Physical description

Horizontal cylinder oil engine in working order.
Mounted on a steel chassis with 4 cast iron wheels.
Two flywheels and one flat belt pulley.
Cylindrical cooling water tank and exhaust vertical exhaust pipe mounted at crankshaft end.
Engine painted green with red wheels and red crankshaft balance weights.

Inscriptions & markings

Oval brass plate on cylinder - "The Austral Oil Engine / Ronaldson Bros. / Makers / No. 1113 ? & Tippett / Ballarat Victoria"
Thin oval metal transfer on cooling water tank with makers name and place of manufacture around Australian coat of arms.