New title by JCU author

Chrystopher J. Spicer (Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences)
Great Australian world firsts: The things we made, the things we did

Australians are among the most outstanding innovators on the planet, leading the world in achievements across many fields such as sport, the arts, medicine, transport and exploration. 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.

Available at JCU Library in hardcopy book and eBook format.

Comments