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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-18 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004728b.htm person Hill Lancelot Leonard AACR2 15 December 1902 7 March 1986 Place of Birth Knoxville, South Australia, Australia Place of Death South Australia, Australia Inventor Mechanical engineer Lance Hill invented Australia's iconic Hill's Hoist - a rotary clothes line which was found in the backyard of most Australian homes from the 1950s. He came up with the invention after being urged by his wife to improve their own clothes line. Hill was soon transformed from an unemployed war veteran to the founder of very successful business. Today Hills Industries continues to make clothes lines, but also numerous other products including ironing boards, wheelbarrows, antennas, building and roofing products. Hill, Lance

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 'Hill, Lancelot Leonard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hill, Lancelot Leonard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: The genesis of an Australian icon: the Hills hoist Howell, P. A. The genesis of an Australian icon: the Hills hoist 2007 Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 35 98-110