PART FOUR – Conclusion
The Mini-Master appears to have been sold for a limited period …
maybe just one season [1966-67]. I have little evidence of its existence:
perhaps a dozen newsprint ads and that’s it!

The only ads I have come from the Canberra Times and all
come from the great Eric Anderson chain of appliance stores.
So, was this a mower made just for Eric Anderson? I don’t know.

In the late 1966 advertisement below, note the Mini-Master sold
alongside Anderson’s store brand, the E.A. Lawn Master.

Note the price differential between Victa’s Flagship Corvette and the Mini-Master!

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I guess the Mini-Master represents the advent of the economy
rotary lawnmower that emerged in the 1960s. It had to compete
with the big AUS players who made the best domestic rotaries
in the World at that time.

The Mini-Master was an honest mower for the battlers, and I
guess its Japanese power unit was the first example of
Japanese engines used on AUS-made domestic rotary lawnmowers.

How times would change …