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Mont De Lancey
Decorative object - Conestoga Wagon, Mr Chas W Davis, Unknown
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 Canestoga Wagon replicates the vehicle that enjoyed respect from the public during the 1880's. A model of a long covered Conestoga Wagon with two horses, brown and tan. The cream fabric covers curved shaped metal bands and is laced with string around the base to attach it to the wagon.It has a green base, green wooden seat and footrest. There are two wooden barrels attached by wire on one side and the other side has a luggage box. It has two small gold painted spoked wheels with painted black tyres at the front and two larger ones at the back. The forerunner of the Conestoga Wagon had its origin in Europe as a mobile home for shepherds and nomads in the early 1800's. The east coast of America became home to people from all over Western Europe so the old wagon designs were carried to the New World. The wagons were named after a river in Lancaster County Pennsylvania where the Stutz family built them for the western treks of history. Fondly known as the 'Prairie Schooner', the cost in 1840 was $48.00, unpainted spare wheels $8.00, Lawson axles $12.00. They came in 12 and 14 feet beds.replicas, models, scale models, vehicles, carriages, horse drawn vehicles, toy horses, drays -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph reprint of scan of photograph - Henty Street Casterton, n.d
Vern McCallum CollectionReprint of scan of black and white photograph. Image is oval inshape, shows Henty Street Casterton. Bullock team and dray, horse and cart on right of street, horse and carriage with two horses and a woman and small child, centre of street. Various other horsedrawn vehicles in bakground. Casterton Hotel and railway Hotel on right. Print is mounted on white, archival mountboard frame.Front: Front- 'Henty Street Casterton, Victoria' across bottom print. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - STILWELL FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STORE
Photograph: (copy of original). Photo of Stilwells Furniture and Hardware store. Two storey building with verandah with ornate ironwork. White Bath tub possibly used as a horse drinking trough out front, horse on left hand side, rear of horse drawn vehicle on RH side. Taken in 1880's ? Three men standing out front, dressed in shirtsleeves and waistcoats.business, stilwells, hardware, water trough, ironmomger -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Horse trough, Annis & George Bills, circa Dec. 1932
This horse trough is the only survivor of the two troughs originally installed in Raglan Parade, Warrnambool, in 1932. It was later moved to the Pony Club at Albert Part, near the north corner of Coulstock and Craig Streets. Over the time there its purpose was changed from a horse watering trough to a colourful garden bed of agapanthus plants. By February 2013 the horse trough had been transferred to Flagstaff Hill for display in the Maritime Village’s grounds. This trough is one of hundreds provided by the Annis and George Bills Estate Trust since 1927 for the welfare of working horses and dogs. The original concrete cap over the small compartment is still retained. There are also markings on the right side of the trough where it probably had a birdbath, tap or a dish for the horseman’s dog, similar to other troughs donated elsewhere by the Trust. Less than half of the troughs produced for the Annis and George Bills Trust still survive. In 2017 Felicity Watson, National Trust Victoria’s advocacy manager, said that the troughs were treasures and becoming rare, with more than a dozen across Victoria now being heritage protected. ABOUT ANNIS AND GEORGE BILLS The 1927 Will of George Bills included setting up the Annis and George Bills Estate Trust, which provided for hundreds of horse troughs to be supplied and installed throughout Australia, Britain, USA and other parts of the world for the welfare of horses. Town and city councils could apply to the Trustees for a horse trough for their communities. George “Joe” Bills was born in Brighton, England, in 1859. The family migrated first to New Zealand then to Australia in 1873, settling in the Echuca-Moama district. George moved to Brisbane in 1882 where he met Annis Swann, formerly from Sheffield. Both were animal lovers. George and Annis married 1885 and moved to Sydney to join George’s brother Henry in his mattress wire weaving business, later known as the Bills Brothers. They patented their own machine in 1893 and the business became very profitable. George was able to donate to charities that supported his passion to improve animal welfare. He and Annis joined the Victorian Society for the Protection of Animals and in 1924 George received a Life Membership with the RSPCA. George retired in 1908. The couple moved to Hawthorn, Victoria, in 1910, where they donated troughs for the work horses of Melbourne. During a visit to England Annis passed away. In 1927 George moved from Hawthorn to Camberwell, where he passed away at the end of that year. George had requested in his Will that a trust fund be set up from his estate "…construct and erect and pay for horse troughs wherever they may be of the opinion that such horse troughs are desirable for the relief of horses and other dumb animals either in Australasia, in the British Islands or in any other part of the world subject to the consent of the proper authorities being obtained." The troughs were to bear a plaque inscribed “Donated by Annis and George Bills, Australia”. In 1927 the cost to make a trough was about £13 (which converts to about $1079 in 2020 ), plus transport and installation costs. Most of the troughs were installed between 1930 and 1939 in Victoria and New South Wales. It is estimated that over that time around 500-700 Bills Horse Troughs were installed in Australia and another 50 overseas. Most of the troughs made in Victoria had three moulded front panels like this trough, and no panels moulded on the rear, whereas troughs made in NSW had four panels on the front and five on the back. Victorian troughs were made by a Bills’ relative, J H Phillips. Later, other manufactures for the Trust’s troughs included Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd, in Auburn Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, who produced to the same original design. No further troughs produced after the end of World War II. A memorial to Annis and George Bills was first erected in Hawthorn in 1929. It included a drinking fountain and a dog dish. Its current location is unknown. In 1964 the George Bills RSPCA Resource Centre opened in Burwood East. This Bills horse trough is nationally significant as one of the surviving examples of the standard Bills memorial horse troughs that still has its compartment cap and evidence of it once having had attached fittings, possibly for a birdbath or dog dish. This trough has State historical significance for being produced in the early 1930s by a business in Hawthorn, Victoria. This example of a Bills horse trough is significant for being in comparatively good condition. The trough is locally significant for being the sole survivor of the two Bills horse troughs installed in the City of Warrnambool in 1932, originally installed on Raglan Parade and continued to be used in the community at the Pony Club, then finally transferred to its current location at Flagstaff Hill by early 2013. It is culturally significant as it represents the community’s dependence on horses for travel and transportation previous to motorised vehicles. It is morally significant as a generous gift from a couple concerned with the welfare of animals.Horse trough; a long narrow rectangular container used for storing water. Trough is made from pre-cast concrete with one large open compartment and a small covered compartment. The base of the small compartment is raised slightly above the base of the trough and is covered by a removable concrete cap. The design of the front of the trough includes three panels moulded into it that align with the shape of the back pediment (panel). The pediment is shaped with side arcs that step up to a wide centre arc. A rectangular concrete plaque is cast into the centre of the pediment and is engraved with the names of the original donors, Annis and George Bills. The trough was made in Hawthorn, Victoria, by J H Phillips circa 1932. “DONATED BY / ANNIS & GEORGE BILLS / AUSTRALIA”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, annis and george bills, bills trust, j h phillips, rocla concrete pipes ltd, hawthorn, water trough, watering trough, horse trough, animal welfare, bills horse trough -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, second half 19th century?
This photograph is a record of the time when horse drawn vehicles were the main form of transport.A black / white photograph of five well - dressed men on a four horse drawn cart. It is on a rough bush track. Three men are standing, the others sitting. There are trees and bush in the background There is another horse - drawn vehicle on the left in the background.transport horse-drawn-vehicle -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Violin Bow
Dark brown timber violin bow with brass on both ends. Horse hair strings and mother of pearl inlaid end. Bow is in tact with horse hair strings complete. String around small end to hold strings to bow. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Whitehorse Hotel, 1935
Black and white photo of original Whitehorse Hotel being demolished. Situated on South East corner of Elgar Road and Whitehorse Road. White Horse was model for statue of Horse currently in median strip, Box Hill. Taken in 1935.atkinson, e., white horse hotel, white horse statue -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Carolyn Dean, 7/11/1992 12:00:00 AM
Colour photograph, postcard size of BTM horse tram No. 1 travelling southbound in Wendouree Parade on its 1st operational day. Photo taken 7/11/1992. Photo used in annual report and on horse tram brochure.On rear in blue biro "24 7.11.92"horse trams, wendouree parade, btps, tram 1 -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Stand-pipe at the corner of Warrigal and Riversdale Roads, Surrey Hills, c1916, c1916
