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Great Australian world firsts : the things we made, the things we did

Great Australian world firsts : the things we made, the things we did

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), from Bruce Thompson (introduced the first dual flush toilets) to Mary Fortune (the first female author of detective fiction) - here are the world's great ideas, inventions, feats and follies - as done first, by Australians.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
920322120 HIS 994 SPI
Non Fiction   . Available .  
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Field name Details
RSN 33396
ISBN 9781742376738 (pbk.) :
Call Number 994
Dates Spicer, Chrystopher J.
Name of Publisher Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012.
Attachments ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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), from Bruce Thompson (introduced the first dual flush toilets) to Mary Fortune (the first female author of detective fiction) - here are the world's great ideas, inventions, feats and follies - as done first, by Australians.
Subject Art Australia History.
Inventions Australia History.
Transportation Australia History.
Australia Discovery and exploration.
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