Historical information

Painted for Mrs Ruby Young whose family owned the hotel at one time - (since burnt down)
The hotel was built around 1857 near "Shaw Crossing" when Cowton and Bland selected the site because the bullockies watered and rested their stock on route Belfast and Portland.
The name of the hotel came about because the winning post for the horse races was in front of the inn and the jockeys weighed in there.

Significance

Illustration of a hotel that became the hub of social life in Orford that no longer exists.

Physical description

Watercolour painting of "Horse and Jockey" Hotel Orford. Frame composite wooden gilt embossing

Inscriptions & markings

Christopher Mathews Ruby Young 1989
50 Whalers Road
Victor Harbor S.A. 5211
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