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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - MMTB horse drawn cable drum wagon, Keith Kings
... MMTB horse drawn cable drum wagon...horse drawn vehicles...Photo shows the horse drawn MMTB cable drum carrying wagon...Photograph - MMTB horse drawn cable drum wagon at the TMSV...On rear in ink. TMSV – Horse drawn cable drum wagon... Photo shows the horse drawn MMTB cable drum carrying wagon ...Photo shows the horse drawn MMTB cable drum carrying wagon at the TMSV Museum at Bylands, mid 1970s. Has the MMTB identification, address and mass details painted on the vehicle. Behind the wagon is a Furphy water cart. Used to carry and distribute cable including overhead. Photo of the vehicle can be seen on page 68 of the book Destination City 3rd Edition.Yields information about the MMTB cable drum carrying wagon at Bylands.Photograph - MMTB horse drawn cable drum wagon at the TMSV Bylands Museum On rear in ink. TMSV – Horse drawn cable drum wagon at Bylands (Also Furphy water tank), Keith Kings photo. tramways, tmsv, bylands, horse drawn vehicles, overhead, cable drum -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Peter Cuffley, Buggies & Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Australia, 1994
... Buggies & Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Australia...Horse-drawn vehicles... make beautiful detailed small models of many of the horse-drawn... one horse-drawn buggy outside a house. There are many diagrams... history Horse-drawn vehicles Early road transport Coaches Buggies ...This book evokes the fascinating golden era of horse-drawn vehicles in Australia in the 1800 and 1900's. The author's practical expertise and first-hand research and a wealth of contemporary illustrations, make it an indispensable guide for both the collector and restorer. It traces the development of horse-drawn road transport from the boom period of coach building to its decline in the early decades of the 20th century.A large square green paperback book about Buggies & Horse-Drawn Vehicles used for transport in Australia. The cover has a green border with a picture of a man and boy sitting in an open one horse-drawn buggy outside a house. There are many diagrams, photos and illustrations throughout. It discusses in-depth, the history, types and various aspects of these vehicles used On the front ight end paperin the early days from the 1800's-1900's. Pp.208.non-fictionThis book evokes the fascinating golden era of horse-drawn vehicles in Australia in the 1800 and 1900's. The author's practical expertise and first-hand research and a wealth of contemporary illustrations, make it an indispensable guide for both the collector and restorer. It traces the development of horse-drawn road transport from the boom period of coach building to its decline in the early decades of the 20th century.australian history, social history, horse-drawn vehicles, early road transport, coaches, buggies -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Prahran & Malvern Tramway Trust (PMTT), "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Tower Wagon Horse Drawn - Drawing No. 477 - Contract No.53", 1916
... "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Tower Wagon Horse Drawn... Horse Drawn Vehicle... Tramways Trust Tower Wagon Horse Drawn - Drawing No. 477 - Contract... corner "P&MTT Horse Drawn Tower Wagon Drg 477 19/06/1914... Trams tramways Tower Wagon PMTT Tower Truck Horse Drawn Vehicle ...Blueprint of drawing No. 477 - "Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust Tower Wagon Horse Drawn - Drawing No. 477 - Contract No.53", showing the detail construction of the tower truck, both wooden and metal parts for the PMTT. Drawn by CC 19.6.14 and signed of A. S. Dix. Scanned in a high res tif file March 2016.In blue pencil on rear "Tower Wagon" and in bottom right corner "P&MTT Horse Drawn Tower Wagon Drg 477 19/06/1914. Found by John Prideaux, in MMTB / MTA Dumpmaster bin - former MTO building Bourke St City c1991".trams, tramways, tower wagon, pmtt, tower truck, horse drawn vehicle -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tool - Horse-drawn Metal Scoop Road-working
... Horse-drawn Metal Scoop Road-working...horse drawn...This medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop...A medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop... This medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop, with timber ...This medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop, with timber shafts is an example of those used in Moorabbin Shire in the late 1800s, and up until the 1940s for road-works, building dams, market-gardening work and other similar earthworks in the shire. The Box Cottage museum example would have been drawn by one horse, with the worker walking and steering the horse and scoop from behind using the timber shafts. There were even bigger metal scoops that required two