Chamberlain was make of tractors manufactured in Australia by Chamberlain Industries. The company was started in 1949 by a tractor engineer Bert Chamberlain. The American firm of John Deere bought a stake in the company in 1970 with John Deere eventually taking control. In 1986, production of Chamberlain John Deere tractors was ended. ...to produce a tractor entirely suited to the large land holdings of Australian farmers... — Melbourne engineer A.W. (Bert) Chamberlain in the 1930s"