Historical information

The feature film “Ride A Wild Pony” was the first Walt Disney Production film made in Australia. It was based on the 1973 book “A Sporting Proposition” by James Aldridge and was filmed in 1974.

The majority of filming took place in Chiltern, Victoria with Conness Street being transformed into the fictional town of ‘Barambogie’.
Other film locations were in the hills around Beechworth and the school in Stanley as well as on the banks of the Murray River and along the railway track near the Huon Railway Siding. Filming was completed on 11th December 1974. It featured British actor Michael Craig as well as Australian actors John Meillon, Andrew McFarlane and Lorraine Bayly.

The images in these posters were taken on the Branch Line, Wodonga to Cudgewa near Huon. The Engine Driver is Bert Cadman of Wodonga.

Significance

These images are significant because they promote an early feature movie filmed in Northeast Victoria.

Physical description

Two coloured photographs of a steam locomotive on the Wodonga to Cudgewa Line at Huon and a boy on a white pony. The locomotive driver can be seen looking out of the cabin.

Inscriptions & markings

Walt Disney Productions / Ride a Wild Pony / Technicolor