or more horses to drag the scoop through the soil.Following the Dendy Special Survey 1841 allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the Moorabbin area. Roads and roadside dams were needed as they transported both their stock and garden produce to markets in St Kilda and Melbourne By1880 the Shire of Moorabbin was using horse-drawn, road-working shovels on the main thoroughfares of the district.A medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop, with timber shafts. Used by Moorabbin Shire in the late 1800s, and early 1900s for road-works, and other similar work in the shiremelbourne, shovel, brighton, moorabbin, metal, gardens, roads, markets, mckinnon, cheltenham, horse drawn, scoop, dendy henry, st kilda -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Steven Henty, Students on Horse Drawn Cart, 1940
... Students on Horse Drawn Cart...horse drawn cart... sitting and standing on a horse drawn cart in the Gardens... chauncey pixie scott horse drawn cart jean scott publicity ...Note by E.B. Littlejohn 11 December 1991, "L to R: Jane Lorimer, Wilma Roper, Peg Gibson (behind Wilma), J.M. (Pixie) Scott, Hilda Mactier, Dorothy Alexander, Pauline Chauncey."Black and white photograph. Group of 8 female students sitting and standing on a horse drawn cart in the GardensOn reverse, names of students.female students, jane lorimer, wilma roper, peg gibson, j.m. scott, hilda mactier, dorothy alexander, pauline chauncey, pixie scott, horse drawn cart, jean scott, publicity -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Photo of a horse drawn dredge digging the channel aka The Cut, Photograph of boat channel creation series, 1934-36
... Photo of a horse drawn dredge digging the channel aka The...Horse drawn dredge...Black & white photo of horse drawn sand dredge digging... boat channel c1934-36 The Cut Horse drawn dredge Reverse - NIL ...QUEENSCLIFFE boat channel being dug out c1934-36Boat channel for fishing fleet protectionBlack & white photo of horse drawn sand dredge digging the channel, aka The Cut, at the Bay end.Reverse - NILcommunity information, boat channel c1934-36, the cut, horse drawn dredge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: B&W PHOTO OF TEAMS OF HORSE DRAWN ARTILLERY, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
... ACC LOCK COLLECTION: B&W PHOTO OF TEAMS OF HORSE DRAWN... horse drawn artillery...Postcard, WW1, B&W photo of horse drawn artillery... POSTCARD Postcard WW1 horse drawn artillery France Postcard, WW1, B ...Postcard, WW1, B&W photo of horse drawn artillery on a treeless plain. In the foreground - two canons each drawn by 3 mounted horses, one riderless horse and two officers riding off to the right. In the distance is a row of horse drawn artillery and some tents at the right. Location not known.postcard, postcard, ww1, horse drawn artillery, france -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Bill Lancaster & Mr Jim McGarry spraying Fruit Trees with a horse drawn Unit at the Pomonal Orchard
... with a horse drawn Unit at the Pomonal Orchard...Spraying Fruit Trees with horse drawn spray. Pomonal...Two men with horse drawn sprayer in orchard.... grampians Spraying Fruit Trees with horse drawn spray. Pomonal ...Spraying Fruit Trees with horse drawn spray. Pomonal Orchards. c1938 On the back of photo Bill Lancaster with horse. Jim McGarry spraying.Two men with horse drawn sprayer in orchard.Bill Lancaster with horse. Jim McGarry spraying.stawell -
Puffing Billy Railway
Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery
... Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery...Metal Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery at Menzies...Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery made of Metal ...-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Metal Horse drawn scoop from ...Metal Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery at Menzies Creek. The Land on which the Menzies Creek railway station and Museum are built on was once apart of James Hermon's & his son William Hermon's property on which Horse drawn scoops of this type would have been used. Historic - industrial Farm equipment used on the farm of James Hermon & his son William Hermon on which the museum is built Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery made of Metal West Footscray Engineering Works Pty Ltdpuffing billy, menzies creek, scoop, hermon -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Digital, Clare Kathleen Gervasoni, Horse Drawn Waggons during the 175th Anniversary of Smeaton, 2013, 06/10/2013
