Awesome, just simply Awesome! How I love and respect the imagination of these people from back in the day! Having grown up on a farm in MN during the the 60's it blows me away to see the beginnings down under as well as the USA. My hats off to an exemplary man of Australia! Would love to see this country and this statue and museum! Awesome!
I feel even more proud of being Australian, having learnt about this great man. It's a shame that people like this are not recognised more for the great work they have done for humanity.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, as a Kiwi we have a proud history of invention and innovation. Really pleased to be able to hear about the guy from across the ditch who has contributed so much to feeding the world
Totally in awe of Headlie Taylor, I never knew this story till I came across it online while viewing past Landline shows thank you ABC, but more importantly thank you Headlie a true Australian agricultural hero.
It's awesome to think this man helped to feed the world, through lest waste. We need more people like this as the population grows and the climate gets harder thru war and weather.
I love it. From the 'step up and do it yourself' era, Aussie Headlie Taylor exemplified the gumption, the determination and the creativity in problem solving seen in a number of Australasian men whose efforts were often unheralded yet were of supreme importance to individuals and to the national economy overall.
These are the AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE we need to remember and talk about on AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 DAY. A timely reminder of what we are capable of as an independent nation. I would be great to remember our young Australians and tell them these stories. For example the achievements of young Lennie Gwyther who was jus 9 years old!!!!
what words can i write to suitably honour this man's achievement .it's so important to have genuine hero's to take inspiration from . and i want to salute the governor from WA and all others who recognised the worth of the story and threw in some funds to get things moving along .i hope all men and women who have a dream ,around the world ,get inspiration from Headlie Taylor's effort . to keep the vision under pressure is one of the great takeaways for me .i feel especially proud as an aussie and matbe presumptiosly on behalf of headlie to share/give this legacy to the rest of the world ,especially to the yanks because they've given so much to us ,speaking as one that's done a heap of hours on JD 7720's , international ,case IH headers etc.
Growing up on the farm in the 60’s, and pulling an Allis-Chalmers # 60 combine with a JD # A , I didn’t know much about harvesting . Sure glad to watch this account of folks doing their best to make feeding this ol world a bit easier ! Thank You
Six years after it this happened i hear about it, no wonder he was an unsung hero, I remember sunshine headers laying on farms when I grew up but knew nothing about its aussie inventor
We had 3 autos 1932 1933 and 1934 the first 2 were brought brand new from aussie the 3rd one at a clearing sale they were good headers on the drum cover the sunshine's had headlie taylor patient on them
"Never in the field of crop farm endeavour was so much achieved by just one person for the benefit of so many" He hasn't heard about Fritz Haber, has he?
He was very lucky that John Ridley had invented the Stripper in 1839/40, that he could improve on decades later. Ridley was the first in the world to mechanically harvest an winnow grain, replacing hand harvesting. Typical that the ABC fell short on their research.
so many documentrys how did this slip past me /..\ watched storys about sunshine Harvester but this was the true blue aussie inventer who made cropping easier . teaming up with sunshine c/o melbourne still watch weekly farms Vidjas youtube Welker , soone , southsask , etc Welker own 5 Bigbud tractors
I greatly enjoyed the education..... but for crying out loud, In 1836, American, Cyrus McCormick, was granted a patent for his famous mechanical reaper. Hiram Moore and John Hascall of Kalamazoo County, Michigan patented the first machine that combined the reaper and thresher in the same year..... 90 years previous to the great Headlie Taylor.
They seemed to place great store on machines ability to retain more grain from the damaged stalks. The 1836 machine must have had some drawbacks. There’s a letter around the family from a Great-grandfather to his new bride, in 1889, so about sixty years later. He’s telling her he’s got a job driving a head wagon at Walla Walla, what his pay is, and that he won’t be home for about three weeks. Of course a head wagon was the intermediary between the reaper and the stationary, steam driven thresher. There must have still been advantage to that system. Headlie was trying to solve the same problem Norman Borlaug was. Borlaug applied genetics instead of machinery. Too bad they didn’t meet. That’s a dinner table I’d have liked to sat at.
So many every day inventions were & still are created in Australia. I laugh at Americans who assume they made these items because they are part of daily life. Some other great Aussie examples are The Refrigerator, Cochlea hearing devices, tech from cochlea miniaturized mobile phones from the belt mounted bricks we all had 30 years ago to that phone in your pocket today.
