PART THREE - The Talisman in Australia

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More Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman

Shanks lawnmowers were one of the first names to be sold in Australia.
The earliest advertisements I have date from the 1870s. By the turn of the
20th Century, Shanks had secured a reliable importer in the name of W.D. Grant
& Son of Melbourne. They were proactive in creating an Australian dealer network.

One of the earliest State Agents was the famous retailer Anthony Hordern & Sons
of Sydney. In this 1925 advertisement the Talisman High Wheel is offered for sale.
Note that the price � at close to �12 (pound) - was almost as dear as a Shanks
top-end reel/roller Caledonia lawnmower.

Who would have bought them? Well, not the working class, that�s for sure.
The High Wheels were marketed to golf clubs for cutting tees and surround work.
Perhaps a well-off middle- class residential household might have procured them
as well.

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