Hello Marg: once more: thank you for another excellent hyperlink. You must read very widely to keep coming up with these for us. With gratitude. Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@exemail.com.au> > Found in the SAGEN mailing list http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/ > The Australian government has put online a new database that lists patent > applications going back as far as 1904. The database contains over 1.6 > million patent applications covering all of Australia and can be searched > by > inventor's name (including spelling variations) as well as type of > invention. This is not the normal type of website that a genealogist would > think to look at but it might be a great website to search if you think > one > of your ancestors may have been an inventor, scientist, engineer or > tinkerer. Certainly, it doesn't hurt to take a look. Access is free.