[SEL] Austral register December 2010

[Patrick Livingstone]

Hi Arnie,
I will probably have to write an article on Austral distribution at some
point. The NSW agents for much of the production period of the sideshaft
engines was Moffat-Virtue who were one of the biggest machinery agents in
NSW (which does border Victoria). In that era NSW & Victoria had the biggest
populations in Australia and (more importantly) had much of the agricultural
wealth. Both states literally 'rode on the sheep's back' with many fortunes
being made shipping wool to the UK. A large number of Australs spent their
working life in shearing sheds.
Ronaldson-Tippett also had agencies in Queensland, South Australia & Western
Australia but they never exported the sideshaft engines as they had a big
enough market at home.
NSW & Victoria also had very good country rail freight networks at that time
(except for the change of gauge at the border) so distribution was very
effective.
Patrick 


On 18/12/10 3:02 AM, "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:

> G'day Patrick,
> 
> I like that "basic" version of the register.  I think I'll do something
> similar with
> the Lorenz & Benz register to link in the photos.
> 
> I can understand why Victoria has a lot of Australs being the home state.  Is
> NSW a
> nearby border state or does it have a lot of population/farms/industry?  Some
> reason
> for having so many Australs after Victoria?  I was really surprised by how few
> were
> in the other states.  It reminds me of the "California-built" engines that
> were
> never seen east of the Rocky Mountains until stationary engine collectors
> discovered
> the hobby and began moving old iron around.
> 
> When you have some free time (ha-ha) it would be neat if you could add some
> words on
> the various business & logistics factors that led to the interesting
> distribution of
> Australs.  Keep up the good work!!
> 
> See ya,  Arnie
> 
> On Wed, December 15, 2010 5:37 am, Patrick Livingstone wrote:
>> In my spare moments I have still been working on the Austral register. The
>> updated totals can be seen at:
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/austral%20history.html
>> 
>> And a basic version of the register with engine images can be found at:
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/austreg/australreg1210web.htm
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Patrick M Livingstone
>> Leichhardt NSW
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/Index.html
>> 
>> 
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Patrick M Livingstone
Leichhardt NSW
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