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Australia and New Zealand Motorcycles

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Abbotsford 1912-13 (Vic.)

Absolom c.1915 (Tas.)

ABW

Acme (Melbourne) 1904~1916

Acme (Sydney) 1939-1949

Acme (Tas.) 1915-17

Advance (S.A.) 1905-06

Advance (Brisbane) 1906

Aero (S.A.) 1918-1920

A.J.T (S.A.) c.1918-1920

Alert (Vic.) 1912

Alexa (Geelong) 1903

Allison (Adelaide) 1902-1906

Alpha (Adelaide) 1904

Alron 1970s (W.A)

A.N.A. (Vic.) c.1910-1919

A.O.B. (S.A.) c.1913

A.O.V. (Vic.) c.1912-15

A & P (NSW) 1912

Apollo 2003-

Arcade-JAP (Vic.) 1915

Ariel (Footscray, Vic ) 1911-1922

Ariel (Gawler S.A.) c.1906~1910

Arion (Vic.) c.1914

Arblaster [4]

Ascot (Melbourne) c.1909

A.S.D. (Vic.) 1912-14

Ashfield (Sydney) 1908

Astley (Vic.) 1911-1918

Aussi-Also (Vic.) 1919-1920

Austral (Melbourne)

Australian Scout, 1923 [1] [4]

Australis (Sydney) 1895

Avion, 1920s [4]

Avon, 1921 [4]

B

B & B see Bennett & Barkell

B & W 1937-38

Baden Powell 1904 (Vic.)

Bailey 1903-08 (S.A.)

BAL-JAP (Vic.)

Ballarat 1904-1917 (Vic.)

Balmain c.1915, Vic.

Barb 1904~1914 (Vic.)

Barbarian V8 2006 (Qld)

Barclay

Barnard [4]

Bartley & Perry 1911 (NSW)

Barwell 1904 (Qld)

Beach 1913-16 (Tas.)

Beal

Beare, 1940s-1950s [4]

Beare Sixstroke (S.A.)

Beart 1922-25 (S.A.)

Beat-All see Craig

Beauchamp (Vic.)

Bennett & Barkell (B&B)

Bennett & Wood

Be-Gin (S.A.)

Behrens 1905 (SA)

The Bell 1911~1913 (SA)

Besanko 1909 (SA)

BFW, 1978-1983 [4]

B.G.W. c.1915 (SA)

Bilyard & King (Tas.) c.1924

Bird 1910-13 (Melbourne)

Bird 1949-1950s [4]

Blake 1898 [4]

Blake c.1920 (S.A.)

Blue Bell by W. Wagener (S.A.), 1906~1915

Blue Bell by H. Canet (Shepparton, Vic.) 1915

Blue Spec by E.C. Wagener (SA), 1907~1918

Blue Bird 1920s

B.M.G. 1916 (Tas.)

Bolger 1904-07 (Melbourne)

Bologne Elk, 1978 [4]

Bon Trike (NSW) 1996-2005

Bolwell-PGO (SA) 1999-2015

Bonning Roadster (QLD) 2001-05

Boomerang 1903-c.1925 (SA)

Braaap 2005-2026

Brandwood (Adelaide & Launceston) 1903-06

Britten(NZ)

Bronzewing 1902-07 (Tas.) (See also Uneeda}

Bronzewing (Fitzroy) 1910-c.1915 (Vic.)

Brooklands (Melbourne) 1913

Bullock (Adelaide) 1902~1920

Burden 1902 (SA)

Burg 1914-1921 (Favourite)

Burnley 1913 (Vic.)

Busteed, 1964 [4]

Byron Special c.1914 (NSW)

C

Cameron 1918 (S.A.)

Campbell 1902-04 (Tas.)

Carbine 1901-c.1918 (Melbourne)

Carbine 1910~1914 (Sydney)

Carrison 1907~1909 (S.A.)

Castle 1915 (Vic.)

Cathro c.1918 (S.A.)

Cattermole 1904 (Adelaide)

C.C.M.C. 1903-1911 (NSW, Qld, Vic)

C.G.J.

Champion 1901~1913 (Tas)

Chaple, 1912 [1][4]

Charleston 1907 (S.A.)

Clair, 1909 [1][4]

Clearview [1]

Clement, 1909-1914 [1][4]

Clement-JAP, 1936-1941 [1][4]

Clifton (S.A.)