Not when you have people like Headlie. Technology has been, and is replacing farmers. The country is dying a death and machines are at the centre of it..
I as an Australian gave up worrying about local manufacturing when the QLD government started buying Chrysler 300 sedans and Minis as police cars back when the local auto industry was in a crisis because of lack of demand, in general Aussies dint give a rats arse about anything but saving every cent on whatever to piss it up against the wall on trips to Bali , drugs or alcohol .
4 Foot 2 1/2 inches tall....and he had a knack for burring the edges of his gears with a hammer so his header wouldn't jump out of gear ( that's what the statue depicts). He was a true genius.
So where did you get your information that this guy invented the combine? Did you bother to investigate that a little? If you had you would know it's not exactly true.
It is true, the combine harvester came from Headlie Taylor’s invention. It was known as the Sunshine Header Harvester or header for short. Current for 100 years with modernisation. They started out as horse drawn, then power take off and the self propelled version was very early in the development of headers. Only the more modern rotary machines have a significant difference to Taylor’s machine and that is only the rotor. Where did you think the Header Harvester come from? Jeff
@@jefftheaussie2225 not trying to start anything but I have always read that the first combines from a guy in Michigan, but sunshine and Taylor’s were the first to be produced on the scale and with some of the inventions.
These are the people that deserve to be recognised this way. So much money is spent on people who have done far less
Awesome, just simply Awesome! How I love and respect the imagination of these people from back in the day! Having grown up on a farm in MN during the the 60's it blows me away to see the beginnings down under as well as the USA. My hats off to an exemplary man of Australia! Would love to see this country and this statue and museum! Awesome!
I feel even more proud of being Australian, having learnt about this great man. It's a shame that people like this are not recognised more for the great work they have done for humanity.
I watched the sawmill one a few days ago, now this, incredible stories both, thank you Auntie.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, as a Kiwi we have a proud history of invention and innovation. Really pleased to be able to hear about the guy from across the ditch who has contributed so much to feeding the world
Hear hear. I always thought it was McKay that dreamed up the Sunshine header.
Totally in awe of Headlie Taylor, I never knew this story till I came across it online while viewing past Landline shows thank you ABC, but more importantly thank you Headlie a true Australian agricultural hero.
great man nice to see he is not forgotten
It's awesome to think this man helped to feed the world, through lest waste. We need more people like this as the population grows and the climate gets harder thru war and weather.
I love it. From the 'step up and do it yourself' era, Aussie Headlie Taylor exemplified the gumption, the determination and the creativity in problem solving seen in a number of Australasian men whose efforts were often unheralded yet were of supreme importance to individuals and to the national economy overall.
What a hero, he deserves every credit.
Thanks ABC for the edumacation on another pioneer Aussie of agriculture and industry.👍
Makes you proud to be Australian
Necessity is the mother of all invention,,,, innovation is in real Australian DNA
These are the AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE we need to remember and talk about on AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 DAY. A timely reminder of what we are capable of as an independent nation.
I would be great to remember our young Australians and tell them these stories. For example the achievements of young Lennie Gwyther who was jus 9 years old!!!!
what words can i write to suitably honour this man's achievement .it's so important to have genuine hero's to take inspiration from . and i want to salute the governor from WA and all others who recognised the worth of the story and threw in some funds to get things moving along .i hope all men and women who have a dream ,around the world ,get inspiration from Headlie Taylor's effort . to keep the vision under pressure is one of the great takeaways for me .i feel especially proud as an aussie and matbe presumptiosly on behalf of headlie to share/give this legacy to the rest of the world ,especially to the yanks because they've given so much to us ,speaking as one that's done a heap of hours on JD 7720's , international ,case IH headers etc.
Growing up on the farm in the 60’s, and pulling an Allis-Chalmers # 60 combine with a JD # A , I didn’t know much about harvesting . Sure glad to watch this account of folks doing their best to make feeding this ol world a bit easier ! Thank You
Great man. Great sculpture. Great documentary.
Six years after it this happened i hear about it, no wonder he was an unsung hero, I remember sunshine headers laying on farms when I grew up but knew nothing about its aussie inventor
Absolutely an Amazing Man!! Well done coming to you from Canada.
Ridley and McKay were well known to me for decades, but Headlie Taylor was not. Great to finally learn about his story.
