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Photo courtesy RAA This is the story of two
men sharing a vision that could only be a dream in
their native Scotland. In 1865 James Duncan &
James Fraser formed a partnership establishing the
firm of Duncan & Fraser in Adelaide, South
Australia. From humble beginnings the partnership
grew to be one of Australia's most influential
manufacturers. Duncan & Fraser embraced not
only carriage & buggy building, but also made
train carriages & trams. In 1903 they embraced
the "Horseless Carriage" and introduced the famous
"Curved Dash" Oldsmobile automobile to Adelaide.
Later they would import Henry Ford's famous Model
'T' in vast numbers for the South Australian
motoring public before their untimely closure in
1927. New Pages
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While this web site is under
construction you can read about the journey that
Duncan & Fraser embarked upon through this
extraordinary part of Adelaide's history. "Duncan
& Fraser Ltd. - Legacies Left Untold" by David
Chantrell is a private publication of 500 books of
around 280 pages finely illustrated with 250
photographs, many of which have come from the
Duncan family albums and have never been published
before. "Legacies Left Untold" was
available in both a soft and hard cover versions
and has been sold out since July 2011. Do you have any information, pictures, stories or ephemera about Duncan & Fraser or Duncan Motors? Did you have a relative that worked for them? If so I would love to hear from you, so please do not hesitate to contact David Chantrell.
Adelaide, South Australia, May 2009. |