Clinton 1910-1917 [4]

Clipper 1913 (NSW)

Clyde, 1908-1930 [1][4]

Clyst 1912 (Vic.)

Comet-Minerva (Vic.)

Commonwealth, 1915-17 [1][4]

Cooee, 1913-14 [1][4]

Cottman Colt 1930s (Vic.)

Craig Beat-All 1914~18 (S.A.)

Crean 1910~13 (Vic.)

Cressy c.1914-1917 (Tas.)

Criterion 1904 (S.A.) see Hinsley

Crown 1909-1910 (Vic.)

C.S.W. 1917 (Vic.)

Cyclone 1913~1918 (Tas.)

D

Dalm, see J.N. Taylor

Dalwood 1915-1916

Darge 1905 (Vic.)

Davidge 1913-1914

Davies-Franklin 1904~1913

Davis (S.A.)

Day 1910 (Vic.)

De Luxe

Denco (NZ)

Denton, 1909 [1][4]

Dethbridge, 1924 [1][4]

Devon 1905-1918, (Tas.)

Devon (Moonee Ponds) [1]

Di Pietro 2026

Dirtrax 1964-67 (Qld)

Dojabout 1922 (W.A.)

Don, 1913 [1][4]

Dowell 1913~1916 (Vic.)

Dowling, 1909 [1][4]

Drysdale

Duggan 1948-49 (Sydney)

Dunleigh [1]

Dusting 1940s-2026

E

E.B. (Vic.) 1915

Eden (Vic.) 1900s

Edith 1955 (Vic.) Microcar

Edworthy (NSW) 1906

Ekins (SA) 1905

Elliott (Payneham SA) 1912-1935

Elliott (Paddington NSW) 1911-1914

Empire (Clifton Hill, Vic.) c.1914

Empire (Adelaide)

Empire c.1917-19 (St. Marys, Tas.)

Empire Precision (Vic.)

Ensign (Vic.) c.1914

Esk (Tas.) 1904~05

Eureka 1903-06 (Vic.)

Euroa (Vic.)

EWB 1910~1918 (Vic.)

F

Farmbyke c.1963~1974 (NZ)

Farmtrike (NZ)

Favourite 1914-1921 (S.A.)

F.D.C. 1920

Federal c.1903 (Adelaide)

Finlay 1906~1911 (Sydney)

Finlay Bros see Barb

Firefly 1905 (Sydney)

Firth 1914-15

Fitzgerald c.1910 (S.A.)

Fleet 1903-08 (Melbourne)

Flood 1998

Flora 1916 (Tas.)

FC, 1920 [4]

FNR, 1921 [4]

Flying Jolly 1907-1908 (S.A.)

Forbes 1906-1912 (Bendigo, Vic.)

Fonz 2010-2026 (Sydney)

Foulis 1909-1910 (Sydney)

FTN-Motion 2020-2026 (NZ)

FX Bikes 2005-2011 (NZ)

G

GAJ Special c.1905 (Qld.)

G&B 1909-1916 (Tas.)

G.C.S. 1912-1926 (Melbourne)

GEM 1904-09 (Vic.)

Globe, 1909 [1] [4]

Gnat 1970s (NZ) [5]

Gordon, 1912-16 [1] [4]

Gordon-Dojabout, see Dojabout

V.S. Gotch 1912 (Vic.)

Gough Special c.1950 (Tas.)

Goulding Sidecars 1915-1956

Governer-Villiers 1914 (NZ)

Gray 1912 (Vic.)

Greyhound 1916 (W.A.)

Grimley 1904-07

Grosskreutz 1930s (Qld.)

Growden 1904-07 (S.A.)

Guard 1906-07 (S.A.)

Gully 1905 (S.A.)

Gunner 1921 (Qld.)

H

H&G [4]

H&G Sporton, 1990s [4]

Hall 1905-1906 (Sydney)

Hallam 1902

Harrison 1904~1917 (Vic.)

Harrison & Reynolds 1911 (W.A.)

Hartley 1906-1911 (Vic.)

Havelock 1904-1910 (Hobart)

Hawker 1920-24 (UK)

Hawthorn c.1910-1915 (Vic.)

