Question for australians?

If Ambani is for India, if Billgates is for US, what is for Aus?

Toyato, LG,reliance,tata,wallmart are renowned companies in Japan,Korea,India and US? Can u give me one or two world famous brands originated in Australia?

I heard my friends say that the country is kept afloat only by the natural minerals they export and tourism. They dont have much in manufacturing sector and hi-tech industries. Is it true.? is it that aussies are only consumers and not creators

[1] The richest man in Australia is Andrew ("Twiggy") Forrest - founnder, chairman and major shareholder in Fortescue Metals Group, an Iron Ore company with a market capitalization of about $26 billion. Forrest is worth about $10 billion.

I think you're more interested in creators rather than miners, so here are a few that might directly affect you:

[2] If you have ever taken antibiotics for an illness, you can be thankful for the Australian Scientist Howard Florey.

Florey received the nobel prize for discovering a commercially viable way to manufacture penicillin.

[3] The Australian company Cochlear Ltd creates and distributes the Cochlear Implant or "Bionic Ear" that enables deaf people to hear.

[4] The Surf Lifesaving Reel - used by Lifesavers on beaches was invented in Australia in 1906

[5] If you've ever watched a feature length film, you might be interested to know that the first ever feature length film in the world was "The Kelly Gang", made in Australia in 1906.

[6] The Artificial Heart Pacemaker was invented in Sydney, Australia in 1926 by Dr Mark C Lidwell of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

[7] More recently, the anti-influenza drug, Relenza, was developed by a team of scientists at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in Monash University, Australia.

The link I've given below at [4] will also tell you about the worlds first underwater computer, the first night and day contact lens, the first reading machine for the blind, the world's first polymer bank note, etc.

For a country that is one tenth the size of the USA, and only 1.3% the size of China, it has certainly contributed more than its fair share of technical innovations for the improvement of the quality of life of world as a whole.

Aus is for Vegemite and Cadbury

austrlia is the biggest continent and is on techtonic plates, instead of walmart we have Big w, LG and toyota as well. Aus is tha best!

Actually this isn't true. Australia has invented alot of things over the years like the lawn mower (made by Victa).

Kraft makes vegemite & food goods.
Arnotts makes biscuits & snack foods.

Australia only has 21 million people so we don't need big companies as they would just go broke. LA in USA has 21 million people soAmerica is alot bigger than us.

macquarie bank.... and westfield.... lol
stuff like target and kmart prob. i dunno.... i havent even thought abt it lol... also kraft stuff

hope this helps...

Hills hoist, Holden, Kraft (vegemite), Victa mower, Cochlear, Ned Kelly's helmet :)

and apart from natural minerals and tourism, there's agricultural exports? and financial services (eg Macquarie Bank)

holden is a aussie car company!!
and then i guess our walmart is probably coles and woolworths

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