The rifles imported to the USAicon back in the late 1980's by John Jovino in Brooklyn, NY were purchased directly from Australianicon stores. There were thousands of them and it looks like you certainly scored one. Strange that the bolt wasn't renumbered but all in all it appears honest as FTR in Australia in 1951. It had been FTR'd before too with the installation of the '42 date barrel. That one could probably tell some stories if it could talk. From WW1 service through WWII and possibly even Korea.
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