This was part of an exhibition mounted by the Surrey Hills State Savings Bank in 1976. The original print had a text which was included in our copy print as follows: "EVEN IN 1916, WATER SUPPLIES FOR MANY SURREY HILLS FARMERS AND MARKET GARDENS STILL / CAME FROM THE STAND-PIPE AT THE WARRIGAL ROAD TRAM TERMINUS. PREVIOUSLY WATER WAS / PURCHASED FROM THE VILLAGE TANK AT THE CORNER OF WINDSOR CRESCENT AND UNION ROAD. / THE PRICE WAS 1/- FOR 400 GALLONS."Black and white photo of a horse and water cart in position at the stand-pipe. A man holds the horse's reins and 2 young boys are perched on the cart. In the background is a building that may be a shop with wagons outside and further down the road is a tram.horse-drawn vehicles, water supply, warrigal road, riversdale road, transport, surrey hills, standpipe -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Financial record - Ledger, Bamford Pty Ltd, Ringwood - Ledger Accounting Book 1918 - 1922
Large Bound Accounting Ledger, with Index to various Ledger accounts for the period 1918-1922, including Stock, Plant, Horse Feed, Horse Shoeing, Rent, Donations, P&L and Balance Sheet. Only a sample of pages scanned. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Ringwood in the horse and buggy days (Esme Johnston)
Typed documentTitle of document. Ringwood in the horse and buggy days (Esme Johnston - Mail 9/4/59) -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Decanter, Not later than 1937
Crystal decanter, with EPNS (?) top. Stopper missing. 20TH LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Presented by LIEUT. A. CLARK October 1937decanter, mess property, decanter, mess property -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage-Ringwood, 1918
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage. Taken in Wonga Road - 1918 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Bob McClure at controls of a Biplane 1920
Bob McClure at control of Biplane 1920Dad at the control. De Havilland Six 100 Horse Power. Easter 1920. at Stawell Racecoursestawell -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph - Framed photograph, Major J C Chanter DSO, c 1918
Framed b&w head and shoulders photo of Major J C Chanter DSOCaption: 4th Australian Light Horse 1914-1918 Major J C Chanter DSOmajor j c chanter dso, 4th australian light horse regiment. in glass fronted wooden frame -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Tarnagulla from Poverty Street, behind Bank, Tarnagulla from Poverty Street, behind Bank, Between 1886 and 1899
... horses ...Murray Comrie Collection. Information collated by Murray Comrie: Photo after 1886 and before 1899. Shows bakers shop at corner of Commercial Rd and Poverty St, bakery stables and horse. Clouston's, Renshaw's Victoria House, Golden Age Hotel, Renshaw's Commerce House and Post Office. This is an original photographic postcard. Monochrome photographic postcard. View of part of Commercial Road and Poverty Streets, Tarnagulla, from a position on Poverty Street behind the Bank site. Premises on Commercial Road which are visible include the Golden Age Hotel and Renshaw's Drapers.Text near bottom edge: 'Johnsn & Co. Ararat' and 'Tarnagulla'.tarnagulla, commerce, shops, businesses, streetscapes, horses, stables, poverty street, commercial road, main street, golden age hotel, renshaw's, bakery, clouston's -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs and copies of photographs of the pack horses and early horsemen who transported supplies to outposts in the Bogong High Plains, via cattle tracks before access roads were made
In the mid to late 1930’s survey outposts were established to plot the early stages of the Kiewa Hydro Electric System for the SECV in the Bogong High Plains. Before any roads were built, the old cattleman’s tracks were used with packhorses to deliver supplies, wages and mail and collect timesheets and correspondence from the workmen and dam builders living in canvas tents and at the outlying survey posts. The trip up the mountain was long and hard and dangerous for both horse and man Most of the men of the survey teams were not bush-men and were often ill equipped for the harsh weather and living conditions of bush camping, often arriving in their city clothes ready for work. The tent city at Bogong was destroyed by bush fires in 1939 after which an access road was built from Mt Beauty to transport building materials for more permanent dwellings for workmen. Pack horses continued to be used for transporting goods etc. to workers further up the mountain.Without the work of horsemen and their pack horses providing supplies and communications for outlying outposts, surveying and early planning for the Kiewa Valley Hydro Electric scheme could not have gone ahead and the dams and power stations which support the system could not have been constructed. The Hydro-electric scheme, and the workers who planned and built it play a major part in the early history of the Kiewa Valley and many original families still remain living, or have ties with the local area.: Set of 21 black and white photographs and copies of photographs depicting the pack horses and the men who handled them, transporting supplies and correspondence to the outlying camps and survey posts in the Bogong High Plains, via