Hello ODK history lovers,

Just when you think you have seen it all � and know it all - a new
Australian vintage mower discovery comes along. It is always a humbling
experience.

I had written about the Platypus reel mowers, made in Sydney from about
1946 (see Related Reading below). But this was something quite different �
a Platypus rotary mower! It is now clear that the Platypus Tool Company
made a move from their former address at Angel Place, Sydney, to 97 Anzac
Avenue, West Ryde, Sydney.

I have found two advertisements, both from late 1956, which depict the
most unusual � and awkward � of rotary mower designs: a forward discharge,
forward catching rotary. Yes, a rotary with a grass catcher (box) at the
front!

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TO BE CONTINUED ...