george augustine taylor is remembered today mostly for his advocacy for commencement of high power wireless broadcasting in australia during the mid-1920s through the efforts of his association for the development of wireless in australia, new zealand and fiji. but arguably his work in the late 1900s and early 1910s was even more valuable. within a civilian/military context he was responsible for demonstrations of the practical military applications for wireless. he then went on to demonstrate that wireless could be used in moving railway trains (and associated signalling applications) and transmission of pictures by wireless. taylor was solely driven by patriotic intent and without any commercial motivation. his inventions were claimed by others, sometimes decade or more subsequent. taylor, although an advocate never invented anything. at his demonstrations and lectures he always used edward hope kirkby and wireless equipment manufactured by him. taylor's own publication recognises this fact