Hello ODK History Lovers

Gravic lawnmowers were manufactured by Grant & Vickery of Barnstaple Road,
Five Dock, N.S.W. This company is clearly a pioneer Australian lawnmower
manufacturer, commencing business before the tariff protections that
established the Australian lawnmower industry in the 1930s. This is a
historically important company, sharing its like with Lark, Parkes & Company
of Sydney; and the great Scott Bonnar Company of Adelaide.

'Gravic' was the clever combination of the first three letters of the
company's founders' surnames: Robert Grant & Stanley Vickery. Gravic -
gravity - was also a metaphor for a 'weighty' or important lawnmower make.
I think it was.

Whilst I have discussed this company in the Companies Forum [see Related Links],
this posting is devoted to the two types of powered lawnmowers they made:
their petrol engine powered reel mowers, and then their gang mowers,
powered by horse or tractor. These will be discussed in turn.

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TO BE CONTINUED ...