Horses in Inner Sydney
Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells
Secretary of the NSW Lancers Memorial Museum Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells (retired) talks about the establishment of the famous Sydney Light Horse unit in the late nineteenth century.
Transcript - John Howells Part 1 (PDF, 115.7 KB)
Transcript - John Howells Part 2 (PDF, 126.9 KB)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells
Secretary of the NSW Lancers Memorial Museum Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells (retired) talks about the establishment of the famous Sydney Light Horse unit in the late nineteenth century.
Transcript - John Howells Part 1 (PDF, 115.7 KB)
Transcript - John Howells Part 2 (PDF, 126.9 KB)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells
Secretary of the NSW Lancers Memorial Museum Lieutenant-Colonel John Howells (retired) talks about the establishment of the famous Sydney Light Horse unit in the late nineteenth century.
Transcript - John Howells Part 1 (PDF, 115.7 KB)
Transcript - John Howells Part 2 (PDF, 126.9 KB)
Harry Black
Harry Black describes the heavy workloads of the so-called 'sugar horses' belonging to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, and the actions trade unionists took on their behalf.
Transcript - John Howells Part 1 (PDF, 105.0 KB)
Harry Black
Harry Black describes the heavy workloads of the so-called 'sugar horses' belonging to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, and the actions trade unionists took on their behalf.
Transcript - John Howells Part 1 (PDF, 105.0 KB)
Edda Boyd
Edda Boyd grew up in Glebe in the 1950s when kids all over the world were horse-mad. She remembers the wild horses that lived on vacant land nearby.
Transcript - Edda Boyd (PDF, 166.9 KB)
Edda Boyd
Edda Boyd grew up in Glebe in the 1950s when kids all over the world were horse-mad. She remembers the wild horses that lived on vacant land nearby.
Transcript - Edda Boyd (PDF, 166.9 KB)
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger remembers when Pyrmont resident Darcy Peterson saved his horse from drowning.
Transcript - Otto Kruger (PDF, 165.8 KB)
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger remembers when Pyrmont resident Darcy Peterson saved his horse from drowning.
Transcript - Otto Kruger (PDF, 165.8 KB)
Allan Gillham
Allan Gillham owned and drove the well-known Penfolds delivery horses around the Sydney CBD until 2005. On his travels Allan learned a great deal about the history of horses in Sydney. He relates how teams of lead horses were once necessary to haul goods up Sydney's steep harbourside terrain.
Transcript - Allan Gillham (PDF, 169.8 KB)
Allan Gillham
Allan Gillham owned and drove the well-known Penfolds delivery horses around the Sydney CBD until 2005. On his travels Allan learned a great deal about the history of horses in Sydney. He relates how teams of lead horses were once necessary to haul goods up Sydney's steep harbourside terrain.
Transcript - Allan Gillham (PDF, 169.8 KB)
Russell Gow
Before large transport airplanes, racehorses came to Sydney by ship. Russell Gow describes the distress of mares separated from their foals.
Transcript - Russel Gow (PDF, 165.8 KB)
Russell Gow
Before large transport airplanes, racehorses came to Sydney by ship. Russell Gow describes the distress of mares separated from their foals.
Transcript - Russel Gow (PDF, 165.8 KB)
Ruth Petrie & Lily Flucker
Ruth Petrie, 86, and Lily Flucker, 90, are sisters who grew up in Alexandria. They remember when most daily household requirements were sold door-to-door from the back of horse-drawn carts.
Transcript - Ruth Petrie and Lily Flucker (PDF, 193.4 KB)
Ruth Petrie & Lily Flucker
Ruth Petrie, 86, and Lily Flucker, 90, are sisters who grew up in Alexandria. They remember when most daily household requirements were sold door-to-door from the back of horse-drawn carts.
Transcript - Ruth Petrie and Lily Flucker (PDF, 193.4 KB)
Don Eyb
Former commander of the NSW Mounted Police Don Eyb recounts how mounted police, among their many other roles, supervised traffic on major roads during the transition from horse-drawn to motorised vehicles.
Transcript - Don Eyb (PDF, 153.4 KB)
Don Eyb
Former commander of the NSW Mounted Police Don Eyb recounts how mounted police, among their many other roles, supervised traffic on major roads during the transition from horse-drawn to motorised vehicles.
Transcript - Don Eyb (PDF, 153.4 KB)
Kay White
Kay White grew up during World War II. She remembers when ice cream was delivered from a gaily coloured horse-drawn wagon.
Transcript - Kay White (PDF, 152.1 KB)
Kay White
Kay White grew up during World War II. She remembers when ice cream was delivered from a gaily coloured horse-drawn wagon.
Transcript - Kay White (PDF, 152.1 KB)
Bill Whittaker
Bill Whittaker had a noteworthy career in Sydney racing journalism. He describes the trotting scene associated with the Harold Park race course in Glebe in the 1950s.
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 1 (PDF, 156.0 KB)
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 2 (PDF, 108.3 KB)
Bill Whittaker
Bill Whittaker had a noteworthy career in Sydney racing journalism. He describes the trotting scene associated with the Harold Park race course in Glebe in the 1950s.
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 1 (PDF, 156.0 KB)
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 2 (PDF, 108.3 KB)
Bill Whittaker
Bill Whittaker had a noteworthy career in Sydney racing journalism. He describes the trotting scene associated with the Harold Park race course in Glebe in the 1950s.
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 1 (PDF, 156.0 KB)
Transcript - Bill Whittaker Part 2 (PDF, 108.3 KB)
Shauna Wilson
Shauna Wilson drove replica horse-drawn hansom cabs for the tourist trade around Sydney in the early 1980s. She talks here about her favourite horse, Frank.
Transcript - Shauna Williams (PDF, 129.0 KB)
Shauna Wilson
Shauna Wilson drove replica horse-drawn hansom cabs for the tourist trade around Sydney in the early 1980s. She talks here about her favourite horse, Frank.
Transcript - Shauna Williams (PDF, 129.0 KB)
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