... Horse Drawn Waggons during the 175th Anniversary of Smeaton...horse drawn...Fourteen colour photographs of two horse drawn waggons... Hepburm Elizabeth Hepburn waggon horse drawn hors waggon Wheel ...On the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June the community of Smeaton organised celebratons to commemorate 175 years since the arrival of Captain John Hepburn, Elizabeth Hepburn, and their two children.Fourteen colour photographs of two horse drawn waggons operating during the 175th anniversary of John Hepburn Settling at Smeaton. The Waggons were moving from the Smeaton town centre towards Anderson's Mill.smeaton, 175th anniversary, anniversary, john hepburm, elizabeth hepburn, waggon, horse drawn, hors, waggon wheel, wagon -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Horse- drawn Cab Service, 1976
... Horse- drawn Cab Service...Horse drawn vehicles...Mrs Edith Green & her late husband ran the horse-drawn cab... drawn vehicles Mrs Edith Green & her late husband ran the horse ...Mrs Edith Green & her late husband ran the horse-drawn cab service that once operated from Vermont to Mitcham Station.Mrs Edith Green & her late husband ran the horse-drawn cab service that once operated from Vermont to Mitcham Station. 5 generations pictured of her family indicating information of their relationships.Mrs Edith Green & her late husband ran the horse-drawn cab service that once operated from Vermont to Mitcham Station. green, edith, horse drawn vehicles -
Puffing Billy Railway
sickle knife Guard bar, for an old horse drawn mower
... for an old horse drawn mower ...Metal sickle knife Guard bar for an old horse drawn mower ... horse drawn mower ... for an old horse drawn mower Historic - Farming Equipment - sickle ...Metal sickle knife Guard bar for an old horse drawn mower Historic - Farming Equipment - sickle knife Guard bar Metal - wrought iron sickle knife Guard bar for an old horse drawn mower puffing billy, sickle knife guard bar -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Painting - Framed Painting, Alan Dixon, "Oil Painting of Horse Drawn Tram", 2012
... "Oil Painting of Horse Drawn Tram"... of Horse Drawn Tram", fitted with a plastic gold engraved sign "Oil...On rear in ink "Edna Stephens painted 2012 / Horse Drawn... "Edna Stephens painted 2012 / Horse Drawn Tram Lake Wendouree ...Has a strong association with the artist and demonstrates activities the Ballarat Tramway MuseumFramed painting - wooden frame - black and gold colour of Horse Tram No. 1 in Wendouree Parade, titled "Oil Painting of Horse Drawn Tram", fitted with a plastic gold engraved sign "Oil Painting of Horse Drawn Tram / painted and donated by Edna Stephens". Framed with a white card back and brown plastic tape - with metal hanging wire framed by Macarthur Framework and Gallery 1008 Sturt St Ballarat. See Inscriptions for note on artist.On rear in ink "Edna Stephens painted 2012 / Horse Drawn Tram Lake Wendouree Ballarat"trams, tramways, wendouree parade, painting, art work -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photographs, x 2 ,Black & White, F Smith Horse drawn cart loaded, Baled Straw, Grain, c1920
... Photographs, x 2 ,Black & White, F Smith Horse drawn cart... cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900...2 x Black & White photographs showing horse drawn carts..., smith vic, smith harry redvers, chaff cutter, horse drawn carts ...John Logan Smith 1860-1932 , the son of Irish immigrants James and Marianne Smith was born at their home near the 'Toll Gates' on Point Nepean Road and Dendy Street. East Brighton. At that time the area had many orchards that were later replaced by market gardens. J.L.Smith at first rented a cottage 'Law Muir Den' & Shed from Mr Box and commenced business as a wood merchant - sawing logs into shorter pieces using one horse to power the saw. He purchased the property, added to the buildings , began trading in fuel and fodder as well and installed a chaff cutting mill powered by 10hp steam engine. The business prospered 1909 following the death of Tommy Bent, J/L Smith was nominated for Councillor of the Shire of Moorabbin. WW1 1914 - 18 both John and Mary Ann supported local War Relief Auxiliaries and their son Vic served as a Signaler in AIF. As Motor transport was increasing 1926 J L Smith built a small Garage on the opposite corner (Woolworths Supermarket 2005) , employed a good mechanic ( Reg Hunt ) and developed another successful business. The Grain Store was managed by family until 1930. In 1932 J L Smith assisted a man whose car had broken down, pushing it to the garage and sadly suffered a heart attack and died. He is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. J.L.Smith was an early settler in East Brighton now Bentleigh and established successful Wood cutting, Grain & Chaff cutting and Motor garage businesses in Centre Road . He was elected Councillor of the Shire of Moorabbin and, with Mary Ann, his family were involved with local Church, Red Cross, and other community organizations.2 x Black & White photographs showing horse drawn carts loaded with (a) Hay and (b) bags of grain outside J.L.Smith Grain & Chaff Store Centre Rd Bentleigh c1920smith frank, smith arch, smith tom, smith j l; smith mary ann, stanley helen, smith vic, smith harry redvers, chaff cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman s, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOUR WHEELED HORSE DRAWN VEHICLE, c.1890
