Remount Section broke and prepared horses for Light Horse RegimentsRare photo of men of very small unitBlack and white photograph mounted on card of eight soldiers posed in front of building. The soldiers on either end of group are possibly indigenous men.On reverse " Remount Depo ( sic ) " and " Mr. J. Bell Box 5 Wangaratta " also in faint pencil " L - 1003 - 1 " and very faint ink stamp " M B Read Photographer 10 Mathews Pd Toorak Melbourne "military, horses, remount, world war one, wwi, aboriginal

Used by horse rider for control of horse and safe movements of horseManufactured and retailed by Holden and Frost Ca1900Horse shoe shaped metal with flat base to support foot of rider. Painted blackstirrup, equine

Used by horse rider for control of horse and safe movements of horseManufactured and retailed by Holden and Frost Ca 1900Horse shoe shaped metal with a flat base to support foot of rider. Base is flat with hollow spaces. Painted blackstirrup, equine

Good photo of Australian Light Horse showing the horses and equipment.Photo in wooden frameUnfortunately no details of location. Based on the background and the many gum trees it is likely to be in Australia during training prior to disembarkation to Egypt.

The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.This is one of a collection of photographs featuring a Light Horse regiment drawn from rural and regional Victoria in the period immediately prior to mobilisation for World War 2 (1939-1945).Black and white photograph of soldier mounted on horse. Part of 20th Light Horse collection." Warrant Officer V.G. Groutsch MM C Squadron 20th ALH. Served through ( out ) with Regt. to 20 Pnr Bn. until disbanded Captain on Discharge. "20lh, light horse, warrant officer v.g. groutsch mm

‘A’ Squadron 8/13 Victorian mounted Rifles hosted a special screening of the movie “The Lighthorsemen” at the Regent Theatre Albury on 11 September 1987. The official party included the Area Commander Albury-Wodonga Military Area, Honorary Colonel 8/13 VMR and Officer Commanding ‘a’ Squadron 8/13 VMR. The VMR Heritage Troop mounted a Lance-Guard in the theatre foyer and the Albury City Band played prior to the screening. Proceeds from the function were donated to Legacy.Colour photograph of a horse with Light Horse saddlry and equipment. It was part of a static display at special screening of film " The Lighthorsemen " at Albury 11 September 1987.

Following Federation a number of companies of Victorian Mounted Rifles were consolidated to form the 8th Light Horse (VMR). In 1912 the regiment was re-titled 16th Light Horse (Indi Light Horse). In 1920 another re-numbering took place with the regiment becoming 8th Light Horse (Indi Light Horse).Badly faded photograph of group of soldiers of 8th Light Horse (VMR) in Violet Town 1906.Violet Town 1906. Sgt W Luscombe left kneelingmilitary, vmr, light horse, violet town, luscombe

Remount Units were an important Support Unit supplying replacement horses to Light Horse regiments.Black and white photograph mounted on card of 8 soldiers believed to be members of 1st Remount Unit located at Broadmeadows Camp 1915.Centre front row wearing a cap is robably Veterinary Officer. standing either end are two soldiers of Aboriginal appearance.On reverse " Remount Depo: Mr. J. Bell. Box 5 Wangaratta."

Reins are the means by which a horse rider or driver communicates directional commands to the horse's head. Pulling on the reins can be used to steer or stop the horse.Used by residents of the Kiewa Valley especially farmers.Made of leather with steel buckles. The reins are connected to the bit in the mouth and go to the rider or the person walking / controlling the horse/horses eg. on a dray, wagon, plough etc.horse reins, horse equipment

B/W postcard showing Horse and Buggy with three men standing in Cart. Logo John Heal Stawell on Buggy. Horse is Draft Horse in full harness.Stawell Show 1911

Colour photograph of man and woman in period costume seated in open four-wheel buggy with man in front seat driving horse, man riding horse behind."Linton Park Exhibition 1982 Len McDonald Trevor and Gaye Mason James Mason".ldhs activities, ldhs exhibition linton park 1983, len mcdonald, trevor mason, gaye mason, jim mason

Horse harness that connects a horse to a horse drawn vehicle 2 types 1. breast collar or breast strap 2. full collar or collar-and-hames. On either side of the collar are wooden or metal bars called hames.Used by farmers in the Kiewa ValleyShort knob top, forged hook, nut and bolt joint, loose rein ring, chain bottom, steel cased. They go on the collar and are made of two metal strips which take the full force of the pull padded by the collar.horse equipment, hames, horse collar

