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https://static.timesnewsgroup.com.au/prod/uploads/sites/21/2023/07/Gareth-Kent-3.png1200630GEELONG has always been a city of innovators. One of the members of the first Geelong town Council, James Harrison, is famous for having pioneered mechanical refrigeration, while the Ferrier brothers of Geelong created the famous wool-press. Years later, Gilbert Toyne invented the Hills Hoist, or as we know it these days the common clothesline, [...]Read More...