... FOUR WHEELED HORSE DRAWN VEHICLE...horse drawn vehicle...Photocopy of photo showing four wheeled horse drawn vehicle... PLACE Transport horse drawn vehicle Photocopy of photo showing ...Photocopy of photo showing four wheeled horse drawn vehicle with fringed canopy. Male driving. Large light on side of vehicle. Inscriptions written across top 'The last cab to run between Eaglehawk and Bendigo. On back in grey lead ' FJ Stephens, Cabman' The last horse drawn cab to ply between Bendigo and Eaglehawk. The introduction of the tramway system in 1900 saw a rapid decline in the need for horse cabs along the line. (Bendigo Historical Society Inc).place, transport, horse drawn vehicle -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Horse Drawn Dray, Late 19th century
... Horse Drawn Dray...transport - goods; horse - drawn...Single horse drawn dray (non-tipping) made of timber... goldfields transport - goods; horse - drawn No inscriptions ...Single horse drawn dray (non-tipping) made of timber with metal fittings and wheel rims. Open all round with uprights spaced along the tray. Rail at the top of the uprights. Painted dark brown with unpainted tray boards.No inscriptions or markings.transport - goods; horse - drawn -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph - Photograph: Horse-drawn Plough at Work, 1969 Geoff Marriott ploughing in his Market Garden, 1969
... Photograph: Horse-drawn Plough at Work...horse drawn plough... Marriott with his horse-drawn plough pulled by "Duke... in 1969, showing Mr Geoff Marriott with his horse-drawn plough ...Members of the Marriott family arrived in Port Phillip in 1857. However it was John and Jane Marriott who in 1876, (after toiling hard since their arrival in1871, for very little gain), first leased, then purchased in 1882, 30 acres with a four-roomed house in East Boundary Road, in the area then called East Brighton. (Now known as East Bentleigh). The land they purchased had previously been a part of the 1841 Dendy Survey. Over the following years, John and his four sons with hard work and determination became prosperous vegetable growers and purchased further land in the area. Following John's retirement and subsequent death in 1903, the land was passed to his sons, and then onto the Marriott grandchildren. The family continued to remain very prosperous and successful vegetable growers. This lovely photo of Geoff Marriott bears testament to just one of the many families steeped in the tradition of vegetable growing which significantly contributed to the prosperity of the Shire, and its subsequent development into the City of Moorabbin. The photograph of Geoff Marriott of the Marriott family represents a typical example of the MANY early market gardening families, some names less prominent, but who with their labours contributed to the prosperity and the development of the community of the Shire of Moorabbin. This group of early pioneers, over many years, were a singularly important group responsible for the growth of schools, churches, the Mechanic's Hall, and were active in local government. Large coloured photograph, taken in 1969, showing Mr Geoff Marriott with his horse-drawn plough pulled by "Duke" the Clydesdale horse, and accompanied by "Smoky", his dog, working in his market garden, Brady Road, East Bentleighhorse, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, settlers, fruit, markets, vegetables, plough, mayors, moorabbin shire, moorabbin roads board, marriott geoff, marriott john, marriott jane, market gardens, horse drawn plough, city of moorabbin -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FERNIHURST ESTATE - HORSE DRAWN VEHICLE
... FERNIHURST ESTATE - HORSE DRAWN VEHICLE...horse drawn vehicle...black and white photo: horse drawn vehicle,4 wheels, 1... PLACE Transport horse drawn vehicle J. Evans ? black and white ...black and white photo: horse drawn vehicle,4 wheels, 1 seat facing forward. Situated in small profile corrugated iron shed, stone rendered building in background. On back MP 113, '56' Handwritten ' J. Evans, Fernihurst Estate, Fernihurst 'J. Evans ?place, transport, horse drawn vehicle -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Unique horse-drawn tower platform", 9/06/1977 12:00:00 AM
... "Unique horse-drawn tower platform"... Horse Drawn Vehicle... of the recovery and planned resurrection of Ballarat tramways' horse drawn... resurrection of Ballarat tramways' horse drawn overhead platform wagon ...Newspaper clipping from the Ballarat Courier of 9/6/1977 of the recovery and planned resurrection of Ballarat tramways' horse drawn overhead platform wagon by the Junior Group of the Ballarat National Trust. Has two photos of the recovery of the vehicle at Sovereign Hill lookout the previous Saturday. Quotes the President of the group, Mr. Geoff Hendy about their plans, including donation to the BTPS at a later date.trams, tramways, overhead, horse drawn vehicle, national trust, tower wagon -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Vehicle - Horse-drawn Dray