Healing 1902-1930s

Hede, 1919 [1][4]

Hejisun 1984 (Sydney)

Hercules 1908~1927 (Melbourne)

Hinsley 1915 (S.A.)

Hockley 1914-1916

Hodgson 1910s-1920s (Tas.)

Hogan c.1908-1912 (Vic.)

Holly 1908 (Qld.)

Hooker c.1913 (S.A.)

The Howall 1984

Howard Motor Cycle Co c.1906 (Qld.)

Howard c.1978~1982

H.R.B. 1913 (Vic.)

Hunter Piccaninny 1950s (Vic.)

Hunter 2007-2024 (NSW, WA)

Hunwick-Hallam/Harrop 1997~2001 (NSW)

Hurry Up 1914 (S.A.)

I

Ideal 1910-1916

Illawarra 1903-1905 (N.S.W.)

Imperial c.1918 (S.A.)

Imperial Star c.1910 (Vic.)

Invincible c.1915

Invincible-JAP 1922~1928

Irene 1907~1914 (Vic.)

Iris 1922~1928

Irving-Vincent c.2008-2026

Ixion 1912~1916 (Vic.)

J

Jackson 1908 (Tas.)

James Holliday (Vic)

Jarman 1905-1909 (NSW)

Jelbart 1910 (Vic.)

J.E.T. c.1910 (Vic.)

J.J. c.1920 (Vic.)

JMC see Junction

J.N. Taylor (S.A)

Johnston, 1916 [4]

Jolly SR60 1970s

Junction 1919-1921 (Vic.)

Juno, 1912-16 [1] [4]

K

K&M, Killian & Morris (Bendigo), 1915 [1,2,4]

K&W, 1917 [4]

Kedge, 1901 [1,4]

Kelecom 1902-04 (Adelaide)

Kellow 1903 (Melbourne)

Kelsey, 1924 [1] [4]

Kent 1909-1917 (Adelaide)

Kew Flyer [1]

Kim Newcombe 1972-73

Kiora 1914

K.L.M. [1]

King 1910-15 (Vic.)

Kingsbeer Sidecars 1912~1916

Knight Eaton 1893 (Brisbane)

Knut, see Favourite

Krown 1900-1906 (Qld.)

K.V., 1914 [1] [4]

L

La Bird (Tarnagulla, Vic.) c.1912 [1]

Lathey (Tas.) 1913-16

Laver (S.A.) c.1906-08

Leech (Vic.) 1904-1917

Leitch (Vic.) c.1911-13

Lennox (Vic.) 1913-16

Leslie (Vic.) 1912

Leo c.1920 (Vic.)

Lewis (Adelaide) 1901-1927

Lewis (Williamstown & Melbourne) 1909~1919

Liberty c.1916

Limb see Pirie)

Lob (Adelaide) 1904~1907

Local (Qld) 1906~1908

Lyall (Tas.) c.1925

LYC (Tas.) [1]

M

M&F, 1918 [4]

Ma Belle 1916 (Vic.)

Magnet 1902-1913 (Vic.)

Maldon c.1906 (Vic.)

Mallee 1905 (Vic.)

Malpas c.1913 (S.A.)

Malvern Star c.1918~1950

Maori 1914-1919 (NZ)

Maple 1907-1915

Maplestone Forks (Vic. & GB)

Marsey c.1903 (Tas.) see Jackson

Martin 1902-03

Mascot, 1914 [1] [4]

Massey 1913 (Tas.)

Mathews, 1910 [1] [4]

Mayfield, 1910 [1] [4]

McLean 1903 (S.A.)

McRae, 1920s [4]

Melba 1902~09

Menere, 1898 [1] [4]

Merlin (NSW)

Metro [1]

Metrop [1]

Midland, 1917 [1] [4]

Mimosa c.1918 (Vic.)

Minerva (Vic)

Moller 1904 (S.A.)

Mona, see Quirks

Monarch 1917 (Footscray, Vic)

Monarch 1921 (Richmond, Vic.)

Monsta Trikes 1999 (NZ)

Morita c.1914 (S.A.)

Morton 1914-1920 (Vic.)

Mortox Special (S.A.)

Morwell c.1915

Mostyn 1909-1914

Mountaineer 1910 (NZ)

MSM Engines 1960s (Qld.)

Muller 1906~1915 (Sydney)

Mumford c.1906 (Fitzroy, Vic.)

