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Black box flight recorder: Dr David Warren - Dr David Warren, from Brighton, lost his father in a plane crash. He would later invent an 'indestructible' recorder of the flight so aviation experts could find out why the plane crashed.

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Spray on skin: Fiona Wood - Fiona Wood, seen here carrying an Olympic torch, is a plastic surgeon that lives in Perth and was the first to spray regenerated skin cells on patients.

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Electric pacemakers: Booth and Lidwill - Physicist Edgar Booth and Dr Mark Lidwill who lived in Melbourne first devised an electrical pacemaker in the early 1920s before they went into production in the 1960s.

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Google Maps: Gordon and Ma - Lars and Jens Rasmussen from Denmark collaborated with Neil Gordon and Stephen Ma to create Where 2 Technologies in 2003 in Sydney. The company and their map technology were bought by Google.

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Medical penicillin: Howard Florey - Sir Howard Florey from Adelaide (right), British-German Sir Ernst Chain and British-Canadian Sir Alexander Fleming worked together to invent medical penicillin in 1945.

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Wave Piercing Catamaran: Incat - Tasmanian company, Incat invented the first high speed, stable catamaran in 1983.

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Polymer bank notes: CSIRO - Plastic dollar bills were invented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in the 1980s. Australia became the first country to have entirely plastic money in 1996.

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Hearing aid: Professor Graeme Clark - Otherwise known as a bionic ear or a cochlear implant, Professor Graeme Clark invented the device in the 1970s because his father was hard of hearing.

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Electric drill: Arthur James Arnot - Originally used for mining, the electric drill that would later become handheld was invented by Arthur James Arnot, an electrical engineer who lived in Castle Hill outside Sydney.

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Hills Hoist: Lance Hill - You've seen them in suburban yards, but did you know the device invented by Lance Hill is considered a National Treasure by the National Library of Australia?

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Refrigerator: James Harrison - Newspaper printer and journalist, James Harrison got a patent for refrigeration in 1855.

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Multifocal contact lenses: Stephen Newman - Stephen Newman, a Queensland optical scientist, invented the multifocal contact lens in 1992. 

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Permaculture: Bill Mollison - Humans destroy arable land if they farm too intensely and cause harm to the food with chemical treatments, permaculture is a natural alternative. It was brought into mainstream use by Bill Mollison from Stanley, Tasmania in the 1970s.

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Child seat: Colin Nagel and Robert Heath - When Australia made seat belts mandatory in the 1970s, keeping babies fastened in proved a problem until Colin Nagel and Robert Heath invented the child seat in 1984. 

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Gardasil and Cervarix: Professor Ian Frazer and Dr. Jian Zhou - Professor Ian Frazer, living in Brisbane, and Dr Jian Zhou from China invented the vaccines to Cervical Cancer.

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Winged keel: Ben Lexcen - Yachtsman and marine architect, Ben Lexcen invented racing boat wings for increased speed and balance. 

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Wi-Fi: John O' Sullivan - Aussie John O' Sullivan along with the CSIRO developed a method of reducing radio interference with computer signals to invent Wi-Fi in 1996.  

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Ultrasound scanner: Ultrasonic Institute - Transforming ultrasound echoes into TV images was first used by the Ultrasonics Research Section of the Commonwealth Acoustrics Laboratories Branch that would become the Ultrasonic Institute. 

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Plastic glasses lense: Sola Optical - Glasses used to have glass lenses, but Sola Optical released a line of plastic lenses that wouldn't scratch in the 1960s. 

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Inflatable escape slide: Jack Grant - Further contributing to flight safety, Jack Grant at Quantas invented inflatable slides to escape a crashed plane in 1965. 

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Permanent-crease clothing: CSIRO - Permanently creased skirts are thanks to the CSIRO's innovation in manipulating wool molecules. 

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Frazier lens: Jim Frazier - This deep-focus lens allows movie cameras to have distant objects be as in-focus as close objects. It was invented by Jim Frazier in 1993.

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Zinc cream: Faulding Pharmaceutical Company - Before there was sunscreen, there was Zinc cream, still commonly used by cricket players on their noses. 

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CPAP Masks: Dr. Colin Sullivan - People with sleep apnea use Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Masks, invented by Dr. Colin Sullivan at the University of Sydney in 1980.

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Ute: Lewis Bandt - Intended as the perfect car for the farmer, the Ute has developed a culture all its own in Australia and was invented by Lewis Bandt for Ford Motor Company in 1934. 

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Dual Flush Toilet: Caroma - You've definitely seen this water-saving toilet mechanism before, but did you know it was invented by Aussie manufacturer, Caroma in 1981?

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Vegemite: Dr. Cyril P Callister - There are few things more Australian than Vegemite. Dr Cyril P Callister invented the Australian alternative to Marmite in 1923.

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Polilight Forensic Lamp: Ron Warrender - The flashlight and lamps forensic investigators use to find DNA evidence was invented by Ron Warrender in 1989. 

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Cask wine: Thomas Angrove - Cask wine or boxed wine was invented by Thomas Angrove in Renmark, South Australia in 1965. 

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