G'day all punters.
Many thanks to Glo Mod Gadge for pointing out that 'Monaro' was first used - as a brand name - to
replace the stencil brand, Mayfair, for mid-arch lawnmowers sold to mass retailers.
Monaro was certainly used, as well, on high-arch alloy-base machines.
My best guess is that 'Mayfair' was too upper-class for egalitarian Australia - at that time.
'Monaro', like 'Torana', captured the Australian spirit.
Mower followed automobile.
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Jack
