It is a tricky one, but even where it leaves things unanswered, it will at least hopefully, get thoughts flowing!
You might indeed be a great source of info as I go along, particuarly with lining up dates, success and competitors to the twin, lightweight, early rotomo's, and rotary scotty's!
The Idea is to gather as much info as possible, and look at a number of things that Victa considered historical advancments, and whether those same advancements appear elsewhere first (such as the rotoscythe beating them to rear catcher)
One particular one is the twin, to my knowledge, it by all counts remains unique!