You’ve done it again Landline. I never knew. 👍🇦🇺
Shame about the sculpture showing him hammering a gear. No one would ever do that
The sculptor was really good
Good on ya Aussies Ted NZ
Very interesting video.
Wonderful story
We had 3 autos 1932 1933 and 1934 the first 2 were brought brand new from aussie the 3rd one at a clearing sale they were good headers on the drum cover the sunshine's had headlie taylor patient on them
I live on the road - will visit.
Great
"Never in the field of crop farm endeavour was so much achieved by just one person for the benefit of so many"
He hasn't heard about Fritz Haber, has he?
He was very lucky that John Ridley had invented the Stripper in 1839/40, that he could improve on decades later. Ridley was the first in the world to mechanically harvest an winnow grain, replacing hand harvesting. Typical that the ABC fell short on their research.
They spent 30 million dollars on something this year but the people have had to pony up for headly's statue 🤔
so many documentrys how did this slip past me /..\
watched storys about sunshine Harvester but this was the true blue aussie inventer who made cropping easier . teaming up with sunshine c/o melbourne
still watch weekly farms Vidjas youtube Welker , soone , southsask , etc Welker own 5 Bigbud tractors
I greatly enjoyed the education..... but for crying out loud, In 1836, American, Cyrus McCormick, was granted a patent for his famous mechanical reaper. Hiram Moore and John Hascall of Kalamazoo County, Michigan patented the first machine that combined the reaper and thresher in the same year..... 90 years previous to the great Headlie Taylor.
They seemed to place great store on machines ability to retain more grain from the damaged stalks. The 1836 machine must have had some drawbacks. There’s a letter around the family from a Great-grandfather to his new bride, in 1889, so about sixty years later. He’s telling her he’s got a job driving a head wagon at Walla Walla, what his pay is, and that he won’t be home for about three weeks. Of course a head wagon was the intermediary between the reaper and the stationary, steam driven thresher. There must have still been advantage to that system.
Headlie was trying to solve the same problem Norman Borlaug was. Borlaug applied genetics instead of machinery. Too bad they didn’t meet. That’s a dinner table I’d have liked to sat at.
True Blue
So many every day inventions were & still are created in Australia. I laugh at Americans who assume they made these items because they are part of daily life. Some other great Aussie examples are The Refrigerator, Cochlea hearing devices, tech from cochlea miniaturized mobile phones from the belt mounted bricks we all had 30 years ago to that phone in your pocket today.
I'm American and i know there are inventions all over the world. We've got our fair share but don't think for an instant we are the only ones
We need farmers. Even if the WEF And government don't want them. Go the Farmers
Not when you have people like Headlie. Technology has been, and is replacing farmers. The country is dying a death and machines are at the centre of it..
I as an Australian gave up worrying about local manufacturing when the QLD government started buying Chrysler 300 sedans and Minis as police cars back when the local auto industry was in a crisis because of lack of demand, in general Aussies dint give a rats arse about anything but saving every cent on whatever to piss it up against the wall on trips to Bali , drugs or alcohol .
I'm no a blacksmith however, I'm pretty certain none swings a hammer like the figure in this sculpture is doing while working on a piece of steel.
Make some sense!
What crop are they harvesting
The staff of life, wheat.
Life size ??? Was he 4’ tall.
4 Foot 2 1/2 inches tall....and he had a knack for burring the edges of his gears with a hammer so his header wouldn't jump out of gear ( that's what the statue depicts). He was a true genius.
So where did you get your information that this guy invented the combine? Did you bother to investigate that a little? If you had you would know it's not exactly true.
It is true, the combine harvester came from Headlie Taylor’s invention. It was known as the Sunshine Header Harvester or header for short. Current for 100 years with modernisation. They started out as horse drawn, then power take off and the self propelled version was very early in the development of headers. Only the more modern rotary machines have a significant difference to Taylor’s machine and that is only the rotor. Where did you think the Header Harvester come from? Jeff
@@jefftheaussie2225 not trying to start anything but I have always read that the first combines from a guy in Michigan, but sunshine and Taylor’s were the first to be produced on the scale and with some of the inventions.
Couldn't do business on a handshake now, partners would certainly screw you
Impressively ignorant putting that much effort into portraying such an obviously false working situation.. No one ever hammered on a gearwheel!
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Now a saline dustbowl
Really?
Talking through your hat again?