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Historic buggy reborn

Thomas Standen and his family in Swan Hill's first registered vehicle, the IHC buggy in 1911. Picture: Supplied
Patrick Tucker

Patrick Tucker AS Swan Hill prepares to host the RACV Veteran Car Club’s 70th Anniversary Rally next week, research has unveiled the story of the town’s very first car. The first registered vehicle in the Swan Hill district was an IHC Auto Buggy, owned by Bulga farmer Thomas Standen in the early 1900s. Carrying Victorian […]

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