Historical information

The dray was pulled by a horse and used to transport road building materials such as gravel.
The tray carried 0.7 of a cubic metre which would have weighed about 1 tonne (varying on the load being wet or dry).

Significance

This tipping dray was owned by John Briggs who carried gravel on the Tawonga to German Creek Road from 1894 to 1895. Workers were paid 2/- (shillings) per day to cover sections that were called 'a paddock' resulting in workers finishing at 10 or 11 pm. The road opened on the 17th March 1896 at a cost of 1700 pounds.
See KVHS 0960 for newspaper article re Tom Briggs and making (and photo) of the Tawonga Gap road.

Physical description

Old single axil wooden dray with wooden spoke wheels and a tipping wooden tray.