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Leader Trucks, The Australian Challenger
(Including Western Transport and the Early Years of Mack Australia)
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. This book tells how
one dynamic man spent 30 years turning a dream into reality.
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Southern Cross Engines
(An
Illustrated History of Toowoomba Foundry’s Steam, Internal-Combustion
and Windmill Engines)
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 the enduring Southern
Cross machines and the people who made them. (Scroll down this page for
Southern Cross Instruction Manuals.)
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The Toomaroo Museum adventure stories -
introducing young people to old machinery.
Written for middle- and secondary-school-aged readers. Each book contains
an illustrated supplement which covers the machines and manufacturers
mentioned in the story. |
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Book 1:
The Mystery of the Missing Magnetos
Ronnie's the tractor expert, Tip's the computer whiz, and
Barbie's the grazier's daughter. There's trouble galore when this trio
decides to investigate the theft of some valuable magnetos from the
Toomaroo Museum.
The supplement includes the working principles of
internal combustion engines; various makes of tractors like the Lanz and
K&L Bulldogs, McDonald, Ronaldson-Tippett and Steiger; and brief
histories of Ronaldson-Tippett, Kelly & Lewis, A.H. McDonald, Southern
Cross, and H.V. McKay.
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Book 2:
The Clue of
the Hickory Handle
Ronnie & Tip from Toomaroo Museum, along with Barbie
and Wendy, stir up a hornet's nest when they link the mysterious
disappearance of a champion axeman to an unsolved 30-year-old train
robbery.
The supplement includes Caterpillar tractors;
Electro-Motive diesel engines and locomotives; Fiat tractors;
LeTourneau earthmoving machinery; Hargans buzz saws; Competition
woodchopping; Sawmilling; Milking machines and the Baltic Simplex
company. |
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Book 3: The Riddle of the Fergie and the
Fish
A pleasant day’s fishing turns into a nightmare for
Ronnie & Tip and their friend Barbie, along with a birdwatcher named
Cathy, when they get involved with a ruthless gang of wildlife
poachers.
The supplement includes Ferguson tractors; Fitch
Four-Drive tractors; early steam engines; Rider-Ericsson hot air
engines; International Army trucks; Haflinger 4WD; British Seagull
outboards; Australian Lungfish; the Paradise Parrot and electronic
stun guns
SPECIAL
OFFER! Get all 3 Toomaroo books for $30.00 posted
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Changing Horses
(The life of R.S. Porteous; soldier, sailor stockman, artist and author of
“Cattleman”)
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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Southern Cross
Instruction Manuals
We supply
photocopied Instruction manuals for most Southern Cross products. Click
on the book to see the range of manuals available. |
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