PART SEVEN - Significance

It was a rewarding moment when I felt confident enough in announcing that I had identified
Australia's first rotary mower - the 1948 Tecnico. That was a few years' ago.

I hope, at some point, museums will update their records to reflect the significance of
this important Australian company and their first little mower.
- See for example: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=112605

History seems to have forgotten the story of the first rotaries, which defined the market
for five years before the rise of the petrol-powered rotaries.

In that time about half a dozen Australian electric rotary brands sprung up, taking
advantage of post-war prosperity and the demand for new household appliances. A number of
these were the old radio companies that expanded their product lines to include vacuum
cleaners, floor polishers, lawnmowers, and the like.

Tecnico was, by far, the most successful of these. In the 1952 newsprint advertisement below,
they boast "tens upon tens of thousands" of their mowers had been sold by that time...
Electric lawnmowers were BIG business.

I hope collectors will gain a new appreciation for Australian vintage mower history,
and recognise - and preserve - the little Tecnico.

The rest is history.
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JACK

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