Munro (NZ)

Murphy Sidecars (NSW)

Musgrave c.1914-1918 (Vic.)

N

National 1904-05 (Tas.)

National 1914 (NSW)

Native, 1905 [1][4]

Nauman, 1915 [1][4]

Nella 1910-1915 (Vic.)

Newton, 1915 [1][4]

Nick, 1911 [1][4]

Nilma, 1913 [1][4]

Noble [1]

North Eastern, 1906~1912 [1][4]

N.S.W. 1920 (SA)

NZeta 1961-63 (NZ)

O

O&H 1912-1915 (Vic.))

O'Grady

Okey, 1910-1916 [1][4]

Opitz, 1912 [1][4]

Oriol, 1915 [1][4]

P

P&C, 1913 [1][4]

P&R 1920-26 (NSW) (see also Waratah)

Pabst, 1914 [4]

Pappin 1914-15 (S.A.)

Parisian 1912-19 (Vic.)

Pasco 1919~1925 (Vic.)

Pateena, 1916 (Tas.) [4]

Pearl, 1920 [1] [4]

Pearse 1912 (NZ)

Peerless c.1912-1915 (Vic.)

Pelican c.1916 (Tas)

Perfect 1914-15 (Tas.)

Perry, 1920s [4]

Petrel c.1903 (Vic.)

Pfundt & Higgs (Tas.) see Cyclone

PGM 2015

Phoenix c.1905

Pirie 1903-1914 (S.A.)

Pivot 1912~1914 (Vic.)

Planet c.1915

Platt-Betts 1901 (Sydney)

Precision 1912~1923 (Melbourne)

Precision of Adelaide c.1912-1915 (S.A.)

Premier Sidecars c.1975-2026

Pretoria c.1907 (Vic.)

Pride 1905-1910

Prince 1903

Prince and RTV 1970s-1990s

Progress c.1909 (Tas.)

Q

Quirks

R

R&B (Vic.)

Radium 1915~1923 (Tas)

Rambler Precision c.1913-15 (Tas)

Rathmore 1906 (Vic.)

Ready 1916 (Tas.)

Record 1913 (Vic.)

Reeve (Vic.)

Reeves 1914 (S.A.)

Regina 1915 [4]

Regina 1919-1923 [4]

Regnis 1912-1920

Relay 1904~1913 (NSW)

Release 1922 (S.A.)

Remington 1926 (Tas.)

REN 1921-22 (S.A.)

Renown 1920 (Vic.)

RGD [4]

Rhodes Record [1]

Rhodia c.1914 (NSW)

Richards 1906-1911 (S.A.)

Riley 1912-15 (Vic.)

Rival 1905 (N.S.W.)

Riverina [4]

Robertson 1913 [1] [4]

Rock Sidecars (Melbourne)

Rogers Bros. (Melbourne)

Rollert (Vic.) c.1912-15

Rolfe 1914-15 (Vic.)

Rolly 1910 [1] [4]

Roma 1913

Roon 1914 [1] [4]

The Rose c.1903 (Adelaide)

Rose 1908~1916 (Shepparton, Vic.)

Rosenthal 1903 (S.A.)

Roser 1917 [1] [4]

Rotary Australia 1999-c.2014

Roulette 1920

Rova-Kent (S.A.) c.1909~1914

Royal Tasman Triumph, 1917 [4]

Royal Q, see Quirk's Mona

RTV 1990s, see also Prince, Terry

Ruby 1903-1915 [1] [4]

Rush 1901-05

S

S.A.F.U. 1917

Sampson 1921 (S.A.)

Samson 1915 (Vic.)

Sarich 1973 (W.A.)

Scarborough 1901-06 [4]

Scamander 1916 (Tas.)

Seven Star 1908 (S.A.)

Shamrock 1906-1911 (S.A.)

Silo c.1912 (Tas.)

Silver Star 1905-07

Simmons 1910 (Tas.)

Simplex 1924-1939

Sirdar 1915 (Tas.)

Sirdar 1914 (Vic.)

Skipee 2001

Sol Invictus 2007 (NSW)

Solar NZ

Southern Cross NSW

Southern Cross (Toowoomba) 1930s (Qld)

Sovereign 1905-c.1910 Tas.