Horse harness that connects a horse to a horse drawn vehicle. 2 types 1. breast collar or breast strap 2. full collar or collar-and-hames. On either side of the collar are wooden or metal bars called hames.Short knob top, forged hook, nut and bolt joint, loose rein ring, chain bottom, steel cased. They go on the collar.hames, horse equipment, horse collar

Black and white photocopy of a photo of Lewis & Dunstan General Store printed on cream paper. Photo shows the building with the name and various stock painted on the building. Staff, men on horses and horse drawn vehicles are in front of the store. Written on the back - The Biggest General Store in Long Gully. Lewis & Dunstan. Cnr. Bennett, Creeth & Arms St. Alan Crossley first remembers in the years about 1920's.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - lewis & dunstan general store, alan crossley

The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were carefully handmade by Mr Chas W Davis 1925 - 2002. He was a talented artist and saw doctor. This model of a horse drawn Small Wheel Lorry replicates the vehicle that enjoyed respect from the public during the 1880's and early 1900's. A model of a Small Wheel Lorry with a brown short two spoked wheeled wooden tray with low sides drawn by a cream coloured horse. The horse has reins and a simple noseband.There is a single seat and footrest at the front for the driver. The wooden shafts are to control the horse whilst working and they have a silver chain attached on each side. It has four replica brown wooden wine barrels with silver rims in the cart.replicas, models, scale models, vehicles, horse drawn vehicles, toy horses, drays, carts, lorries

Manufactured and sold by Holden and Frost used on horse tackle during 19th and 20th centuries on saddle horse and carriage horse.Manufactured and sold by Holden and Frost c1900 for military, agriculture and civilian useBlack metal hackney Horse Bit, equestrian accessoryNILequine, military, agriculture, civilian, c1900, bit

Pocket size paper training syllabusLieut. Col. W.G.Hopkins. 13th Light Horse regiment. 19th Light Horse Regiment

Swedish snow shoes for horses were imported by Martin Romuld in 1937. They were used by Tom Fitzgerald's packhorses but not on the State Electricity Commission of Victoria's horses as a S.E.C.V. 'horse expert' claimed the horses would break their legs.Tom Fitzgerald lived on the Omeo Highway near Shannonvale and brought cattle up to the Bogong High Plains. He would have travelled in the snow during the year visiting his hut and maintaining his equipment. The S.E.C.V. worked on the Bogong High Plains all year round during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. Copy of a black and white photo glued onto cardboard showing a "Swedish snow shoe for horses" followed by further information re their uses on the Bogong High Plains. On the back stamped in blue 'Rescent'swedish snow shoes; horses; bogong high plains

B/W copy from Stawell Newspaper 23/5/1997 of Hotel & Store with group of people at front. Owned by T BibbyThe Old Navarre Inn which burned down 105 years ago. Was alongside the general store. L - R: Richard (Dick) Bibby with horse; Septimus on Horse; Peter; Ann on horse; Joseph; Thomas & Elizabeth Bibby; Youngest daughter Ruth in front; Girl to right unidentified Not a Bibby.hotel

