SIGNIFICANCE

Kelly Brothers� Lawnmaster was one of the first Australian-made powered mowers to enter the market
post WWII. The evidence suggests that it was remarkably successful.

It sold widely - from its Sydney base, the Lawnmaster was sold as west as WA and as north as North QLD.
It seemed to be a machine that was cleverly promoted and marketed.

In this early 1954 article, note how negatives are turned into positives.
This machine was not self-propelled. That was a good thing ...

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In retrospect, the unique feature of the Model A was its safety.
A fully enclosed rear catcher preceded the Scott Bonnar Diplomat machines by 3 decades!
And The Diplomat won an Australian Design Award primarily for its safety features ...

For me, the Model B is less interesting. The Lawnmaster became a run-of-the-mill powered
sidewheel, in competition with better machines - the Ogden, Pope and Crowe power sidewheels,
and the extremely successful Qualcast 16" power sidewheel.

The Lawnmaster was probably over-priced for what it was, but it should be considered important
in being an early post WWII Australian-made lawnmower:-

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