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Hannaford's family loves naming things, even the lawnmower! The new baby lamb needs a name, and it's Hannaford's turn to choose...
Australians like to invent things. There are many famous Australians whose inventions have changed the way that people live all over the world! Lots of Australian inventions start in the backyard shed. One such 'shed inventor' was a South Australian man called Alfred Hannaford, who was born in 1890 and died in 1969. As a young boy he worked on his family farm. Pottering away in his shed, he made his first invention: a piece of farming equipment to harvest wheat. Guess what? His invention was made out of an old piece of wood - a railway sleeper! From then on, Alfred was inspired to invent all sorts of farm machinery. His inventions were sold to farmers and made farming better and easier.
When Alfred died, he left some of the money he made from his inventions to the University of Adelaide so that students can have what they need to invent things.
Australians like to invent things. There are many famous Australians whose inventions have changed the way that people live all over the world! Lots of Australian inventions start in the backyard shed. One such 'shed inventor' was a South Australian man called Alfred Hannaford, who was born in 1890 and died in 1969. As a young boy he worked on his family farm. Pottering away in his shed, he made his first invention: a piece of farming equipment to harvest wheat. Guess what? His invention was made out of an old piece of wood - a railway sleeper! From then on, Alfred was inspired to invent all sorts of farm machinery. His inventions were sold to farmers and made farming better and easier.
When Alfred died, he left some of the money he made from his inventions to the University of Adelaide so that students can have what they need to invent things.
56 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Allayne L. Webster
11 books36 followersAllayne is an author of Junior Fiction, Middle Grade and Young Adult literature. She’s the recipient of multiple arts grants, a Premier’s Reading Challenge Ambassador, and a former literary festival board member.
Paper Planes (Scholastic) was a 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable/shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. A Cardboard Palace (MidnightSun) was a 2018 CBCA Notable and published in Sweden. Our Little Secret (Scholastic) was listed for the Golden Inkys and has recently been republished by Ligature Press. The Centre of My Everything (PenguinRandomHouse) was listed in the 2019 Davitt Awards (crime) and shortlisted in the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Sensitive (UQP) is published in Russia and was shortlisted in the 2020 Australian Speech Pathology Awards and is a 2023 IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities.
That Thing I Did (Wakefield Press), a YA comedy, was released in March 2022 to rave reviews, and Selfie (YA, Text Publishing) will be released 4th April 2023. When not writing, Allayne plays guitar and paints.
Paper Planes (Scholastic) was a 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable/shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. A Cardboard Palace (MidnightSun) was a 2018 CBCA Notable and published in Sweden. Our Little Secret (Scholastic) was listed for the Golden Inkys and has recently been republished by Ligature Press. The Centre of My Everything (PenguinRandomHouse) was listed in the 2019 Davitt Awards (crime) and shortlisted in the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Sensitive (UQP) is published in Russia and was shortlisted in the 2020 Australian Speech Pathology Awards and is a 2023 IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities.
That Thing I Did (Wakefield Press), a YA comedy, was released in March 2022 to rave reviews, and Selfie (YA, Text Publishing) will be released 4th April 2023. When not writing, Allayne plays guitar and paints.
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