Hello ODK History Lovers

The famous Toowoomba Foundry that gave us the great Southern Cross brand windmills
gave us much, much more than that. From humble beginnings in the late 19th Century,
the foundry became an Australia-wide identity, making steam engines, petrol IC engines,
kerosene engines, diesel engines, and many other products. Their Windmills still stand
on many farms today as icons of the great Australian countryside.

Southern Cross were also lawnmower makers, and that story is not well known ...

This story records the KX-B models - the 'Tin Mowers' as they were nicknamed -
from the mid-1960s. They were called tin mowers because they had a pressed steel base.
That fact seems unusual - coming from a foundry. However, there is a significant point to
be made on design and intended market.

The KX-B was made in Standard and Power Drive form.

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TO BE CONTINUED ...