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Leader Trucks
The Australian Challenger (Including Western Transport and the Early Years of
Mack Australia), by Rob Laurent
Leader trucks have a
unique place in Australia’s transport history; they were the only trucks
produced in significant numbers by a wholly Australian company. The many
models offered by this firm ranged from 12 ton, 4-wheel cab-overs up to
250-ton heavy-haulage bonneted tractors – some of the most powerful
road-going vehicles available at the time. |
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Southern Cross Engines
(An
Illustrated History of Toowoomba Foundry’s Steam, Internal-Combustion
and Windmill Engines),
by Rob Laurent
For 74 years Australia's Toowoomba Foundry produced a wide
range of engines, windmills, pumps, generators, lawnmowers, milking
machines, etc. ...even aircraft. This is the story of enduring Southern
Cross machines and the people who made them. |
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Changing Horses
(The life of R.S. Porteous; soldier, sailor stockman, artist and author of
“Cattleman”). by Rob Laurent
Syd Porteous packed a lot into one lifetime: A Light-Horseman
in World War 1; Commercial artist in 1920s Melbourne; Jackeroo, then
part-owner of a vast Central-Queensland cattle run; Pioneer tourist-launch
operator to the Barrier-Reef islands; First Mate on a US Army merchant ship
in World War 2; Author of several classic Australian novels, including the
prize-winning Cattleman.
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