At our May meeting we heard from Ian Thompson on “Iconic Australian Inventions and Discoveries”. Ian is a graduate industrial chemist with experience in agriculture and entomology, and he holds six patents to his name. Every day, throughout the world, over a billion people rely heavily on Australian inventions. Every time they drive a car, fly, eat or communicate there is a good chance that it’s enabled, in some way, by Aussies. We all know some of the great inventions made by Australians - Victa, Hills Hoist, Wine Bladder, Vegemite - but our speaker, Ian Thompson, treated us to many more.