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Are you asking specifically to the Australian examples or examples in general? History is replete with many of the latter, in part because the custom was to kee
by bumby 3y ago
Are you asking specifically to the Australian examples or examples in general? History is replete with many of the latter, in part because the custom was to keep certain artisans/state technologies secret. Before openly disclosed patents were the norm, technologies like greek fire, damascus steel, or Leeuwenhoek's lens often died with those who knew how to make them.
- defrost 3y agoI was curious about specifically Australian examples as the comment implied they had examples in mind such as losing the use of the bow and arrow or somesuch. The story there is more complex and there's a faction in Austalia that would insist that Australian aboriginals were on the decline when Europeans arrived.