the rough cattlemen’s tracks. Photographs also show the early tent camps of the workers. Some photos mounted on A4 white paper. Some photos enlarged to A3 poster size for display1. Handwritten on back – Max Lawrence 2. -8 No inscriptions 9. Handwritten on back- Packing in supplies for early workers of the Kiewa Hydro scheme. There were no roads in the early days of the scheme 10. Printed on bottom of photo- Roper’s cattle on road below Howman’s Gap 11. Handwritten on back – Roper’s et al about to leave for the high plains 12. Printed under photo- Syd Ryder at the Pretty Valley Cut-Out (JBR) 13-16. No markings 17. Printed under photo- Gwen Talbot visits the Camp area. 1937 18. Handwritten on back- 14/1 Barbara Talbot 19. No markings 20-21. No markings 22. Printed under photo- STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA. Date: 15-3-45 Time: 8.0pm No: K 1838 Kiewa Hydro-Electric Works, Investigations 1944-1945 – Survey Camp at Young’s Hut pack horses; bogong high plains; survey posts; supplies delivery -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Arriving home, 1925-1926
Sepia photograph of a woman in riding gear standing beside a horse. In a fenced yard with sheds.Arriving home.photographs, horse & rider, social life and customs -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Ready for a ride, 1925-1926
Sepia photograph of a woman in riding gear sitting on a horse in a yard. Large building in the background.Ready for a ridephotographs, horse & rider, social life and customs -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Murrumbeena
Photograph of Murrumbeena Railway crossing circa 1905, showing a horse and sulky travelling northmurrumbeena, murrumbeena road, railway gates, railway crossings -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Print 2 Diggers in a horse drawn cart, None
Framed print of 2 Diggers in a horse drawn cart. Thought to be in Middle East WWI -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Late 1800's
The home was the Underdown's at Rhyll. People in the photograph possibly the Underdown family.Black & White photograph of a timber house with man and lady standing in front. A child on a horse.underdown family, timber home, ossie underdown -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1920
One of a collection of photographs donated by Mrs W RankineSepia photograph of a Four Horse Drag carrying six people with house in house in background."The "Drag" + four" (1920) To Nobbieshorse & drag, phillip island, mrs rankine -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph, Coach at Erskine House 1898
Coach at Erskine House 1898 with horses, boarding ladder also showing stable buildingserskine house, 1898, lorne, coach and horses, bording ladder, stable buildings -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs, The Road to The Nobbies, Phillip Island
Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. View of the Nobbies Road with horse and trap about to cross bridge.The Rose Series No. 3427. The Road to The Nobbies, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victorialocal history, photography, photographs, postcards, black & white postcard copy, the nobbies, nobbies road, phillip island -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1911
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of Horse Drawn Vehicles and people setting off on the Annual Hollydene Picnic 1911local history, photography, photographs, hollydene picnic, black & white photograph, horse drawn vehicles, cowes, phillip island, john jenner, bryant west -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Tom and Joe Partington at Willis Vale, 1895c
The Partington family farmed the Greensborough area from the 1870s. The two men pictured are brothers Tom Partington (1864-1942) and Joe Partington (1870-1942)Shows a view of Greensborough around 1900 as farm land.Sepia photograph of two men with a horse and plough, trees in background. Mounted on cream card.On back: Tom and Joe Partington at "Willis Vale". Tom:1864-1942 Joe:1870-1942. Faye's great uncles.willis vale, partington family, greensborough, joe partington, tom partington -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Lure, c. 1970
Fishing lure. Red horse hair covering shank of hook. Red plastic 'head'. -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, Light Horse Men at the Sphinx, 1914
Black & white photo of six mounted Light Horse men with the Sphinx behind them.On back is written: 'AT GIZA EGYPT EGYPT LATE 1914" and ' LEFT TO RIGHT Private M N Turner No 192 KIA Gallipoli 7/8/15. Private John (Jack) MERAE 72 1 LHR. DOW 15/8/15. No 518 Private later Lt B P George Meredith KIA Charge at Beersheba 31/10/17. Cpl C Murrell 144 RT Aust 15/11/15. Pte T G Inglis 122 4LH KIA Gallipoli 3/8/15. Pte W Smith 188 4 LH KIA Gallipoli 6/8/15light horse, egypt, ww1 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Printer's Block, Ringwood Mail, Parish of Ringwood from Matlock - Printer's Block c1960, c. 1960
Picture on printer's block, showing:; L-R: tree; horse and hansom cab; building'Parish of Ringwood from Matlock, one of the first to operate from the railway station - with a hansom cab. See Mail 29/9/[19]60.'