PART TWO - Acknowledgement
Many times, individuals make significant contributions to the history of specific
companies. The definitive book on Southern Cross must be Rob Laurent's superb
Southern Cross Engines: An Illustrated History of Toowoomba Foundry's Steam,
Internal-Combustion and Windmill Engines.

For any Southern Cross owner, this is the starting point for context. Chapter 8
discusses in some detail the SC lawnmowers ...

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This book has helped me in the understanding of context. Southern Cross was a
pioneering Australian manufacturer who contributed to our history. Post-WWII,
the company attempted to diversify and its entry into lawnmower production
reflects that.

It made a serious attempt at that -

SECOND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The second acknowledgement must go to the Southern Cross Register
Ian Matthews' site provides for registration (and acknowledgement) that
SC machines survive ...

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If you have a Southern Cross lawnmower, I recommend
you place it on the register ... http://southerncrossregister.nqmp.org/

TO BE CONTINUED ...