That credit goes to Colin Murdoch who invented the modern day plastic disposable syringe in the 1950s. (along with child proof medicine containers and the tranquillizer gun). It is often claimed that an African American (Phil Brooks) invented the first disposable syringe. This claim is incorrect and may be influenced by a desire to promote notable African Americans. Brooks' syringe is by no means the modern day plastic disposable syringe that everyone is familiar with. In fact, it looks nothing like the one we're used to. It can rightly be claimed that Brooks was the first person to receive a US Patent for a disposable syringe.
The first colonies and their governors. When the British first settled Australia at Port Jackson in New South Wales in 1788, they were only interested in the eastern part of the continent which had been claimed as a British colony in 1770 by Captain James Cook. He named it New South Wales.hen the British first settled Australia at Port Jackson in New South Wales in 1788, they were only interested in the eastern part of the continent which had been claimed as a British colony in 1770 by Captain James Cook. He named it New South Wales.
From the European point of view, the establishment of a settlement in Australia is the story of an adventurous voyage to an unknown part of the world, and a heroic struggle to overcome difficulties and survive in a hostile environment.ere Phillip found what he described as 'the finest harbour in the world'. On its shore, at a place he named Sydney Cove, Phillip established the first European settlement in Australia. The main reason for a British settlement in Australia was to provide a place of punishment where convicts could be sent.