Speedwell 1904~1914 NSW

Spencer 1905-1911 Qld.

Sphinx 1903-04 S.A.

Sporton 1990s Qld.

Springbett 1916

Standaloft Tas. [4]

Standard 1913-14 [1] [4]

Stanhope 1912-13 [1] [4]

Star 1914 [1] [4]

Stella 1901~08 NZ

Stevens [1]

Stevenson 1912-1916 [1] [4]

Stewart 1930s [4]

Stewart 1959-1963 (NZ)

Stirling [1]

Stokell c.1906-1909 (NZ)

Stolford 1902-05 NSW

Stow 1910 [1] [4]

Strand 1913-1924 (S.A.)

Streak 1912-14 [1] [4]

Strike 1999 [4]

Sullivan 1922 [1] [4]

Sun 1914 [1] [4]

Sunlight (Tas.)

Surrey (Melbourne) [1]

Surrey (Sydney) [1]

Sutherland 1904-1914 [1] [4]

Sutton 1898 (Vic.)

Swallow 1903 [1] [4]

Swan 1916 [1] [4]

Swastika 1914~1921 (S.A.)

Swingler 1915 [1][4]

T

Tasma (Tas.) 1911

Taylor of Adelaide, see J. N. Taylor

Taylors Special 1907

Teece (Vic.) 1913

Terry c.1905 (Adelaide)

T.F.H. see Hallam

Terry Prince see Prince

Thistle 1911-1916 [1] [4]

Thumpstar (Vic.) 2004-2026

Tilbrook (SA) 1947-1990s

Tindall 1916 [4]

T-JAP 1918 [4]

T-Minerva 1918 [4]

Torpedo (Launceston) 1924-25

Torpedo (Prahran) 1908-1914

Tourist (SA) 1914-

TPV 1970s [4]

Tracer (Fremantle WA) 2026

Traveller 1909 [1] [4]

Treblig (SA) 1904-c.1915

Trescowthick (SA) 1903

Tricol c.1910 [1] [4]

Turner (Melbourne) 1918~1928

Tyler (SA)

U

Underwood Sidecars, c.1914-1916 (Vic.)

Uneeda 1914-1918 (Tas.)

Union Jack c.1903 (S.A.)

Unkenstein 1911 (Vic.)

Utility 1931-1940 (Vic.)

V

Vale c.1914 (Vic.)

Vee Two (Perth)

Veribest 1914-1918 (Tas)

Victa 1911~1918 (NSW)

Victor (Freeling) c.1903 (S.A.)

Victor (Meadowcroft) c.1903-1917 (Tas.)

Victor (Melbourne) 1908-1914 (Vic.)

Victor (Malvern) [1]

Victor 1919-1921 (SA)

Victorian 1902 [1] [4]

Victory 1916 (Tas.) [1] [4]

Villiers Australia 1953-1979 (Vic.)

W

Wagener 1903~1910

>W.A.K. Bendigo

Wallace 1921-25 [1] [4]

Waratah c.1911-1951 (NSW)

Ward 1912-15 (Vic)

Warren [4]

Watson 1903~06 (S.A)

Watson c.1910~1912 (Sydney)

Waverley [1]

Webb 1906 [1] [4]

Webster (Tamworth NSW) [1]

Webster 1914 (Bendigo, Vic.)

Werry

Wesson 1912 (S.A.)

West 1920 (W.A.)

Western Star 1911 (W.A.)

Whalley 1910 (Vic.)

Whitbourn 1910 (Vic.)

White c.1903~04 (Melbourne)

Whiting 1914-1920 (Vic.)

P. J. Williams 1906~1910 (S.A.)

Willow 1920s (Tas)

Wimmera 1914-1915 (Vic.)

Windsor 1912-13 (Vic.)

Winton (Vic.)

Withington c.1916 (Tas.)

Wittber 1916 (S.A.)

Wizard 1914 (S.A.)

Wood 1905 (Sydney)

Wood & Co 1901-03 (NZ)

Woolston 1907 (S.A.)

Wyatt 1909-1918 (S.A.)

Y-Z

Yelroma 1915 (S.A.)

YZR Engineering Vic.

Zeta S.A.

Sources:
1. Simon Fleming
2. Leon Mitchel
3. Trove NLA
4. vmcc.net
5. Research underway
6. Robert Saward

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