawl that has since become known as 'overarm' or 'freestyle' swimming stroke.

1902 Notepad -For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. J A Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets into half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top.

1903 Froth flotation process- The process of separating minerals from rock by flotation was developed by Charles Potter and Guillaume Delprat of New South Wales.

1906 Feature film - The world's first feature length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was a little over an hour long.

1906 Surf life-saving reel - The first surf life-saving reel in the world was demonstrated at Bondi Beach on 23 December 1906 by its designer Lester Ormsby.

1907 First international ski tournament - Australia doesn't have much snow and it is isolated from most countries that do. Even so, in 1907 Australians somehow organised the first fully documented International Alpine Ski Carnival. The downhill event was won by Charles Menger (Denver, USA), second was R. Paterson (Australia) third was Earl Prince (England).

1910 Humespun process -The Humespun process was developed by Walter Hume of Humes Ltd for making concrete pipes of high strength and low permeability. The process revolutionised pipe manufacture in 1910 and has since been used around the world.

1912 The tank - A South Australian named Lance de Mole submitted a proposal, to the British War Office, for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily steered and carry heavy loads over rough ground and trenches'. The British war office liked the idea but then developed the tank themselves without paying royalties.

1913 Automatic totalisator -The world's first automatic totalisator for calculating horse-racing bets was made by Sir George Julius.

1917 Aspro - A pain reliever based on aspirin was developed in Melbourne by George Nicholas. By 1940 it had become the world's most widely used headache and pain treatment.

1922 Vegemite - One of the world's richest sources of vitamin B, vegemite was invented by Dr. Cyril P. Callister. It is made by the autolysis of expired brewer's yeast: a process where the yeast's own enzymes break it down.

1924 Car radio - The first car radio was fitted to an Australian car built by Kellys Motors in New South Wales.

1927 Speedo -In 1927 Speedo launched the revolutionary 'racer-back' style, which reduced fabric drag. In 1955, Speedo introduced the use of nylon for their racing swimwear. At the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics, more than 70 per cent of all swimming medals were won by competitors wearing Speedo.

1928 Flying Doctor Service - Reverend John Flynn founded the world's first Aerial Medical Service in 1928 .

1930s - Nuclear Fusion - In the early 20th century, Mark Oliphant worked on the artificial disintegration of the atomic nucleus and positive ions, and designed complex particle accelerators. He discovered helium 3 and tritium, and also discovered that heavy hydrogen nuclei could be made to react with each other. This fusion reaction formed the basis of a hydrogen bomb.

You must be Australian or have too much time on your hands.

[hutchy52]

I thought the only thing to come out of Australia was bad sportsmanship. Excuses when they lose and they shove it down everyone's throat when they win.

That's why I'll never go there. Never been, never will.

Wow, what an attitude. Should I visit Scotland to meet some more ignorant people like yourself? "I know what its like, but I've never been there and will never go".

From my experience "which is a hell of a lot more than yours", almost everyone there has good sportsmanship, but they do like to win.

[Laava]

A couple of things I reckon:

1838 Pre-paid postage - Colonial Postmaster-General of New South Wales, James Raymond introduced the world's first pre-paid postal system.

1843 Grain stripper - John Ridley and John Bull of South Australia developed the world's first grain stripper that cut the crop then removed and placed the grain into bins.

etc etc etc.

But apart from that, what the f%*$k has Australia invented?

[wbks]

Has anyone mentioned the 1100cc two stroke tripple being built by an Australian two stroke tuning shop that everyone was drooling over a few weeks ago? Skidmark - Who the fuck else has made a 2.2 litre two stroke 4 cylinder road bike?

[skidMark]

Has anyone mentioned the 1100cc two stroke tripple being built by an Australian two stroke tuning shop that everyone was drooling over a few weeks ago? Skidmark - Who the fuck else has made a 2.2 litre two stroke 4 cylinder road bike?

Only an australian would be stupid enough to ride it!

750 kawa triple was lethal enough, the powerband would simply be unuseable`