You would be surprised by some of our firsts that are so mundane all over the world.
1 November 1838 Prepaid postage, Sydney
1 January 1850 Brick veneer homes, Swan Hill, Victoria
1 January 1850 Mechanical Refrigerated plant, Rodey Point Vic
19 March 1856 Vote by secret ballot Vic (Australian ballot)
19 February 1858 International swimming championship Melbourne
26 August 1859 Labor Party MP Melbourne
September 1859 Photolithography Melbourne
25 December 1859 Mechanical Freezers Sydney
Mobile libraries SA & Vic
3 November 1862 Newspaper with children’s section (German)
30 October 1867 International advertising agency
30 November 1868 Granny Smith Green apples, Ryde NSW
20 November 1871 Woman detective writer Melbourne
23 November 1873 Share ownership scheme for company employees
2 September 1875 Complete meal cooked from frozen food Lithgow NSW
August 1876 Stump jump plough
February 1884 Combine harvester for wheat
26 July 1884 Crouch start for athletic foot races
3 December 1885 Salvation Army social worker
31 January 1886 Sheep shearing machine
Six ball overs in Cricket
20 August 1889 Electric drill Melbourne
5 July 1892 Preferential voting Qld
16 February 1893 Box-kite NSW
18 August 1893 Starting gate for horse races
18 December 1894 Voting rights for women SA (NZ beat us by 1 yr)
16 February 1897 Motor car with differential gears
16 December 1898 Anthropological movie film
Australian crawl (free style swimming)
23 September 1901 Documentary film with sound
28 December 1902 Notepads
14 December 1906 Feature film – the Kelly gang
16 December 1898 Anthropological movie film
Australian crawl (free style swimming)
23 September 1901 Documentary film with sound
28 December 1902 Notepads
14 December 1906 Feature film – the Kelly gang
22 May 1915 Compulsory voting in elections
18 February 1920 Bathing beauty contest
13 March 1922 Radio broadcast by the Prime Minister
29 November 1924 Radio broadcast of horse races
23 December 1924 Car radio receiver
24 February 1926 Widow’s pension
1929 Commercial use of pure lactic starter bacteria
December 1943
1955 Penicillin for civilian use
First practical Atomic Absorption machine
14 January 1958 Around the world flight service
18 April 1958 Black box flight recorder
July 1964 Purpose built container ship
5 November 1979 Bionic ear Melbourne
28 March 1984 Frozen embryo baby
January 1988 Plastic money
1990 Air assisted direct fuel injection for 2 stroke engines
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