Great Australian world firsts : the things we made, the things we did
Spicer, Chrystopher J.2012
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From Sir Jack Brabham (first to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design) to Tom Angove (inventor of the wine cask), here are the world's great ideas, inventions, feats and follies - as done first, by Australians
Main title:
Great Australian world firsts : the things we made, the things we did / by Chrystopher J. Spicer
Author:
Imprint:
Crows Nest Allen & Unwin 2012
Collation:
324 p. illustrations
Contents:
Part I: Arts: Waif Wander: Mary Fortune creates the detective before Sherlock Holmes -- The wonderful, wonderful cat: Pat Sullivan and Felix -- 'I came to life wanting to paint': Nora Heysen, an artist of war and peace -- Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore: Peter Finch, actor -- Part II: International Exploration: Aboriginal voyager: Bennelong (Woollarawarre), ambassador and international traveller -- 'I worshipped their beauty': Emmeline Freda Du Faur, mountaineer -- 'I feel liberated': Sir Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer and photographer -- A tropical Queenslander on ice: John Hoelscher's circumnavigation of Greenland -- 'It's everyone's world: Kay Cottee and Blackmores First Lady circumnavigate the globe -- Part III: Lifestyle: 'One soweth; another reapeth': James Harrison and refrigeration -- Australia's Edison: Henry Sutton -- The opal man: Tullie C. Wollaston, the first to take Australian opals to the world -- Sitting women: Vida Goldstein, Nellie Martel, Mary Ann Moore-Bentley and Selina Anderson -- Go to work and do it: Eric Waterworth and the automatic record-changer -- Chateau de Cardboard: Thomas W. C. Angove and the portable wine cask -- The marlin and the pacemaker: Dr Mark C. Lidwill and his external cardiac pacemaker -- Searching for her holy grail: Dr Fiona Wood and her quest for scarless healing -- Part IV: Sport: Running black: Bobby McDonald and Charlie Samuels, Aboriginal sprinters -- The perfect woman: Annette Kellerman, swimmer and movie star -- The Cressy, the Lismore and the Red Seal: Alfred Alexander and his tennis racquets -- The Guv'nor: Jack Brabham and his BT19 Formula One car -- The track ahead: Geoff Healey and the RaceCam -- The ten pound bet: Michael O'Brien and the sporting streak -- Part V: Transport: The missile and the monorail: Louis Brennan and his life of invention -- Her skill and art are wonderous rare: Florence Mary Taylor, glider pilot, architect and town planner -- 'Theory is the captain, practice the soldiers': Anthony George Michell, Australia's James Watt -- Tanked: Lancelot de Mole and his tracked vehicle -- Wired for sound: William T. Kelly, the Summit car and the first factory-installed car radio -- Aviatrix: Jessie Miller, Australia's first long-distance airwoman -- Sailing the sea road: The Empress of Australia
ISBN:
9781742376738 (pbk)
Dewey class:
994 GRE
Local class:
994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
135800
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| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994 GRE | Available |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994 GRE | Available |
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 994 GRE | Available |