Leader Trucks, The Australian
Challenger
Southern Cross Engines
Book 2: The Clue of the Hickory
Handle
Book 1: The Mystery of the
Missing Magnetos
Book 3: The Riddle of the
Fergie and the Fish
Changing Horses
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(Including Western Transport and the
Early Years of Mack Australia
Leader trucks have a unique place in
Australia’s transport history; they were the
only trucks produced in significant numbers
by a wholly Australian company. The many
models offered by this firm ranged from 12
ton, 4-wheel cab-overs up to 250-ton heavy-
haulage bonneted tractors – some of the most
powerful road-going vehicles available at the
time. This book tells how one dynamic man
spent 30 years turning a dream into reality.
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(An Illustrated History of Toowoomba
Foundry’s Steam, Internal-Combustion
and Windmill Engines)
For 74 years Australia's Toowoomba
Foundry produced a wide range of
engines, windmills, pumps, generators,
lawnmowers, milking machines, etc.
...even aircraft. This is the story of the
enduring Southern Cross machines and
the people who made them.
A photographic record of 6RAR/NZ
(ANZAC) Battalion 1969-70
Three of the Australian infantry battalions that
served in Vietnam were ANZAC units,
incorporating New Zealand infantrymen. With
ANZACS in Vietnam tells the story of one such
unit during its 1969-70 tour of duty in Vietnam.
The book features hundreds of previously unseen
colour and black-and-white photos taken by the
soldiers themselves. Also included is a DVD
featuring the original song "The Green Soldier"
penned by a member of 6RAR/NZ.
$45 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
Ronnie's the tractor expert, Tip's the computer
whiz, and Barbie's the grazier's daughter.
There's trouble galore when this trio decides to
investigate the theft of some valuable magnetos
from the Toomaroo Museum.
The supplement includes the working principles
of internal combustion engines; various makes
of tractors like the Lanz and K&L Bulldogs,
McDonald, Ronaldson-Tippett and Steiger; and
brief histories of Ronaldson-Tippett, Kelly &
Lewis, A.H. McDonald, Southern Cross, and
H.V. McKay.
$12.50 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
Ronnie & Tip from Toomaroo Museum, along
with Barbie and Wendy, stir up a hornet's nest
when they link the mysterious disappearance of
a champion axeman to an unsolved 30-year-old
train robbery.
The supplement includes Caterpillar tractors;
Electro-Motive diesel engines and locomotives;
Fiat tractors; LeTourneau earthmoving
machinery; Hargans buzz saws; Competition
woodchopping; Sawmilling; Milking machines
and the Baltic Simplex company.
$12.50 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
A pleasant day’s fishing turns into a nightmare
for Ronnie & Tip and their friend Barbie, along
with a birdwatcher named Cathy, when they get
involved with a ruthless gang of wildlife
poachers.
The supplement includes Ferguson tractors;
Fitch Four-Drive tractors; early steam engines;
Rider-Ericsson hot air engines; International
Army trucks; Haflinger 4WD; British Seagull
outboards; Australian Lungfish; the Paradise
Parrot and electronic stun guns.
$12.50 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
(The life of R.S. Porteous; soldier, sailor
stockman, artist and author of “Cattleman”)
Syd Porteous packed a lot into one lifetime: A Light-
Horseman in World War 1; Commercial artist in 1920s
Melbourne; Jackeroo, then part-owner of a vast
Central-Queensland cattle run; Pioneer tourist-launch
operator to the Barrier-Reef islands; First Mate on a
US Army merchant ship in World War 2; Author of
several classic Australian novels, including the prize-
winning “Cattleman”.
$20 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
The Toomaroo Museum adventure stories - introducing young people to old machinery.
Written for middle and secondary school-aged readers, each book contains an illustrated supplement which covers the machines and manufacturers mentioned in the story.
With ANZACS in Vietnam
Rob Laurent and his brothers spent an idyllic childhood in the unlikely surrounds of the 10,000-hectare Werribee sewage treatment farm where their father, Bob,
worked during the 1950s. At the time Werribee Farm’s environmentally-friendly methods of treating waste was unique in the world.
Werribee Farm tells of the boys’ escapades, the characters they meet, and the wildlife they encounter as they explore the maze of wetlands and canals around them.
Older brother John is a budding scientist, always searching for items of natural history to add to his “museum.” Young Rob is more interested in Bob’s after-hours
hobby of woodwork. It is during their evenings in the shed together that Rob learns of his father’s abused childhood, and his determination to avoid the mistakes of
the past.
Family unity is a major theme of this story, in a setting that often tests the bonds between the members of the author’s family.
This is a paperback book, printed on quality art paper with sewn binding. The 195 pages include 18 pages of black-and-white photos depicting Australia during the
post-war decade.
$12.50 AUD (includes postage within Australia)
SPECIAL OFFER! Get all 3 Toomaroo books for $30.00AUD posted within Australia
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