Gilgen was the name given to a steam carriage said to have been built in South Australia around 1880 by a Swiss-born engineer identified only by that surname. If authenticated, the vehicle would represent Australia's first self-propelled road vehicle, predating the work of Daimler and Benz in Europe. The account of the Gilgen was first published in London in 1904, when a Mr C. A. Blake, who had been part…
