Leon Mitchell of Adelaide, South Australia, has been documenting the subject for a good many years, and many of his topics are covered in considerable depth.
For instance, there the story of Mlle. Serpolette who toured SA in the late 1890s on a powered tricyle (possibly a Gladiator or Comiot).
The Lewis Cycle and Motor Works is covered - they are believed to have built Australia's first motorcycle.
Other articles discuss early Rudge, FN and Norton motorcycles.
Visit his site at earlymotor.com
Bradbury Peerless: A Bradbury Pre-history
Mostyn Cycle Works, Victoria: Mostyn
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