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Thanks to @hippy who dug up some of this information in the other thread.
A picture of it part-built below. It's sold with no parts apart from old headset.
http://ctawa.asn.au/ctawa_files/newsletter/087-1989-april-may.pdf
https://philipganderton.com/personal-pages/bicycles/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steele_Bishop
In the world championships in Zurich in 1983 Bishop reached his zenith, retiring shortly after while at the peak of his career: riding in the 5000 metre Individual pursuit on a specially built pursuit bicycle made in Switzerland by Leo Estermann in 1981. The bicycle was badged Malvern Star by sponsor General Accessories, and later rebadged Steele Bishop. The Estermann stamp on the head tube remains.
A crack in the unusual stem was rectified by Avocet Cycles, owned and operated by John Sampson in Claremont Western Australia (no longer in business). The bicycle was relatively small framed against the powerfully built Bishop and featured aerodynamic tubing to reduce wind resistance. The bicycle, now part of the collection of the Western Australian Museum, is on display at the WA Museum Boola Bardip site in the Perth Cultural Centre.
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