OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Ostriches on the Dromana Rosebud Road

DATE1916

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.519

HISTORY

Photo probably taken c.1917. An Ostrich farm was started at Cape Schanck specifically to provide feathers for the Light Horse Slouch hats. The ostriches were brought by train to Mornington, then walked down to Cape Schanck. It was thought that the venture was not successful.

DESCRIPTION

The image shows a group of four horsemen cantering in front of a flock of ostriches on the Dromana Rosebud Road

SUBJECTS

Horse Riders, Ostriches

KEYWORDS

Dromana Rosebud Road, Ostrich, Cape Schanck, 1.W.W., Horse Riders, Ostriches