... Horse-drawn Dray...horse drawn vehicle...The horse-drawn dray was an early transport vehicle used...The horse-drawn dray was an early transport vehicle used ...The horse-drawn dray was an early transport vehicle used for heavy loads of timber or related farming goods. Designed in the early 18th and 19th centuries, these items found within the Churchill Island heritage collection were used throughout the private ownership periods of the Island.Brown wooden vechicle with leather seating fixed within the carriage for driver and passengers. Dray features exposed and unpainted wooden shafts with large spoked wheels on a single axle. There is a fixed metal stirrup to alight the carraige of the dray which would have been drawn by one or two working horses.farm machinery, horse drawn vehicle, dray, churchill island, vehicle, transport -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Horse drawn grader
... Horse drawn grader...horse drawn...Yellow and red horse-drawn grader attached to an unpainted... machinery grader road making horse drawn churchill island Yellow ...Yellow and red horse-drawn grader attached to an unpainted wooden pole. Four steel wheels connected into pairs by axles are linked through the long arched metal piece, where a seat, crank, and levers are attached for easy use. The grader itself sits directly below the seat, and consists of a length of metal perpendicular to the ground, designed to move and level the ground. farm, machinery, grader, road making, horse drawn, churchill island -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph, Black & White Horse drawn scoops earthwork in Moorabbin Shire c1900, c1900
... Photograph, Black & White Horse drawn scoops earthwork in... scoops, paviers, box alonzo, smith j l; chaff cutter, horse drawn...The, horse drawn metal scoop ,guided by a man, was used..., horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam ...The, horse drawn metal scoop ,guided by a man, was used to clear earth for road making. Well before the introduction of motorised, mechanical graders and trucks the painstaking, labour-intensive work was undertaken by large teams of sturdy men using strong horses such as the draught horse. Roads were needed by the market gardeners to transport their produce to market. Later as the heavy wagon loads continually caused ruts and general degradation of the roadways a Plateway system was installed so that the wagon wheels could roll along the rails thus protecting the roadways. August 31st 2021 Ron Nash, from WA, informs us "The men and horses pulling earth scoops in the photo are not moving earth for road making - they are excavating an "earth tank", or dam, as described in common nomenclature today. This skill was known as "tank sinking", and tank sinkers were active in many rural and remote areas in the 1800's and early 1900's, establishing sizeable dams for important water reserves for community and farm and railway use. With the advent of mechanised equipment such as bulldozers, the trade of tank sinking was still carried out, but on a faster basis. I am a former tank sinker and earth moving contractor, now long retired." Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire had to build the roads, plateways, drains, as the settlement of the land, in Dendy's Special Survey 1841 Brighton, spread and market gardeners need to transport their produce to market. Their most valuable possession was the draught horse that was used for ploughing, drawing carts and these scoops.Black & White photograph showing many horses pulling metal scoops guided by men to move earth for road making in Moorabbin Shire c 1900Back Handwritten Informationplateway, roadworks moorabbin shire, draught horses, metal scoops, paviers, box alonzo, smith j l; chaff cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, mckinnon, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Photograph, framed, Horse-drawn ambulances operated from 2 Lang Lane behind the Windsor Hotel-circa 1888
... Horse-drawn ambulances operated from 2 Lang Lane behind the...horse-drawn... melbourne lang lane horse-drawn horse-drawn ambulance Black ...Black and white photograph (Print) with mountboard surround, enclosed in a timber frame (painted green) with Perspex glazing. Hanging string attached at back.lang lane, horse-drawn, horse-drawn ambulance -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mr & Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage- Ringwood, c1918
... Mr & Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage- Ringwood..."Written on back of photograph" Mr & Mrs J.McAlpin in horse..." Mr & Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage. Black and white ...Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Mr & Mrs J.McAlpin in horse drawn carriage. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Horse-drawn cart loaded with Velvet Soap, 1929