Display board of replica cloth colour patches, mounted in glass fronted wooden frame. Colour patches displayed are those of : 1st Cavalry Division HQ (CMF) Desert Mounted Corps HQ 2nd Cavalry Division HQ (CMF) HQ 1st Light Horse Brigade (AIF & CMF) HQ 2nd Light Horse Brigade (AIF & CMF) HQ 3rd Light Horse Brigade (AIF & CMF) HQ 4th Light Horse Brigade (AIF) HQ 5th Light Horse Brigade (AIF & CMF) HQ 4th Light Horse Brigade (CMF) HQ 6th Light Horse Brigade (CMF) 1st Light Horse Regiment / 1st Royal NSW Lancers 5th Light Horse Regiment / 5th Wide Bay & Burnett Light Horse 8th Light Horse Regiment / 8th Indi Light Horse Regiment 4th Light Horse Regiment / 4th Corangamite Light Horse Regiment 14th Light Horse Regiment / 14th West Moreton Light Horse Regiment 18th Adelaide Lancers 4th Light Horse Regiment / 1st Aust Div Mounted Regiment / 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment / 22nd Corps Mounted Regiment. 2nd Light Horse Regiment / 2nd Moreton Light Horse Regiment 6th Light Horse Regiment / 6th NSW Mounted Rifles 9th Light Horse Regiment / 9th Flinders Light Horse Regiment 11th Light Horse Regiment / 11th Darling Downs Light Horse Regiment 15th Light Horse Regiment / 15th Northern River Lancers 21st Riverina Light Horse 13th Light Horse Regiment / 2nd Aust Div Mounted Regiment / 1st ANZAC Mounted Regiment / Aust Corps Mounted Regiment / 13th Gippsland Light Horse Regiment 3rd Light Horse Regiment / 3rd South Australian Mounted Rifles 7th Light Horse Regiment / 7th Australian Horse 10th Light Horse Regiment / 10th Western Australian Mounted Infantry 12th Light Horse Regiment / 12th New England Light Horse Regiment 17th Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment 22nd Tasmanian Mounted Infantry 11th Light Horse Regiment / 4th Aust Div Mounted Regiment / 24th Gwydir Light Horse Regiment 1st Machine Gun Squadron / 25th Light Horse (MG) 2nd Machine Gun Squadron / 16th Hunter River Lancers 3rd Machine Gun Squadron / 20th Victorian Mounted Rifles 4th Machine Gun Squadron / 26th Light Horse (MG) 5th Machine Gun Squadron / 19th Yarrowee Light Horse 23rd Barossa Light Horse Regiment 12th Light Horse Regiment / 5th Aust Div Mounted Regiment 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance 4th Signal Troop / 4th Light Horse brigade 6th Mobile Veterinary Section /1st Light Horse Brigade 7th Mobile Veterinary Section / 2nd Light Horse Brigade 8th Mobile Veterinary Section / 3rd Light Horse Brigade 9th Mobile Veterinary Section / 4th Light Horse brigade 10th Mobile Veterinary Section / 5th Light Horse Brigade 5th Signal Troop / 5th Light Horse Brigade 1st Signal Squadron / NZ & Aust Mounted Div Signal SquadronColour Patch Display No 39. Includes detailed notes about history, usage and design of colour patchesworld war one, ww1, army, aif, insignia, heraldry, light horse, militia, badges, colour patches, cmf

Photograph of Australian Light Horse infantryman mounted on horse.Digital copy of black and white photograph. charles marshall, world war 1, light horse

Article quoting a poem by 'Den' titled The Old White Horse about the White Horse Hotel and its history.The Old White Horse by "Den" History of the White Horse Hotel at Box Hill which was established by Patrick Trainer.white horse hotel, cobb & co, hotels, box hill, trainer patrick, nunawading road board

Donor believed it to beWorn by members of Australian Light Horse WWI, Subsequent comment however reports that 50 Round Bandolier, P. 1903, and was used by mounted troops OTHER THAN LIGHT HORSE, such as Artillery, Service Corps, Engineers etc. It is NOT a Light Horse item.Light Horse wore a Pattern 30pattern bandolier. This has 9 pouches, each holding 10 rounds each, thus a total of 150 rounds of .303" were carriedBrown leather bandoleer Belt type with 5 ammunition pouches and brass buckles

Black and white photographic postcard. Image is of a street scene in Picadilly Manchester with a 1cm white border along the bottom edge. Image depicts a street with many trams travelling along tracks, horses, a horse drawn carriage and many people standing or walking along or across the road. Buildings are in the fore and backgrounds. The words Piccadilly, Manchester are printed in the border on the left hand side and someone has handwritten the words 'here it is again' above some marks around a statue in the distance. The reverse is blank.R Hildescheimer & Co Manchesterpostcard

A harness distributes pressure over a large area of the horse. The breeching harness can be used for a single horse, a pair, or in a larger team but only for the pair closest to the vehicle as only they have control of the vehicle.Used by residents in the Kiewa Valley prior to motorised vehicles.Goes around the horse's haunches ie. back end of the horse. Allows the horse to slow a vehicle or hold it back when going down the hill. Connects to the shafts. Leather with steel buckles and rivets and chains.horse equipment, breeching harness

Sepia photograph mounted on card showing horses with light horse saddles and equipment being loaded, somewhat reluctantly, on to a rail wagon. Thought to be 13th Light Horse possibly at Warragul station, Victoria, c1938.Ink stamp on reverse "M Lowenhardt / Warragul"military, horse, light horse, warragul, gippsland, train

Rope used to lay horse lines in Light Horse encampmentTwo metre sisal rope with wooden toggle on one end and metal ring on other end. light horse, rope