Hello ODK History Lovers

It seems odd that I should place this record in the Australian Reel Mowers forum. After all,
Morrison was, perhaps, the greatest of the New Zealand garden machinery manufacturers. However,
a Morrison reel mower was made here in the 1950s. I should add that Morrison machines and
modified variants have also been sold here as Victa Imperials and the Turner-Morrisons of the
1960s and 1970s. Morrison has also had an association here in their own right, and as a child
of the parent company in the 1986 takeover of Morrison by Masport. Today, the name survives on
branded machines.

This article discusses what I have called the 'Sydney Morrisons'; reel mowers made here by
Vulcan Steel Pty. Ltd., with factory located at 88 Parramatta Road, Camperdown, Sydney. In
order to do that, I will also cover the background to this machine, drawing upon NZ resources.

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Image: courtesy National Library of New Zealand.
High Resolution: http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3379004

TO BE CONTINUED ...