... Horse-drawn cart loaded with Velvet Soap...Label on back"Velvet horse-drawn cart, late 1920s"..."Velvet horse-drawn cart, late 1920s" Brass framed black and white ...Brass framed black and white photograph of two horses drawing a cart loaded with Velvet Soap. Large "Velvet" sign on top of the load and driver at front.Label on back"Velvet horse-drawn cart, late 1920s"industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap, horses -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tool - Farm Machinery, Horse-drawn Plough Potato Digger, c1900
... Farm Machinery, Horse-drawn Plough Potato Digger...Circa late 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato...Circa late 1800s early 1900s. A horse-drawn plough potato... 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato digger, is one ...Circa late 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato digger, is one example of the implements that were widely used by early market gardeners in the Shire of Moorabbin. The flat plate, seen to the right of the photo, dug down into the ground below the potatoes and "scooped" them up. Behind the plate, two driving chains on cogs, (these chains are missing from our exhibit), then "rocked' the dug potatoes to loosen the soil from the "spuds". The potatoes were then harvested by hand. Very large tracts of land in the Shire of Moorabbin were planted with potatoes. Harvesting commenced in October, into November and on into December. Potatoes were a necessary food staple. The market gardeners were always in a rush to be first to get their potatoes to market, and hence the best price. Some market gardeners were so keen to be the first to market, (and get the most money), that they dug their potatoes "green" (or new). The only downside of this practice was that these early potatoes had to be handled with extreme care as their skins were very loose, and came off easily - so decreasing their profits.As well as taking their produce to the Melbourne and St Kilda markets, they also sent produce off to Sydney markets. It is interesting to note that a group of Chinese market gardeners were the first to access the Sydney market. .Following the 'Dendy's Special Survey' 1841 and the Crown Land Sale of 1852, land allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the area of Moorabbin Shire. During the 1850s gold-rush population boom the number of market gardeners increased significantly spreading throughout the Moorabbin Shire. Potatoes were considered a staple foodstuff, so crops were regularly sown throughout the whole Moorabbin area. Circa late 1800s early 1900s. A horse-drawn plough potato digger is an example of the machines used by early market gardeners in Moorabbin Shiremelbourne, sydney, markets, vegetables, potato, dendy henry, st kilda, market gardeners, gold rush, moorabin, chinese gardeners, ploughs -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Photo of horse drawn sand 'dredger', Photograph of boat channel creation series, 1934-36
... Photo of horse drawn sand 'dredger'...Black & white photo of horse drawn sand dredging... of horse drawn sand dredging Photograph of boat channel creation ...QUEENSCLIFFE boat channel being dug out c1934-36Boat channel for fishing fleet protectionBlack & white photo of horse drawn sand dredgingReverse - NILcommunity information, boat channel c1934-36 -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Horse Drawn Cab Rank, Ballarat circa 1870
... Horse Drawn Cab Rank, Ballarat circa 1870....horse drawn cab... monument can also be seen. horse drawn cab ballarat sturt street ...Some of the businesses that can be seen are M.P. Whiteside (Tailor) and Alex Marks & Co. The Burke & Wills monument can also be seen.horse drawn cab, ballarat, sturt street, burke & wills monument, vehicle, streetscape, commerical, m.p. whiteside, alex marks & co. -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Photograph, framed, The first two horse-drawn St John Ambulance wagons near Studley Park, Kew - 1899
... The first two horse-drawn St John Ambulance wagons near...horse-drawn ambulance... melbourne horse-drawn ambulance kew studley park Black and white ...Black and white photograph (Print) with mountboard surround, enclosed in a timber frame (painted green) with Perspex glazing. Hanging string attached at back.horse-drawn ambulance, kew, studley park -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Horse-drawn tram, 1977
... Horse-drawn tram...Horse-drawn tram.... annette meikle sandringham sketchbook elizabeth waters Horse-drawn ...In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003.Annette Meikle, Horse-drawn tram 1977, ink and watercolour, 35 x 23.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, horse-drawn tram, tram, public transport, horse, beaumaris tramway company