$20,000 in prizes is the substantial incentive for the inventive and although Bendigo is not necessarily world renowned as a hotbed of innovation and invention, it should be pointed out that some great Aussie innovations were born here, such as Gillies Pies, Fernwood Ladies Health Clubs and the iconic Chiko Roll. Let us not forget the removable shirt cuff, the self-firing rifle and of course, the more recent breast feeding sling!

Bendigo Inventor Awards 2010

Unfortunately you can no longer read that particular post, hence Part Deux. This from the City’s official site:

Bendigo Inventor of the Year Award

Vision: Bendigo – inspiring invention and innovation.

Mission: To identify, support and promote original ideas that will create employment and recognise Central Victoria as a centre for invention and innovation.

Greater Bendigo has a strong history of successful Invention and Innovation coming from the region since the gold rush era of the 1850′s.
From the Chiko Roll and the Four and Twenty Pie to the Booby Booster and the concept of Community Banks, it’s entirely appropriate that Bendigo stages an Inventor of the year award.

The intent of the “Bendigo Inventor of the year award” is to encourage imagination via a competitive process that will identify, support and promote practical, original ideas that will create employment and recognise Greater Bendigo as a centre of innovation and invention – “A thinking City”.

The City of Greater Bendigo is the lead organisation for the awards.

Read the rest of the page here, where you will also find a link to the online application form.

Alternatively, you can obtain a hard copy from the City of Greater Bendigo 189 Lyttleton Terrace or the Workspace Australia 12 Hall St Eaglehawk(Eaglehawk Train Station).

Applications close 4pm Friday 30 July 2010.

For a confidential conversation regarding the awards, please call Peter Jeffery on 5434 6241.