Sarah Stork, coach driver and owner. Remarkable woman.
Sarah Stork came from a family of battlers, her parents however managed to educate her until she was sixteen. The parents migrated from England – Sarah, their only child, was born in Sydney.
Horse vehicle trivia… Rubber shod vehicles – the story of an Australian rubber company started in 1885 by Henry Perdriau.
Poo brigade. Cleaning the streets in the horse days was arranged by the Health Department of councils.
Ballarat, then Ballaarat, got horse trams in 1887 – the tram lines were officially opened in December 1887, the week before Christmas.
Wedge Island covers about 10 square kilometres, it’s between York and Eyre Peninsulas – at the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Once, good Waler types were bred there and gained top prices.
A reminder of the amazing innovations of our farming history, finding ways to become more efficient was a way of life.
Horseworks, also called a whim, were a mechanical device powered by horses walking in a circle around it.
Horses on Gallipoli – and the story of a water diviner who saved thousands of lives there…
Captain Thunderbolt was a Robin Hood sort of bushranger, helping many country people who desperately needed it.
A small collection of horse memorial statues from around Australia to remind us of the integral part horses played in our history.
Such beautiful, meaningful works of art.
